Whether it’s his cover illustrations for The New Yorker, his Criterion Collection art, his work on the 25-volume Complete Peanuts series or his standalone books Wimbledon Green and the just released The Great Northern Brotherhood …
Listen To The New Black Keys Song “Lonely Boy”
Finally, a band that doesn’t keep us waiting in between albums!
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The X Factor Live: It’s Not Idol. And That’s Not a Compliment
When Simon Cowell announced plans to launch The X Factor on Fox, I figured I had a bead on it: it would be more or less another version of American Idol in the fall, with different talent groupings. Which would be fine, but I …
We Asked Some Musicians to Pick Their Favorite Songs of All-Time
Iron and Wine, Phoenix, the Flaming Lips and others weighed in.
Dancing with the Stars Results: Saying Bye-Bye to Chaz Bono
On Monday night, our stars stepped to the beat of Broadway. At the end of that episode, a ten-point spread separated frontrunners Ricki Lake and J.R. Martinez from low scorer Chaz Bono. Talk show host Nancy Grace doggedly rose to …
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Can’t Stop the Zombies: The Walking Dead Gets a Third Season
Since its second season debuted Oct. 16 to ratings that would (and I assume did) make broadcast networks envious, you should have expected this, but AMC made it official: The Walking Dead will swarm across your TV for a third season.
Cinema via Cell Phones? We Have Seen Park Chan- Wook’s iPhone 4 Masterpiece, and Now We Believe
A short film about psychics, floating corpses and the afterlife proves that riveting major-league cinema can be created on the tiniest of devices.
Nazis on the Moon: Iron Sky and the Crowdsourced Film
I love a good sci-fi movie. But these days, most of them are are like the Mets: tons of promise followed by complete disappointment.
Who’s Scarier—Spielberg’s Dinos or George Lucas’s Disgruntled Fans?
Every Tuesday, we shine a light on a few big, worthy or just plain weird DVD releases.
Moby’s Choice for the All-TIME 100 Songs List
We asked some musicians what songs they would have included in the All-TIME 100 Songs List. Here is Moby’s touching tribute to David Bowie’s “Heroes.”
Lunchtime Movie Matinee: Musical Mayhem, Courtesy of the Blues Brothers
The cops have staked out the concert hall. The lead performers are nowhere to be found. The crowd is growing rowdy. The show must go on.
Yet, just when all hope seems lost for a great Blues Brother reunion at the Palace Hotel …
Forward Run to this Wolcott Gibbs Anthology
“The problem, of course,” David Halberstam once wrote, “is that good writing demands irreverence, skepticism, a certain edge.” The peaceful, content and kind, in other words, can do something else. Which is a fine way to …
Dancing with the Stars Week 6: Maks Loses His Cool
Welcome to week six of Dancing with the Stars, where our contestants stepped lively to the songs of the Great White Way.