Think the approaching end of Twilight means the vampire-movie trend is over? Think again. Well, sort of. As the movie’s new trailer shows, the upcoming Vamps — from writer-director Amy Heckerling and starring Alicia Silverstone, who previously worked together on the 1995 classic Clueless — takes the genre in another direction. As …
Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle on Songwriting for Tormented Souls
“People were saying, ‘You’re going to write songs about how much you love your son,’ and I was like two middle fingers in the air, no, I’m not.”
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“The Pollsters Are Biased” Is the New “The Reporters Are Biased”
You’re entitled to your own opinion but not to your own facts; that political dictum was coined by the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, because he was no fun. Well, good news, folks! Now you can have your own facts! Even …
Kitchen-Sink Apocalypse: Two Off-Broadway Visions
‘If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet’ and ‘Detroit’: two domestic dramas with darker portents
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TV Tonight: Can Vegas Be The Good Wife in a Cowboy Hat?
As I say every time I write a Test Pilot preview of a new fall show over the summer, those posts are not final reviews, because the pilots of new series are often revised or recast before airing. But sometimes they’re not, nor do …
And the Top TV Words of the Year Are…
Television can do strange things to our speech. After watching Game of Thrones, for example, it’s hard not to talk about people in the fashion of creator George R.R. Martin. “Please meet my co-worker. This is Jim of House
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TV Tonight: The Mindy Project, Ben and Kate
You can see why Fox picked The Mindy Project and Ben and Kate to launch together on Tuesday nights with New Girl. They’re both about young, single adults gettin’ by and lookin’ for love. They’re both somewhere on the …
Dancing with the Stars Watch: All-Stars Edition Kicks Off
What do Pamela Anderson, Emmitt Smith, Kirstie Alley and Joey Fatone have in common? They’re all in it to win it on ‘Dancing With the Stars: All Stars Edition’
WATCH: Homer Simpson Votes For Romney
Mmmm… democracy…
Did One Direction Steal New Single’s Intro from The Clash?
Eight notes of music followed by three scratching strums: it’s perhaps one of the most recognizable song intros in rock history, from The Clash’s classic “Should I Stay Or Should I Go?” And now those opening bars are at it again, in One Direction’s new single “Live While We’re Young.” The video for the song, meant to debut today, …
2012 Emmy Awards: The Best and Worst Dressed
As the industry honors the top talents in television, TIME rounds up the winners and losers on the Emmys red carpet
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The Emmys’ Balancing Act: Predictable, Except When Not
You can often count on Jon Stewart to offer the pithiest comment on a news event, even when the event involves him. Stewart came onstage at the 2012 Emmy Awards after a wild physical comedy bit, in which Stephen Colbert and other …