He brought rock ‘n’ roll in America’s living rooms and made it acceptable for the whole family — and kept at it for a half-century
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Dick Clark, America’s Party Chaperone, Dies at Age 82
The sentence “Dick Clark died today” seems like a contradiction in terms. If there was someone who was supposed to be forever young, untouched by time, it was him: if not immortal, then at least amortal. He was a contradiction: one of TV’s longest-serving colossi, best known for shows that celebrated eternal youth (American Bandstand) …
Remembering Dick Clark
Downtown Gabby: Top 15 Chatter-Worthy Films from Tribeca
For your water-cooler needs — and so you can get excited about distribution deals — we rank the Tribeca Film Festival movies that will be worth paying attention to.
Which Cities Are Setting Music Trends? Not the Ones You’d Think
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From Tony Soprano to Hannah Horvath: What Does a TV Show “Want” You to Think of Its Characters?
The ratings are in, and it’s official: more people have written blog posts, reviews and op-ed columns about HBO’s Girls than watched it. Well, not exactly, but praise, buzz and publicity aside, the twentysomethings-in-the-city comedy got under a million viewers for its first airing Sunday night.
I love the show, which to me combines …
Dancing with the Stars Watch: Latin Week Results
A dance duel has one couple saying adios to the dance floor.
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Introducing the TIME 100, TV Edition
This morning TIME publishes its annual TIME 100 issue, listing a hundred of the world’s most influential people in politics, science, public service, business, blah blah blah—and most important, of course, television. Some of …
TIME 100 Confirms the Most Powerful Man in Hollywood
After steering Meryl Streep to her third Oscar win and The Artist to a near-sweep of the Oscars, Harvey Weinstein is back on top. Johnny Depp spoke with TIME about the producer who “isn’t afraid of a duke-’em-out.”
Prize Fight: Why I’m Okay With There Being No Pulitzer for Fiction This Year
I’m not one of your knockabout, knuckle-scarred, Internet-controversy-courting book critics. Occasionally I stumble into controversy accidentally, but not because I enjoy it. It’s probably just because I’m a weird person. …
Moonface’s Heartbreaking Bravery: Love Hurts, But It Sure Sounds Good
More startling lyrical depth from Spencer Krug, who inspects life’s darker corners.
Today’s Movie Trailer: Prometheus Makes Us Want to Buy a Michael Fassbender
Saying something doesn’t necessarily make it so. To hear star Michael Fassbender and director Ridley Scott talk about Prometheus over the past several months, you’d think it was the worst thing imaginable for the film to be a …
Next Step for Tupac’s Hologram: National Tour?
The Tupac Shakur light projection that rocked Coachella may be coming to an arena near you.