It’s official: Dubstep isn’t going anywhere. Even Taylor Swift has sampled the genre’s electronically warbled bass lines in her latest release, “I Knew You Were Trouble,” taking dubstep from the clubs to the heart of the Top …
Holy Motors: Leos Carax Flirts with a Cinematic Masterpiece
This vaudeville of film history is the year’s moviest movie
You Can Take Your Oscar and…: Joaquin Phoenix and 8 Other Tinseltown Trash-Talkers
Joaquin Phoenix made headlines this week when he told Interview Magazine that he does not care if he wins an Oscar for his performance in The Master
Taylor Swift on Going Pop, Ignoring the Gossip and the Best (Worst) Nickname She’s Ever Had
At 22, Taylor Swift has the kind of career most artists chase for decades: six Grammys, countless chart-topping singles and more than 22 million albums sold. Here, the Nashville dweller—whose new album Red drops Oct. 22—lets …
No Money, No Problem: Independent Rapper Macklemore Soars Onto Billboard Chart
It’s time again to look at the latest action in the Billboard charts, tallying the week’s biggest singles and albums and interesting trends. On we go:
- Moves Past “Jagger.” O.K., what’s more surprising: that Psy
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Blackface Clybourne Park Production Cancelled in Berlin
The Bruce Norris satire Clybourne Park, a Chicago-set play inspired by A Raisin in the Sun, has garnered raves and awards for productions in the U.S. (a Pulitzer and a Tony) and England (an Olivier)—but a planned production in …
Phish’s Trey Anastasio Ventures Into Indie Rock with Traveler
The jam-centric musician is cool, if not cohesive, on his new album
Alex Cross: Freed from Madea, Tyler Perry Is Still No Morgan Freeman
The gravitas Freeman brought to James Patterson’s sadistically inclined crime stories more than a decade ago is sorely missed in director Rob Cohen’s attempt to reboot the series
Bad 25: Spike Lee Brings Michael Jackson Back to Thrilling Life
On the album’s silver anniversary, Lee documents the blood, sweat and art that went into this platinum touchstone from the King of Pop
Nobody Walks: Sex, Love, Bugs and (Kind of) Lena Dunham
Writer-director Ry Russo-Young collaborated with the ‘Girls’ girl on this post-nuclear-family dramedy with a pensive power
An Open Letter to Rihanna: Please Use More Words
Dear Rihanna,
We’re worried about you. Not because of your tumultuous romantic life, and not because the makeup artist for your latest Vogue cover shoot appears to have had a vendetta against you. No, our concerns are purely …
Paranormal Activity 4: Jumping the Shock?
In its new chapter, the once-terrific minimalist horror series takes a nose dive by simply repeating old gimmicks
