Dave Grohl Confirms Foo Fighters Hiatus: “Yes … I Was Serious”
But don’t get too nervous, fans
Lily Rothman
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Author Junot Díaz Among 2012 MacArthur ‘Genius’ Fellows
The arts are well represented in the list of 23 recipients of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellowship, the so-called “Genius Grant” that awards $500,000 over five years to individuals whose future work the …
New York Film Festival 2012: 10 Films to Watch
(Figuratively Speaking)
J.K. Rowling: More Harry Potter Possible
With today’s publication of J.K. Rowling’s first foray into grown-up fiction, The Casual Vacancy, you’d think the Harry Potter author would be having a muggle-centric news day. But, even as The Casual Vacancy bows, Rowling has …
Today’s Movie Trailer: Alicia Silverstone and Amy Heckerling Reunite for Vamps
Think the approaching end of Twilight means the vampire-movie trend is over? Think again. Well, sort of. As the movie’s new trailer shows, the upcoming Vamps — from writer-director Amy Heckerling and starring Alicia Silverstone, who previously worked together on the 1995 classic Clueless — takes the genre in another direction. As …
Did One Direction Steal New Single’s Intro from The Clash?
Eight notes of music followed by three scratching strums: it’s perhaps one of the most recognizable song intros in rock history, from The Clash’s classic “Should I Stay Or Should I Go?” And now those opening bars are at it again, in One Direction’s new single “Live While We’re Young.” The video for the song, meant to debut today, …
Today’s TV Trailer: Watch Lindsay Lohan in Liz & Dick
Just days after Lindsay Lohan’s arrest for an alleged car-pedestrian accident, the actress is back in the news—but this time for somebody else’s fascinating personal life: Elizabeth Taylor’s. The much-anticipated (a nervous anticipation, but anticipation nonetheless) Lifetime television movie Liz & Dick, about Taylor’s relationship …
Today’s Movie Trailer: Beautiful Creatures
Fans of supernatural-YA-romance-books-turned-into-movies can exhale a little: Twilight will be ending its movie run in November, but the void may soon be filled. The trailer for the main contender for that title, Beautiful Creatures, is available now—and between a sullen brunette, a furrow-browed heartthrob, creepy magic and talking in …
Obama on Letterman: Top 10 Things You Missed If You Didn’t Watch Last Night
On last night’s Sept. 18 episode of The Late Show with David Letterman, President Obama sat down with the late-night host—for the whole episode, without sharing the bill—to discuss the campaign, events in the Middle East and the future of the American economy. And, while we know that our POTUS can be funny and can do the format well, …
No Easy Day Bumps Fifty Shades From Top Spot
Book buyers make war, not love
Google Takes Guess Work Out of ‘Degrees of Kevin Bacon’
Spoiler alert: this post contains the name of an actor with a Bacon number higher than 6
From Tupac to Tanked: Hologram Company Goes Bankrupt
The Oscar-winning digital production company behind the Tupac hologram is in bad shape financially
Cyndi Lauper Talks Memoirs, Music—And Seders with Springsteen
“Everything in life that you don’t understand opens up to you as you live.”
