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There is something deeply, embarrasingly satisfying about The …
Obama on Letterman: Top 10 Things You Missed If You Didn’t Watch Last Night
On last night’s Sept. 18 episode of The Late Show with David Letterman, President Obama sat down with the late-night host—for the whole episode, without sharing the bill—to discuss the campaign, events in the Middle East and the future of the American economy. And, while we know that our POTUS can be funny and can do the format well, …
Lee Child on His New Thriller, Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher and Wandering Heroes
“They’re all page-turners, but this one really goes hell to leather.”
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You Got Served: A Waiter’s-Eye View of Mitt Romney
There are plenty of people out there–too many, maybe–analyzing what Mitt Romney said in the secretly taped fundraiser video posted in full at the Mother Jones website: what his comments about “the 47%” say about his campaign, about his character, about his attitude toward the working class, about his base of voters and Barack Obama’s. …
Will Fall TV Finally Make the ‘Partners With Benefits’ Formula Work?
When ABC’s ‘Castle’ returns next Monday, it won’t just be murder the characters will be investigating, but whether or not we can finally lay the ‘Moonlighting’ Curse to bed for good
Oscars vs. Globes: A Big Announcement Changes the Oscar Race, Fails to Fix the Problem
It was the breaking news that shook the entertainment world Tuesday night — or rather, the small echo chamber of awards pundits that I check with every night before I go to bed. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences …
Downton Abbey: Three Reasons We Can’t Wait for Next Season
Downton Abbey has a British following, that much we know. Season three premiered in England on Sunday, drawing in more than a whopping third of the entire British television audience. But in the U.S. we have to wait until January …
G.O.O.D. Music’s Cruel Summer: More Like Pretty G.O.O.D.
The first album from the Kanye-West-led collective is available Sept. 18
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The Morning After: Rise or Fall of Boardwalk Empire?
OK, technically this counts as two mornings after, but I realized that I should let you all know that I’m not doing weekly reviews of Boardwalk Empire this season. The main reason: I’m doing Homeland when it returns two Sundays …
Kreayshawn and 9 Other Female MCs You Should Know
‘Something ‘Bout Kreay’ drops today, but the woman-driven beats don’t stop at “Gucci Gucci”
Broadway’s New Season: 10 Shows to See
TIME’s theater critic picks this year’s most-anticipated theater viewing
No Easy Day Bumps Fifty Shades From Top Spot
Book buyers make war, not love
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The Morning After: SNL’s Early Election Returns
Over the weekend on Saturday Night Live, President Barack Obama stepped aside and was succeeded by President Barack Obama. The show make a deft meta-comment on the casting, having former Obama Fred Armisen introduce Jay Pharoah as the President, quipping, “Wouldn’t want his job, right?”