Or, further proof that Will Smith keeps a painting of himself locked in an attic somewhere. Though it’s been a decade since Smith and Tommy Lee Jones starred in Men in Black II, the former Fresh Prince doesn’t look a day over however old he was in 2003. Which is perhaps why he’s still able to convincingly deliver lines like, “You know, I …
Watch a New Game of Thrones Season 2 Trailer
Spring is coming, and with it the resumption of HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones. The second trailer for Season 2 begins, as the first, with the oily-voiced narration of Varys, the eunuch Master of Secrets at the heart of most …
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Top 10 Dubious Saturday Night Live Hosts
Whether or not you enjoyed it, Lindsay Lohan’s “SNL” appearance was nowhere near as bad as any of these former hosts’
Halo 4 Preview Reveals Details About Multiplayer, Master Chief’s Return
Carrie Is Back: The Resurrection and the Life
Carrie. Just the name is enough to provoke shivers of fear and anticipation in the bones of any theater buff. In 1988 a musical version of Stephen King’s horror novel (filmed memorably in 1976 by Brian de Palma) opened on …
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Limbaugh and the Imus Effect: Has Rush’s Mouth Written a Check His Sponsors Won’t Cash?
Rush Limbaugh‘s repeated, ugly insults last week against Sandra Fluke — a Georgetown law student who testified in favor of insurance coverage of contraception — were terrible on plenty of levels. They were sick: the idea of …
The Walking Dead Watch: Judge, Jury, Executioner
“One man with courage is a majority,” Thomas Jefferson was once quoted as saying. Courage comes in many forms, from staring down what terrifies you to standing up for your convictions when all those around you disagree. Dale …
The Week Ahead—10 Things To Watch, Play and Listen To: March 5-11
Every Monday, for your planning purposes, we will lay out the week ahead in entertainment. (All times refer to EST.)
1. Bruuuuce’s Newest
This Tuesday, Bruce Springsteen will drop Wrecking Ball, his 17th studio album and
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It’s Seusstastic! How The Lorax Saved Hollywood
The tree-hugging children’s movie blossomed riotously, registering one of the highest-ever opening grosses for an original animated feature.
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TV Weekend: GCB
Since I posted earlier about my column on HBO’s movie Game Change, about Sarah Palin, we might as well make this Things People in Red States Might Be Offended By Day. Sunday night, ABC premieres GCB, a tongue-in-cheek soap set in …
Comments of the Week: Feb. 26-March 2
We here at TIME Entertainment monitor the comments section daily — mostly to delete all the crazy spam that gets posted on our stories, but also to keep watch for overly aggressive or offensive posts from actual, non-bot human …
Seussapalooza! The Magical Creations of the Man Behind The Lorax
Theodor Seuss Geisel, who would be 108 today, is justly honored for his Seuss books, and the films and TV shows made from them. But his work extended to political humor, raunchy wartime cartoons and the world’s weirdest kids movie.
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Dead Tree Alert: Shiny Object Lesson
In my new column in the print TIME magazine, I review the HBO movie Game Change, about the vice presidential nomination and trainwreck campaign of Sarah Palin in 2008. I don’t think it’s a very good movie. Sarah Palin and her …