If you are bummed that Baz Luhrmann’s 3-D film adaption of the F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic The Great Gatsby has been pushed back from Christmas Day to May 2013, then exciting news about its soundtrack will cheer you up. Lady …
Woody Guthrie’s Star-Studded 100th Birthday Party
This year, folk legend Woody Guthrie would have been 100 years old. So last night, a suitably impressive cast of pickers, warblers and icons gathered in Washington, D.C. to “blow out the candles,” as his daughter Nora Guthrie …
R. Kelly on His Single Ladies Tour, Bedroom Ballads and the Future of Trapped
On Oct. 13, R&B singer R. Kelly played the first stop of the fall-winter “Single Ladies Tour” in support of his latest album, Write Me Back. The best-selling artist behind hits like “Bump n’ Grind” and “Ignition (Remix)”—also …
Argo Spoiler Alert: What’s More Exciting Than a Rescue?
Argo did well at the box office over the weekend. As someone who thinks we desperately need more intelligent, smartly scripted, adult-oriented thrillers, I take it as encouraging news. But even among Argo’s fans, I can’t be …
Boardwalk Empire Watch: Get Me a Wet Towel
When the war moves to New York, everyone feels more exposed
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Holding Out for a Hero: 10 Great Rescue Movies
With ‘Argo’ out in theaters, TIME celebrates a few of filmdom’s most memorable rescue efforts
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Homeland Watch: The Expendables
SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, get yourself a glass of white wine—just a glass of white wine!—and watch last night’s Homeland.
“A flat tire. When he was in Iraq, I bet he never thought he’d deal with something …
The Walking Dead Watch: From the Farm to the Prison
Less than an hour after The Walking Dead’s Season 2 finale, showrunner Glen Mazzara talked a bit about killing off characters. During the Battle of Greene Farm, poor Patricia and Jimmy met grotesquely terrifying fates, but we …
Geezer Pleasers: Taken 2 and Argo Go for the Grownups
Adults flock to the Neeson and Affleck movies, and send the kids to ‘Hotel Transylvania’ and ‘Sinister’ for giggles and screams
Behold: The Lego Batcave of Your Dreams
Haven’t you always wanted your own Batcave? Who hasn’t? Well two Lego enthusiasts have built the ultimate Batcave — showing it off at the tenth annual BrickCon 2012, a convention for adult Lego hobbyists that took place between …
Comments of the Week: Oct. 6 – 12
This week, let’s take a look at the suggestion box.
From courtobserver’s comment on James Poniewozik’s piece “Big Bird Is a Republican“: Sesame Street should only teach 25 letters of the alphabet.
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Debate Watch: Pointed Questions and a Hot Cuppa Joe
There was another election 2012 debate last night, with a moderator and two candidates, and this time all three showed up.
Smashed‘s Mary Elizabeth Winstead: Scream Queen to Oscar Contender
The movie is small, but the part, playing an alcoholic hipster trying to get sober, was big and special. Winstead, best known for movies like Final Destination 3 and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, went for it.