You still have time to catch up on the English period drama before the U.S. season finale on Nov. 4
Dirty Projectors Summon Pure Emotion on About To Die EP
The follow-up EP to the band’s ‘Swing Lo Magellan’ offers a bite-size take on that album’s sound
A Late Quartet: Harmonic Divergence Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken and Catherine Keener
Things get ugly when one member (Walken) of a renowned string quartet gets sick and another (Hoffman) gets tired of playing second fiddle
Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Sting to Headline NBC’s Hurricane Sandy Benefit Concert
New Jersey natives and other stars are stepping up to help in the aftermath of Sandy. The Matt Lauer-hosted event will air Friday Nov. 2 at 8 p.m. ET
Musician Health Care Crisis: Rapper P.O.S. Crowdfunds New Kidney
The under-insured Minneapolis artist is reinventing the benefit-concert model with online fundraising efforts
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South Park Watch: All For a Good Scause
What with so much talk in the headlines now about charity and the right and wrong ways to go about it, it’s perfect (if unintentional) timing that South Park should do something on the subject this week. This being South Park, of …
Denzel Washington in Flight: A High Time or a Crash Landing?
Come for the great imperiled-plane scene, stay for a taut, surprising drama from director Robert Zemeckis
The Comedy-Club Election: “Take Mitt Romney — Please”
What the foot-soldiers of stand-up comedy are saying about the Presidential campaign
Wreck-It Ralph: Toy Story with Avatars
In the most inventive family movie of the year, a bad guy longs to be good even though Pac-Man’s Pokey tells him it’s good to be bad
Star Wars Fans React: The Best Tweets About Disney Deal for Lucasfilm
Lifelong fans are both celebrating and mourning the news of ‘Star Wars Episode 7’
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Moneypoll! The Pundits Vs. The Election-Data Nerds
The other big contest next Tuesday is between the pundits trying to analyze the election with their guts and a new breed of statistics gurus trying to forecast it with data.
Beyond ‘Monster Mash’: TIME Picks the Best Halloween Songs
Don’t be scared—it’s just our playlist of perfect music for the spooky holiday
What to Expect from Disney’s New Star Wars
They’re used to the Jedi Order, the Dark Lords of the Sith and the Galactic Empire… but how will ‘Star Wars’ deal with the House of Mouse?