The cartoon cat burglar filched first place from Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy’s crime caper, and left the Asian stoners Harold & Kumar feeling dopey
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Andy Rooney Dies at 92
Longtime CBS journalist and 60 Minutes essayist Andy Rooney died Friday night at age 92 of complications from minor surgery, CBS News announced Saturday morning. Just last month, Rooney announced, in the commentary above, that he …
St. Vincent: A New, Old-Fashioned Rock Star
At New York City’s Webster Hall, the indie rocker shreds guitar and thrills a roomful of music nerds.
How 11/22/63 Fits Into Stephen King’s Ever-Expanding Universe
At one point in 11/22/63, Stephen King’s new novel about a man who travels back in time to try to stop the JFK assassination, the main character Jake Epping crosses paths with a pair of characters from his 1986 book It. I mention this in my review of the novel in this week’s issue of TIME, on stands this weekend.
Beloved Music Website Daytrotter Switches to Pay Model
Daytrotter is a music lover’s dream. For the last six years, the website has streamed thousands of stripped-down recording sessions from some of the best bands around all for free. But last week, we all had to wake from that …
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TV Weekend: AMC’s Hell on Wheels Gives ‘Em, At Best, Heck
Sometimes it feels like TV has been making revisionist Westerns longer than it was making the Westerns they re-envisioned. Gunsmoke alone was on TV for two decades, and the straight-ahead genre survived (with some tweaks, as in …
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Dead Tree Alert: Mideast Meets Midwest in All-American Muslim
One reasonable definition of a good TV show is one that makes you see something familiar in a new way. That was particularly the case for me with All-American Muslim, a reality show debuting on TLC Nov. 13 and the subject of my …
Watch Now: Last Night on Conan, the Return of Triumph (and a Wedding)
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog is back! America’s favorite foul-mouthed,
cigar-smoking puppet has returned
Amazon Makes Like a Publisher With Kindle Singles
Correction appended: November 9, 2011
In January, Amazon.com, the world’s largest online bookseller, launched its Kindle Singles sales campaign. The mini-eBooks were specifically designed for the company’s popular eReader …
From Chong to Kumar—Stoner Cinema Through the Years
The Son of No One: Rightfully Unwanted
Channing Tatum plays a cop assigned to his old neighborhood in this sleepy crime drama
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas: This Santa’s Got a Brand New Stash
The third time around, the Desi dopester and his Korean pal lay R-rated waste to God, nuns, the Rockettes and every fond Yuletide tradition
The Recipe Project Will Make You Hungry For Music
Every once in a while you come across a project and think, I can’t believe no one has done this before. That’s how I felt when I heard about The Recipe Project, a cookbook that takes recipes from established chefs like David …