Why country music had a big week, and Journey scores with a years-old greatest-hits compilation
Elizabeth Taylor Overtakes Michael Jackson as Top-Earning Dead Celeb
Liz has beat out the King of Pop, one of her most loyal friends, for the honor of highest paid dead celebrity, according to Forbes’s annual list of “Top-Earning Dead Celebrities.”
Netflix, Crying Dads and Presidential Debates: Comments of the Week: Oct. 20 – 26
The new commenting system just makes us more excited for our semi-regular rundown of discussion on the site
Dead Tree Alert: Murphy’s Lawlessness
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that ran earlier this week, Ryan Murphy said, “You either love me or you hate me.” In my essay in the new print issue of TIME magazine (subscription required), I beg to differ: it is …
Steven Spielberg, Daniel Day-Lewis and Tony Kushner on the Terrifying Process of Making Lincoln
TIME hosted a VIP screening of the Presidential biopic last night in New York City. The trio was on hand to talk Lincoln fears, questions they would have liked to ask the 16th President and what ended up on the cutting room floor
Swedish House Mafia Pushes Electronic Dance Music to the Max on Until Now
The genre pioneers bring unbounded energy to their latest album
Mario Bros. Masterpieces: How Old School Video Games Became Art
If anybody ever criticizes you for wasting time playing video games, just tell them that you are busy mastering an art. Gallery 1988 (G1988), a Los Angeles pop culture art center, will be hosting its second “Old School Video Game …
Amy Winehouse Play to Open in Denmark
The production, simply titled ‘Amy,’ won’t just focus on the problems of the R&B songstress — it will also explore the role of the media in exacerbating those struggles. Would the singer have said No No No?
Will Idris Elba Be the Next James Bond?
Rumors that the British actor has met with Bond producers have been confirmed
Chasing Mavericks: Looking For That Big Break
A convincing Gerard Butler and fresh-faced Jonny Weston team up for the story of how young surfer Jay Moriarity tackled the big waves at Mavericks for the first time
Parenthood Breaks Our Hearts Real Good
NBC’s emotional drama, about how family can be your biggest problem and your greatest strength, is at its tearjerking best right now.
Cloud Atlas: The Wachowskis Struggle in the Stratosphere
Andy and Lana team with Tom Tykwer on a wildly ambitious, oddly earthbound adaptation of the David Mitchell novel
Tony Kushner on His Lincoln Screenplay, Séances and the Greatest Political Speech of All Time
TIME spoke with the Pulitzer Prize winner on what he learned over the six years he spent researching and honing the blueprint for Steven Spielberg’s film