From Dirty Projectors to Phish, we’ve found the best and brightest artists on tour this summer
Snow White and the Huntsman: The Fairest Feminist of Them All
What’s that mirror talking about? No one is fairer than Charlize Theron. Unless we’re talking inner beauty—which is exactly what this movie is about.
Today’s Movie Trailer: Watch Anne Hathaway Sing in Les Misérables
We dare you not to be moved while watching the trailer to the eagerly awaited big screen adaptation of Boublil and Schonberg’s epic musical based on the 1862 novel by Victor Hugo—out December 14. It opens with Anne Hathaway belting out one of the show’s pathos-drenched ballads, “I Dreamed a Dream.”
“I had a dream my life …
Doc Watson’s Legacy: What You Should Know About the Folk Legend
Doc Watson, legendary folk icon, died at age 89 on Tuesday. TIME takes a look back at some highlights from his illustrious career.
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Mad Men Character Study: Cleopatra Joan
Spoilers for last Sunday’s Mad Men, “The Other Woman,” and previous episodes, below:
Joan Harris was manipulated, played false and used on Sunday night. Not just by the men in her life, but by Mad Men itself.
Another Bite of the Poisoned Apple: Why Does Pop Culture Love Fairy Tales Again?
As Snow White and the Huntsman joins the new roundup of fairy tale-inspired movies, TV shows and books, we wonder: How did these dark, female-led stories become the Next Big Thing?
The New Face of Rap: Young, Female and Ready to Blog
The confessional, sweet talk-rap style of Kitty Pryde and Kilo Kish ushers in a new era in hip hop
Blockbuster Rides: Transformers, Cars and Avengers Coming to an Amusement Park Near You
In the long-standing art of branding, amusement park rides help expand a popular movie into every imaginable facet of our (thrill-seeking, scream-inducing) culture.
As Universal Studios Hollywood debuted the new Transformers …
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The Morning After: Family Feud!
I’ve given History channel grief over recent years for producing shows that are less and less connected with actual history, so credit where due: Hatfields & McCoys, the miniseries that debuted last night, is at least on-brand. It’s also, in a meta sense, evocative of a long-simmering family feud in itself: relentless, seemingly endless, …
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The 5,000th Post Post
If my blog-editing interface is correct, and I assume that it’s better at math than I am, then this is my 5,000th Tuned In post since I started blogging in fall 2005. I’m not generally big on milestones, but I’m given a running …
The Bachelorette Watch: Sixteen Bachelors, Three Departures, One Trip to Dollywood
Highlights include Dolly Parton singing for Emily Maynard and one omelet named Shelly
Chernobyl Diaries Spoiler Alert: Radiation Fears, But Few Real Frights
Oren Peli, the creator of Paranormal Activity, signs his name to a boilerplate, low-budget horror film where the “more-suspense, less-gore” formula comes up short
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Game of Thrones Watch: Smoke on the Water, Fire in the Sky
SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, gather your closest friends for some wine and nightshade, raise the drawbridge and watch last night’s Game of Thrones.
“Some of those boys will never come back.” “Joffrey will. The …