Hear the Doors’ New Song ‘She Smells So Nice’
The Doors have a new song out today. Yes, you read that correctly: the Doors. “She Smells So Nice” is the band’s first newly released song in almost 40 years, and it features vocals by the late Jim Morrison.
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The Morning After: A Firm No
One thing I can say for NBC’s legal-series take on John Grisham’s The Firm, which debuted last night, is that it gave me new appreciation for Work It. Not that The Firm is a worse show. It’s much better. But “much better” in this …
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CBS’ New Wake-Up Show: A Little Evening News in the Morning
The different hours of network morning programs can be, essentially, two different shows (or in NBC’s case, four): the first one a news-based hour, the later, a package of features. But the two hours of the new CBS This Morning, …
Music Monday: 15 Albums to Look Forward to in Early 2012
From country to hip-hop, Madonna to Minaj — even one recently resurrected 1990s band we’d almost forgotten about — these are the top 15 albums that you should check out this year.
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TCA Roundup: One Way or Another, You Are Stuck with Ryan Seacrest, America
While the Republican candidates were debating twice in ten hours and Tim Tebow was proving the existence of a football-obsessed God in the AFC wild card game, the TV networks continued to preview their midseason schedules at the …
Downton Abbey Watch: Drama and then Somme
The genius of Downton Abbey’s first season was the show’s ability to capture the dizzying claustrophobia of Edwardian life; its idea (props to Upstairs, Downstairs) that one vanilla-frosted house could contain the entire …
Happy Birthday David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust Turns 65
As one of Britain’s most unique superstars turns 65, a look back at an eccentric career that has made its mark in music, film and fashion.
The Devil Made Them Do It: No-Budget Horror Film Tops a Big Weekend
For once, the box office enjoys a ‘normal’ week: big bucks from a cheapo thriller, star-driven action films and a Chipmunks movie make it seem like old times
Friday Flicks: Is This the Worst Week of Movie Releases of the Year?
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TV Weekend: Scenes from the Class Struggle, with Downton Abbey and House of Lies
The Occupy Wall Street movement did not give advance notice to network-TV development executives. So it was probably coincidence, or the work of the zeitgeist, that put on the air this fall shows like Revenge and 2 Broke Girls, …
Streaming Now (But Not For Long): Bond on Netflix
It’s a dead zone at the movies this week. Hollywood’s annual exorcism film, The Devil Inside, is the only real new movie release. Like we said, a dead zone.
Starting this week, we’ll be trolling Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Instant …
The Best DVD of the Year: Jean-Luc Godard’s Histoire(s) du Cinema
A quarter-century after the French director began it, his grand film essay on movies is finally available in America