How 11/22/63 Fits Into Stephen King's Ever-Expanding Universe

At one point in 11/22/63, Stephen King’s new novel about a man who travels back in time to try to stop the JFK assassination, the main character Jake Epping crosses paths with a pair of characters from his 1986 book It. I mention this in my review of the novel in this week’s issue of [...]

Beloved Music Website Daytrotter Switches to Pay Model

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Daytrotter is a music lover’s dream. For the last six years, the website has streamed thousands of stripped-down recording sessions from some of the best bands around all for free. But last week, we all had to wake from that dream. Nothing this great can stay free forever.

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TV Weekend: AMC’s Hell on Wheels Gives ‘Em, At Best, Heck

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What is the opposite of a revisionist Western? A visionist Western? If so, that is what Hell on Wheels is.

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Dead Tree Alert: Mideast Meets Midwest in All-American Muslim

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One reasonable definition of a good TV show is one that makes you see something familiar in a new way. That was particularly the case for me with All-American Muslim, a reality show debuting on TLC Nov. 13 and the subject of my column in TIME this week (subscription required, so pony up the dough). [...]

Watch Now: Last Night on Conan, the Return of Triumph (and a Wedding)

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Triumph the Insult Comic Dog is back! America’s favorite foul-mouthed, cigar-smoking puppet has returned

Amazon Makes Like a Publisher With Kindle Singles

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Correction appended: November 9, 2011 In January, Amazon.com, the world’s largest online bookseller, launched its Kindle Singles sales campaign. The mini-eBooks were specifically designed for the company’s popular eReader and apps, and each is comprised of what Amazon describes as “a single killer idea” that runs between 5,000 and 30,000 words, longer than a long [...]

From Chong to Kumar—Stoner Cinema Through the Years

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It’s Friday and you ain’t got jack to do. So why not check out our weed-filled photo gallery?

The Son of No One: Rightfully Unwanted

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Channing Tatum plays a cop assigned to his old neighborhood in this sleepy crime drama

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas: This Santa's Got a Brand New Stash

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The third time around, the Desi dopester and his Korean pal lay R-rated waste to God, nuns, the Rockettes and every fond Yuletide tradition

The Recipe Project Will Make You Hungry For Music

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Every once in a while you come across a project and think, I can’t believe no one has done this before. That’s how I felt when I heard about The Recipe Project, a cookbook that takes recipes from established chefs like David Chang, Tom Colicchio and Mario Batali and sets them to music.

Sean Bean Dies in Everything

Herein, we discuss lots of movie deaths. This entire post (and video) is full of spoilers.

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Top Chef Returns: You’re Texas Toast

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Last night saw the debut of Top Chef Texas, and true to the popular cliché about the nation’s largest state (until Alaska ruined everything), it was bigger. I have long since learned that it is pointless to really judge a Top Chef season until it has a few episodes under its belt and the contestants [...]

Daniel Craig Returns in New James Bond Film Skyfall

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Fifty years to the day since Sean Connery was cast as James Bond in Dr. No, the latest installment of one of the world’s most popular film franchises was announced. Skyfall, which is officially the 23rd Bond film, will be released in the U.K. on October 23, 2012 (and is slated for a November 9 [...]

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South Park's 1% Solution

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Sometimes South Park makes strong episodes out of topical stories that are happening in the news. Sometimes it makes strong episodes out of non-topical stories that involve its main characters dealing with childhood. Given that “1%” was so obviously plotted around the Occupy Wall Street movement, I tuned in hoping for the former. Instead, we [...]

Tower Heist: Occupy the Penthouse

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In the new Ben Stiller/Eddie Murphy comedy, the 99 percent take revenge on a Wall Street criminal.

The Otherworldly Charms of Florence + the Machine

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Long gowns, sweeping ballads and majestic imagery—Florence Welch delivers them all on ‘Ceremonials’

Why Top Chef Is Bad for Gastronomy

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The Bravo juggernaut is creating a generation of young cooks who think that they’re ready for primetime.

Watch: The Official Grand Theft Auto V Trailer

The trailer for Grand Theft Auto V has just been released and it’s back to the West Coast for the franchise. Goodbye Liberty City (a.k.a New York) and hello Los Santos (a.k.a Los Angeles). The game is due to be release sometime next year.