The Oscar-, Tony-, Emmy-, Grammy- and Pulitzer-winning composer is dead at 68
Miscellany
Elton John Slams Madonna: “Her Career is Over”
John reignites war of words with the Queen of Pop
Comments of the Week: July 28 – August 3
Riddle me this…
Betty White on The Lorax, the Art of Pranking, and the Funniest Person She’s Ever Worked With
“I can’t be coy”
Marilyn Monroe 50 Years Later: In TIME and Out of Time
A wondrous comedienne, a troubled spirit and the great media magnet of her era, the blond bombshell spilled the secrets of her abused childhood for the readers of TIME in 1956
Total Recall Director Talks Remakes, Relevance and Real-Life Paranoia
“Of course the three-breasted woman is something that stayed with me”
A Roaring Literary Lion: Remembering Gore Vidal, 1925–2012
From ‘The Best Man’ to ‘Myra Breckinridge,’ nothing was out of bounds in the work of this famed man of letters
Karl Taro Greenfeld on His New Book, Urban Origin Myths and Whether Dads Can “Have It All”
“I think every writer tends to write about his immediate environment.”
“Queen of Erotica” Zane On How Fifty Shades Affects the Sexy-Book Scene
“I just write stories.”
Snoop Lion? Top 10 Most Ridiculous Celebrity Name Changes
The rapper Snoop Dog has changed his name to Snoop Lion. TIME takes a look at other celebs who have made unusual name changes
Sorry, Not Funny: Dane Cook Apologizes for Colorado Shooting ‘Joke’
The comedian took to Twitter to apologize for an off-color ‘Dark Knight’ joke he told last week
Comments of the Week: July 21 – 27
You guys are such sassy-pants, commenters. But talking back is sort of the point, so we love you for it. (Plus, we’re trying to stay lighthearted, at least in this context, and we couldn’t have done it without you.) The past …
Comedian Dane Cook ‘Jokes’ About Aurora Shooting
And, like everything Dane Cook does, it is so not funny