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+Music | January 9, 2012

Music Monday: 15 Albums to Look Forward to in Early 2012

By Claire Suddath

From country to hip-hop, Madonna to Minaj — even one recently resurrected '90s band — these are the top 15 albums that you should check out this year.

+Music | December 1, 2011

Grammy Nominations: Who Got Snubbed? Who Didn’t?

By Melissa Locker
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Maybe Beyonce will have to pull a Kanye at this year’s Grammy Awards.

+Music | July 28, 2011

The 30 All-TIME Best Music Videos

By TIME Staff
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Thirty years ago, MTV began to beam a budding art form — the music video — into homes across the U.S. TIME takes a look back at the most memorable clips from three decades’ worth of music television

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | September 15, 2009

Jay Leno: It's Not the Tonight Show. It's, Um, the Ten-ight Show

By James Poniewozik

The Jay Leno Show, NBC has been telling us all summer, was “comedy at 10,” not simply a second Tonight Show. Instead, what we got was a monologue, a couple taped comedy bits, an interview, a musical act, another interview and Headlines. Somebody refresh my memory: what was The Tonight Show again? Because clearly I [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | September 14, 2009

American Civility's Loss, Jay Leno's Gain

By James Poniewozik

It all comes back around to Jay Leno today. It doesn’t take a journalism degree to realize that this week public outbursts achieved the Rule of Threes, making them an official trend. Joe Wilson yelled “You lie!” at President Obama; Serena Williams had a foot-fault freakout at the U.S. Open; and last night at MTV’s [...]

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Tuned In+August 6, 2009

Corporate Press Release Theater: Jay-Z, Meet Jay-L

By James Poniewozik

More Jay Leno Show news: Jay-Z will perform on Leno’s first show Sept. 14, together with Kanye West and Rihanna.  Ironically, Leno has been saying the new show will probably have fewer musical guests and more comedy than The Tonight Show. Reason: musical guests get the studio audiences pumped up, but they don’t actually draw [...]