Did we really need two more ‘Hangover’ movies? What happened in Vegas should’ve stayed in Vegas
From Chinese Dissident Artist Ai Weiwei: A Profanity-Laced Heavy-Metal Music Video
The artist says the video was inspired by his 81-day detention in a Chinese jail
Only God Forgives: A Red Light for Ryan Gosling
A curiously passive Gosling recedes into the background in this ultra-violent and comically black Thai affair
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Arrested Development’s Mitch Hurwitz Talks About Getting the Bluths Back Together
As Arrested Development comes back from the dead, its creator talks about the “Rubik’s Cube” that is the new season, working with Netflix, and choosing to bleep out the swear words.
Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories is Sleek, Bold
On the band’s latest album, the robots have found their souls
As I Lay Dying: James Franco Does William Faulkner
An “unfilmable” novel becomes an art movie of modest accomplishments and frustrations
Dancing with the Stars Watch: And the Winners Are…
Pitbull and Psy performed. And somebody took home a Mirrorball Trophy.
Robocall: A Conversation with Daft Punk
Speaking from their secret LA lair, the electronic-music duo talk about their new album, the artists that influenced them, and their relationship with technology
Band to Watch: Alpine
Their music — sugary, dreamy and effervescent — belongs on any summer playlist
Soderbergh’s Behind the Candelabra: Michael Douglas IS Liberace
Matt Damon co-stars as the primping pianist’s lover in a funny, poignant, surprisingly warm biopic soon to air on HBO
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Ron Howard Talks the Arrested Development Reunion
Executive producer, narrator—and, in the new episodes, guest star—Ron Howard talks about bringing the show back from the dead
Fiction’s Greatest: We Pick the 13 Most Memorable People Who Never Lived
A superhero, an iconic toy, and an outlaw hero — they’re among the 13 fictional characters we rank among the all-time greats
Vote Now: The Most Memorable Fictional Characters of All Time
Which fictional characters — from ancient mythology to Madison Avenue — do you think have had the greatest impact on our lives?