As we prepare for the Game of Thrones finale, we recognize Joffrey and nine other baddies who showed us that terrible, horrible things can come in small packages
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Before They Were Famous: Celebrity Prom Photos
From Mitt Romney hamming it up to Halle Berry taking the crown, see stars on their prom nights
The Mighty Chris Hemsworth on Snow White, Joss Whedon and Thor 2
Snow White’s Huntsman talks to TIME about superheroes, fairy tale warriors and life beyond the green screen
High School: Today’s Teens Contract Reefer Madness
School kids run wild, under the influence of magic brownies, and so do Adrian Brody and Michael Chiklis in a couple of surpassingly weird performances
Snow White and the Huntsman: The Fairest Feminist of Them All
What’s that mirror talking about? No one is fairer than Charlize Theron. Unless we’re talking inner beauty—which is exactly what this movie is about.
Today’s Movie Trailer: Watch Anne Hathaway Sing in Les Misérables
We dare you not to be moved while watching the trailer to the eagerly awaited big screen adaptation of Boublil and Schonberg’s epic musical based on the 1862 novel by Victor Hugo—out December 14. It opens with Anne Hathaway belting out one of the show’s pathos-drenched ballads, “I Dreamed a Dream.”
“I had a dream my life …
Another Bite of the Poisoned Apple: Why Does Pop Culture Love Fairy Tales Again?
As Snow White and the Huntsman joins the new roundup of fairy tale-inspired movies, TV shows and books, we wonder: How did these dark, female-led stories become the Next Big Thing?
Blockbuster Rides: Transformers, Cars and Avengers Coming to an Amusement Park Near You
In the long-standing art of branding, amusement park rides help expand a popular movie into every imaginable facet of our (thrill-seeking, scream-inducing) culture.
As Universal Studios Hollywood debuted the new Transformers …
Chernobyl Diaries Spoiler Alert: Radiation Fears, But Few Real Frights
Oren Peli, the creator of Paranormal Activity, signs his name to a boilerplate, low-budget horror film where the “more-suspense, less-gore” formula comes up short
Men in Black 3 Singes The Avengers
The revival of a Will Smith franchise slips past the Marvel men
The Palme d’Amour: Director Michael Haneke Takes Cannes’ Top Prize—Again
Michael Haneke’s quietly magnificent story of love on the brink of death takes the top prize, while seven American films oozing with star quality get no love at all
Palme d’Or Preview: Handicapping Five Top Contenders at Cannes
On the Festival’s final day, we consider films from the U.S., the U.K., Romania, Denmark and France
Norman Lloyd: Hitchcock’s Saboteur Is a World-Class Raconteur
He worked and played with Orson Welles, Charlie Chaplin, Jean Renoir, Elia Kazan, Bertolt Brecht — and at a vital 97, he gave the best show at Cannes 2012