Jack Torrance may be returning to the Overlook Hotel
Pussy Riot on Trial: The Case Against the Anti-Putin Feminist Rockers
Three members of the anonymous group are on trial this week for something all punk rockers may be guilty of — anti-establishment lyrics
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
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NBC’s Olympic Livestreaming Is a Step Forward. But Is It a Permanent One?
Let me say upfront that complaining about the quality and immediacy of one’s video options for watching the Olympics in the comfort of my home is, more literally than usual, a First World problem. It’s what we do every two years, …
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Breaking Bad Watch: Do You Want To Know a Secret?
SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, turn off that Three Stooges movie and watch last night’s Breaking Bad.
“Hazard Pay” broke almost neatly into two halves. The first was a kind of getting-the-band-back-together …
11 Olympic Theme Songs, Dissected
How does this year’s Olympic theme song, Muse’s “Survival”, stack up against the competition?
Dark Knight Rises Tops Box Office Again: What ‘Aurora Effect’?
Don’t believe the doomsday hype about audiences frightened to go to the movies. If they stayed home on Friday, it was only to watch the Olympic spectacular
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TCA 2012: Homeland, Louie Win Big at TCA Awards
Last night at the Beverly Hilton, the Television Critics Association gave out the annual TCA Awards for the best in television at our annual summer meeting. And it may not surprise you that, since critics like me were voting, the …
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TCA 2012: FX Will Give You More Louie, and (Probably) a Lot More Charlie Sheen
Get used to seeing more of Charlie Sheen on your television. A lot more. Or, at least, get used to other people having a lot more opportunities to see Charlie Sheen on their televisions.
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NBC’s Unkind Olympic Cut
I saw the London Olympics opening ceremony late, on Pacific Time—my colleague Catherine Mayer reviews it elsewhere at time.com—but it was a spectacle and a hoot, in the best sense of both words. Where Beijing’s 2008 ceremony …
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CNN’s President to Step Down, Calls for “New Thinking.” But Does CNN Want That?
Big events like the Olympics’ debut are notorious for “news dumps”–less-than-flattering announcements that might be overshadowed by a bigger story. That may not have been CNN‘s intent, but it was perhaps not a bad day for the …
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 …
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TCA 2012: ABC Has No News on Modern Family, But Bristol Palin for DWTS
As TV critics waited for ABC’s Friday executive presentation at the Television Critics Association press tour, the big question was if the contentious Modern Family salary battle would be resolved in time for ABC chief Paul Lee …