+Q&A | 78 days ago

Werner Herzog Does Not Conduct Interviews. He Has Conversations

By Gilbert Cruz
Sebastien Nogier / AFP / Getty Images

“I know the heart of men,” says the director about his new death row documentary, Into the Abyss.

+Recommendations | 78 days ago

TIME Recommends: Medeski Scofield Martin and Wood

By Jared T. Miller
Medeski, Scofield, Martin and Wood - In Case The World Changes Its Mind

To a jazz fan, the combination of the names Medeski Scofield Martin and Wood is inherently intriguing. Between the famous trio’s ability to craft beat-driven, catchy instrumentals and John Scofield’s impressive résumé — he has backed Miles Davis and countless other legends — the combination of the two is an ideal fusion for contemporary jazz [...]

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Tuned In+Television | 78 days ago

The Office After Michael: Who’s In Charge Here?

By James Poniewozik
NBC

After Michael, The Office would have been better off embracing the darkness and making Jim the boss—or embracing its ensemble and having no central character at all.

+Television | 78 days ago

Barbie Dolls and Taylor Swift: Highlights From the Country Music Awards

By Claire Suddath
Mark Humphrey / AP

Swift took top honors at last night’s Country Music Awards

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Tuned In+News Media | 78 days ago

Three… Uh… Uh… Maybe Two Things About Rick Perry’s Debate Gaffe

By James Poniewozik

For 53 thrilling, excruciating seconds, Rick Perry’s brain fell out of his head on live television. Fair or not, this is why it mattered.

+Review Movies | 78 days ago

Where Soldiers Come From: It Takes a Village to Fight a War

By Steven James Snyder
Heather Courtney/International Film Circuit

From deployment to homecoming, a new doc shines a spotlight on the small towns fighting America’s wars

+Review Movies | 79 days ago

Werner Herzog Dives Into the Abyss of the American Death Penalty System

By Richard Corliss
Courtesy of CDTV

Herzog’s Death Row doc, has no heroes, only villains and victims: killers and their families, and the families of those they killed.

+Recommendations | 79 days ago

My Five Things: Wicked Novelist Gregory Maguire

By Gilbert Cruz
Courtesy of Andy Newman

Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and the new Out of Oz, picks the five things he’s really enjoying right now.

+Movies | 79 days ago

Eddie Murphy Quits The Oscars

By Claire Suddath
Lucas Jackson / Reuters

Less than 24 hours after Brett Ratner stepped down as Oscar producer amid controversy surrounding a recent anti-gay slur he made, Eddie Murphy has followed suit

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Tuned In+Tuned In | 79 days ago

Glee Watch: The Birds and the Beiste

By James Poniewozik
FOX

Doing it, not doing it, and what doing and not doing do to you: despite some contrivances, “The First Time” was season three’s strongest episode yet.

+Television | 79 days ago

Sweetie Darling, Mummy Wants an Ab Fab Movie

By Claire Suddath
Everett

Normally, we’d be wary of news that a 20-year-old television show was being rebooted as a feature film. But Jennifer Saunders just might be able to pull it off.

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Tuned In+Television | 79 days ago

The Morning After: Sons of Anarchy Chooses Sides

By James Poniewozik
FX

At some point SOA had to choose whether it was going to be about bikers kicking ass together or about the fight for the soul of SAMCRO. In last night’s “Hands,” it chose—dramatically and, I hope, irrevocably

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Tuned In+Tuned In | 79 days ago

Reality TV: Bringing Families Closer Together

By James Poniewozik
NBC

When reality TV swept primetime, people had lots of guesses as to what would come of it. But I don’t recall anyone predicting that it would become the new family viewing.

+TV Recap Dancing with the Stars: Season 13, Episode 16 | 79 days ago

Dancing with the Stars Week 8 Results: Nancy's Grace Period is Over

By Melissa Locker
ABC

The HLN host accepted defeat far more graciously than she accepted the Amanda Knox verdict.

+Review Review | 80 days ago

It Sucked to Go Through World War II. Inferno Will Remind You Why.

By Lev Grossman
Inferno

There’s no point in trying to summarize Inferno, because it’s a book written against summaries. It’s an anti-summary.

+DVD Roundup | 80 days ago

DVD Roundup: Harry Potter's Riches, Nic Cage's Rags

By Richard Corliss
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

Every week, we shine a light on a few big, worthy or just plain weird DVD releases.

+Movies | 80 days ago

Tower Heist Director Brett Ratner Steps Down As Oscar Producer

By Claire Suddath
Joe Corrigan / Getty Images

Following his use of a gay slur during a Q&A (and other remarks), it was only a matter of time.

Music | 80 days ago

‘Overweight Lover’ Rapper Heavy D Dies at 44

By Madison Gray
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Rapper Heavy D, 44, who made his reputation as a chubby but suave lyricist as frontman of Heavy D and the Boyz, dubbing himself the “overweight lover” in the early ’9os with hits like “We Got Our Own Thang” and “Gyrlz They Love Me,” died Tuesday, TMZ reported.