TIME hosted a VIP screening of the Presidential biopic last night in New York City. The trio was on hand to talk Lincoln fears, questions they would have liked to ask the 16th President and what ended up on the cutting room floor
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Tony Kushner on His Lincoln Screenplay, Séances and the Greatest Political Speech of All Time
TIME spoke with the Pulitzer Prize winner on what he learned over the six years he spent researching and honing the blueprint for Steven Spielberg’s film
Steven Spielberg Talks with TIME’s Rick Stengel About Ambition, Compromise and What to Wear While Filming a President
Managing Editor Rick Stengel sat down with the ‘Lincoln’ director to discuss the making of his new film
Viva Tony Bennett: The Singer on His New Duets Album, Taking Lady Gaga’s Call and His Dream Collaborator
The legendary crooner, whose album is released today, would love a chance to record with Sting
What’s Your Funeral Song? Comments of the Week: Oct. 13–19
This week, in response to the news that Adele had made it onto the list of the most popular funeral songs in the U.K., along with perennials like Frank Sinatra and Celine Dion, we asked you which pop song you would want played at …
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 …
Death Cab for Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard on Striking Out on His Own
Benjamin Gibbard will release his highly anticipated solo debut, Former Lives, on Oct. 16th. As the frontman for Death Cab for Cutie and the Postal Service, Gibbard has earned himself a reputation for a certain melancholic …
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 …
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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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.
New Spider-Man: No More Mr. Nice Guy
Great news for comic book fans and devotees of Comic Con, which started yesterday in New York City: after 50 years, the Amazing Spider-Man series is ending in December with Issue #700, but Marvel has announced that a new series, …
David Quammen Talks Life on the Front Lines of Virology
Back in 2003, a new virus that would be called SARS jumped from a bat to a civet cat to human beings, eventually infecting thousands and killing nearly 800 people. That’s just one example of the threat that animal microbes can …