Anger Management is about a former baseball player whose career was ended by anger issues and who in turn became a therapist. Anger Management is about the motley group of ragers and court-remanded cases who meet for group …
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Nora Ephron: A Life of Voice and Detail
The star of Ephron’s films “Sleepless in Seattle” and “You’ve Got Mail” reflects on the genius of a colleague and friend
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Programming Note
I’m on vacation starting Thursday through next week, but fear not: my colleagues at TIME Entertainment will continue plugging away in my absence, and I’ve armed your friendly android overlord Robo-James with a few posts to put up in my absence. (You can also find me blathering away, as usual, on Twitter, though a higher proportion of my …
Denis Leary on Why Louis C.K. is the Future of Comedy
Comedian Louis C.K.’s will return to television on June 28 for the third season of his much-acclaimed stand-up-meets-single-dad sitcom Louie, on FX. But in the time between last season and this one, Louis C.K. has made more …
Adventures of a Rare (and Not Very Rare) Book Collector
(Lev Grossman writes about books here on Wednesdays. Subscribe to his RSS feed.)
I love rare books. Not that I own a lot of them, mind you. You couldn’t quite call me a rare-book collector. But I did once work in a rare-books …
Why The Amazing Spider-Man Can’t Catch a Break
Sony’s reboot of The Amazing Spider-Man feels dwarfed by larger, more eagerly anticipated superhero movies this summer. We shouldn’t be surprised, though: Peter Parker’s alter ego has always had bad luck
Scandal in the Second City: Two Remarkable Shows From Chicago
A new musical—based on little-remembered ship disaster—and a play about a corrupt police unit make for captivating theater
Nora Ephron: Remembering Everything
Nora Ephron, who wrote and directed iconic modern romantic comedies and served as the wry voice of multiple generations, died on Tuesday, June 26 of pneumonia, a complication from the acute myeloid leukemia she’d been diagnosed …
Heath Ledger Joker 2.0 Action Figure Is the Perfect Toy for Movie Geeks
The detailed action figure has two different heads and tons of accessories — perfect for recreating Ledger’s memorable performance in ‘The Dark Knight’
Richard Florida on How to Keep America’s Artists From Starving
As his ‘The Rise of the Creative Class’ reaches its tenth anniversary, the controversial urban theorist has a plan to keep the artists from starving. It involves a lot more than art
The Bachelorette Watch: Let’s Czech Out Prague
Everything gets really real as The Bachelorette sits on the brink of hometown dates
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Test Pilot: Vegas
Test Pilot is a semiregular feature sharing my first impressions of the pilots for next season’s shows. These aren’t reviews, since these pilots can be rewritten, recast and retooled before airing, and the shows that …
Beasts of the Southern Wild: A Child’s Garden of Wonders
A sensation at Sundance and Cannes, Benh Zietlin’s debut is what indie movies should be and rarely are: a miraculous blend of art and heart