It might seem silly or insignificant to some, but for millions of animal lovers like Jon Katz, the death of a pet can be devastating. In his new book, Going Home: Finding Peace When Pets Die, Katz explores the complex feelings of grief that can arise upon an animal’s death. From his farm in upstate New York, Katz talked to TIME about …
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Q&A with Palin Advisor-Turned-Novelist Nicolle Wallace
Nicolle Wallace knows politics. Her new novel, It’s Classified, explores what would happen if a woman plucked from relative obscurity became Vice President of the United States
Remembering Jerry Leiber, the ‘Hound Dog’ Poet of Rock ‘n’ Roll
With his partner, Mike Stoller, the lyricist created many of rock’s lushest, most foundational, most irresistible hits
Raul Ruiz, 1941–2011: Death of a Little-Known Movie Master
The Chilean filmmaker produced a body of work so inventive, demanding and rewarding that he deserves to be in the company of giants such as Bergman, Godard, and Fellini
Provocateur Gualtiero Jacopetti Dead at 91: Honoring the Man Behind the Mondo Movies
Jacopetti’s Mondo Cane was a worldwide phenomenon. But his vigorous mix of doc and shock got him charged with murder
Vince Gilligan, the Skipper: A Breaking Bad Q&A
Jim Poniewozik chats with Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan on set
Sherwood Schwartz Dies at 94
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At the height of his TV-writing career, Sherwood Schwartz probably did not particularly anticipate being eulogized by TV critics. Schwartz, who died today at age 94, was the creator of Gilligan’s Island and The Brady Bunch, two sitcoms that were practically critical shorthand for …
Peter Falk: The One-Eyed Man Was King
Best known as TV’s wily, shambling Lt. Columbo, Falk was also a working-class movie hero, in a half-century career playing comic gangsters, harried husbands and one great granddad
Peter Falk Dies at 83
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Actor Peter Falk reportedly died last night at age 83, at his home in Beverly Hills. According to his daughter, reports USA Today, Falk had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
As an actor, Falk was a performer who was more than he at first seemed: he had a famously …
A Q&A with Cars 2 Director John Lasseter
Lasseter talked to TIME about the latest installment of his beloved ‘Cars’ franchise, working with Michael Caine and the late Paul Newman, as well as the future of 3-D
‘What the Hell Would Spielberg Do Here?’: J.J. Abrams Talks Super 8
Filmmaker J.J. Abrams tells TIME’s Richard Corliss all about his teen years, working with Steven Spielberg, and making ‘Super 8,’ the most eagerly awaited film of the summer
James Arness, 1923–2011
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James Arness, who for 20 years personified the upright Western lawman as Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke, has died of natural causes at age 88. I’ll be honest: Gunsmoke was before my time as a TV viewer, and is enough outside my taste as a critic that I never watched it much as an adult. But …
Jeff Conaway Dies At Age 60
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Jeff Conaway, star of Taxi and Grease and of an unfortunate tabloid/reality-TV saga, has died at age 60, after being taken off life support following a reported overdose of painkillers. It is sad news, and news that most of us would be lying to say we were shocked by. As chronicled on …