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HBO Signs David Milch and His New Partner, William Faulkner

HBO announced today that it signed a new contract with one of its favorite writers, David Milch, who created Deadwood, John from Cincinnati and various projects that never made air for the network, and whose horseracing drama Luck debuts next month. (A sneak preview will air Dec. 11.) In connection with the deal, the network [...]

Ex-FBI Agents Lash Out At Eastwood's J. Edgar—Hoover Not Gay!

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Clint Eastwood’s biopic of famed lawman J.Edgar Hoover is ruffling a few feathers among former FBI agents

Dragonsong: The Unforgettable Anne McCaffrey

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Lev Grossman on fantasy writer Anne McCaffrey: “She is a permanent presence in my brain.”

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TV Tonight: I Hate My Teenage Daughter

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Let me use my own hack-y little joke to sum up the major problem with this pleasureless Fox comedy: it should be called We Hate Every Character on Our Own Sitcom

The Whore of Akron: More Than Just a LeBron James Takedown

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The invective poets of ancient Rome had nothing on Scott Raab, whose new book is part LeBron James biography, part memoir, all unabashed diatribe.

Jim Rash On Co-Writing The Descendants and the Future of Community

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The Community star talks about his dream episode and what it was like to work on a George Clooney movie.

New York Film Critics Can't Wait to Give Their Top Prizes to The Artist

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The gropu also names Brad Pitt and Meryl Streep as Best Actor and Actress, and Albert Brooks and Jessica Chastain in the supporting categories

How's That Again? Tree of Life Ties With... Beginners at Gotham Film Awards

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Mike Mills’ near-memoir Beginners and Terrence Malick’s sweeping The Tree of Life tied for best feature at the Gotham Film Awards Monday night. This may be the only two things that the films have in common.

Comedian Patrice O’Neal Dies at 41

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Stand-up comedian Patrice O’Neal has passed away after battling diabetes, TMZ reports. He was 41.

High Grossing: Movies That Make Their Audiences Sick

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It’s not just the script of the new Twilight that is making people queasy. One man is claiming that the strobe-light-filled birthing scene gave him a seizure.

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Bored to Death Finale: Family Affair

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Bored to Death ended the season (and maybe the series?) in a scene that captured the show’s endearing nature. Well, right up until things got creepy, anyway.

Top 10 Post-Black-and-White-Era Black-and-White Movies

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As the silent black-and-white movie ‘The Artist’ continues to receive rave reviews, TIME looks at other great monochrome films from Hollywood’s color era

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The Morning After: With New Sex Allegations, The Cain Trainwreck Adds Another Car

I don’t yet know how history will remember the Herman Cain candidacy for President, but the pizza king /erstwhile GOP frontrunner has given us what I believe is a first in Presidential campaigning: the candidate went on a cable-news show yesterday evening and scooped his own accuser on a charge of a 13-year extramarital affair. [...]

House Watch: The Fall Finale Edition

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This week’s House M.D. wrapped the first half of Season 8. The episode, “Perils of Paranoia,” more fully developed the new Team characters, Adams and Park, who finally seemed like real people last night. More below, but first a spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen “Perils of Paranoia,” point your gun at the DVR until [...]

Ken Russell, Cinematic Provocateur

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A photographic tour through the life of the late British director

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TV Tonight: The Sing-Off Sings Itself Off

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The most important show on television, The Sing-Off, ends its first regular-season outing—and, if I’m to guess from the ratings, possibly its last—tonight with a live finale. As I wrote earlier, together with Top Chef it’s one of the only primetime shows we watch as a family with the Tuned In Jrs.; from it, they’ve [...]

The Master of Cinematic Vulgarity: Ken Russell (1927-2011)

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Called “the British Fellini,” Russell directed Tommy, Women in Love, Altered States, Lisztomania and other over-the-top classics

Down In Front! Where Do You Sit In Movie Theaters?

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Choosing what to see isn’t necessarily the hardest part of a night out at the movies. Sometimes the bigger question is, where do you sit? On the aisles for easy access to Twizzlers and Diet Coke refills? Or do you map out the closest fire exits and plant yourself there, just in case? Do you [...]