American broadcast journalist Mike Wallace, dressed in a shirt decorated with jockeys, holds a script and performs into a radio microphone for the CBS radio program 'On a Sunday Afternoon,' November 18, 1954.

Mike Wallace, Veteran CBS Journalist: A Legacy of Tough Questions

TIME looks back on the extraordinary legacy of the 60 Minutes correspondent.

Bette Davis: Rare and Unpublished Photos

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To celebrate the screen legend’s birthday, LIFE unveils a slew of portraits by the great photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt

The Real World Spectacle of 'Life:' Better Than Hollywood's Wildest Fantasies?

Back on Tuesday night, I had a surprising revelation. Around 6 p.m. I rushed in the rain to a screening of Clash of the Titans, ready to get a face full of the Kraken (you can read my full take on the film over at Techland). But on the subway ride home – after a [...]

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TV Weekend: Discovery's Life, Up Close and Personal

In 2007, Discovery aired the documentary series Planet Earth, which wowed critics, drew huge ratings and showed a nation of consumers what those new big-screen TVs were really for. An expansive nature documentary full of luscious, hard-to-get HD visuals, it combined a vaguely environmentalist vibe (illustrating the interconnectedness of life on the planet) with a [...]