In the most inventive family movie of the year, a bad guy longs to be good even though Pac-Man’s Pokey tells him it’s good to be bad
Star Wars Fans React: The Best Tweets About Disney Deal for Lucasfilm
Lifelong fans are both celebrating and mourning the news of ‘Star Wars Episode 7’
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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.
Beyond ‘Monster Mash’: TIME Picks the Best Halloween Songs
Don’t be scared—it’s just our playlist of perfect music for the spooky holiday
What to Expect from Disney’s New Star Wars
They’re used to the Jedi Order, the Dark Lords of the Sith and the Galactic Empire… but how will ‘Star Wars’ deal with the House of Mouse?
Is Horror Too Scary for Broadcast TV?
With America hooked on ‘Walking Dead’ and ‘American Horror Story,’ why aren’t broadcast networks getting in on the horror craze?
Late Night, Big Storm, Empty Studio: Fallon and Letterman Tape Hurricane Shows Without Audiences
Late-night hosts made the best of eerily quiet studios
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Sandy Watch: On TV, Raining Rumors, Wet Reporters and A Few Dry Jokes
One of the strange impulses of modern life is the irresistible–to me, anyway–urge to turn on the TV and the laptop and spend all day watching coverage of a weather disaster that you are already in the middle of experiencing.
That Settles It: Yoko Ono Did Not Break Up the Beatles
Paul McCartney says don’t blame John Lennon’s widow for the end of the legendary band
The Liberator: A User’s Guide to Hell
Alex Kershaw’s WWII history chronicles the torturous slog of an American infantry division — led by legendary commander Felix Sparks — from Italy in 1943 into the heart of Germany just before VE Day
Listen to TIME’s Hurricane Sandy Playlist on Spotify
We have the perfect playlist for the “Perfect Storm”
Hurricane Sandy Shutters Broadway, Movies, Concerts
The show will not, in fact, go on—at least not today
The Walking Dead Watch: The Governor Commeth
In “Walk with Me,” The Governor makes his first appearance as Michonne and Andrea are welcomed into his community