It is quite possible that daytime election coverage is the most excited and useless news that TV outlets bring us in a year, and that’s saying something
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The Comedy-Club Election: “Take Mitt Romney — Please”
What the foot-soldiers of stand-up comedy are saying about the Presidential campaign
Moneypoll! The Pundits Vs. The Election-Data Nerds
The other big contest next Tuesday is between the pundits trying to analyze the election with their guts and a new breed of statistics gurus trying to forecast it with data.
Hurricane Sandy Shutters Broadway, Movies, Concerts
The show will not, in fact, go on—at least not today
Ellen DeGeneres Celebrated in D.C. as She Claims Top Humor Prize
What makes Ellen so funny? TIME asks other famous humorists at the Kennedy Center gala in her honor
Introducing Changes to Our Commenting System
Things are changing at TIME.com. Along with our brand-new look and feel (more on that here), we’re happy to announce we’re switching to LiveFyre for our new commenting system.
Steve Martin’s Nebraska Political Ad—and DIY Tutorial
Comedian Steve Martin has joined the political fray with an Oct. 4 ad backing Nebraska Senate candidate Bob Kerrey. In the spot, Martin tells viewers that Kerrey—who, according to Entertainment Weekly, officiated at the actor’s wedding in 2007—is a man who “cares about the people of Nebraska” and who “is sane.”
Or, rather, an …
Margaret Atwood on Serial Fiction and the Future of the Book
Margaret Atwood, the author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Blind Assassin (for which she won the Booker Prize), is no stranger to innovation. She writes about what the world could be—although it’s often what the world could …
The Stewart–O’Reilly Debate: An Inside View of a Seriously Hilarious Rumble
Two political pundits debated in Washington, D.C., on Saturday night — making the arguments that many Americans wanted the presidential candidates to advocate last Wednesday
Dead Tree Alert: Check, Please
My column (subscription required) is back in the print TIME magazine this week, and it catches up on what’s been one of the major distinguishing media features of the 2012 campaign: the rise, and limitations, of fact-checking in …
From Tupac to Tanked: Hologram Company Goes Bankrupt
The Oscar-winning digital production company behind the Tupac hologram is in bad shape financially
A Plea to Twitter: Let Us Hide Our Spoilers
When Chefs Swap Kitchens: A-List Restaurants to Switch Chicago, New York Locations (for a Week)
Some swaps—wives, for example—are clearly based on reality TV publicity grabs. But two renowned U.S. restaurants switching locations smacks of something that goes beyond basic PR buzz.
The Chicago Tribune reports that two …