Spoilers for Sunday night’s Girls follow:
Yesterday I solicited your thoughts on Veep, after it aired the third of three episodes I saw before reviewing it. Today we look at Girls‘ 4th episode, “Hannah’s Diary,” the first …
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Dancing with the Stars Watch: Threesomes and Then Some
Threesomes mean double entendres during a double elimination contest
In Defense of Ghost: The Musical (No, Really)
What’s so scary about a show that grapples seriously with death?
Keane Takes a Step Backwards with Strangeland
Four years ago, it seemed liked Keane was finally evolving.
Until that time, they’d been endlessly corralled with Coldplay and Snow Patrol, bands also known for their emotionally exploitative production. But 2008’s Perfect …
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The Morning After: Is Veep Better Off Now Than It Was Two Episodes Ago?
This is not a review of Veep, exactly—for my original review of the series, see here. But I like to check in with readers to compare opinions after you’ve seen as many episodes as I did of a show when I first reviewed it, and …
Mad Men Watch: Phone Booths and Lies
With the obvious exception of Superman, who used phone booths as changing rooms, scenes involving pay phones rarely lead to good developments. (One more exception: Ron Burgundy’s Glass Case of Emotion.) In last night’s Mad Men, …
Avengers Spoiler Alert: All Sound and No Fury — or, How Marvel Botched a Nuclear Apocalypse
(Major spoilers throughout) I strolled into The Avengers hungry — ravenous — for a summer blockbuster. I wanted car chases, fireballs and toppling skyscrapers. I also expected a few meaningful characters and lines of …
Meet the World’s Best Chefs, Including 2012 Winner Daniel Humm
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Game of Thrones Watch: I Capture the Castle
SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, make your way home past your jeering subjects, and watch last night’s Game of Thrones.
“How can I call myself king if I can’t hold my own castle?” —Robb Stark
The first episode …
Beyond Marvel-ous: The Avengers Smashes Records with $200.3 Million
The all-star superhero movie leaves “Harry Potter” as roadkill, scoring the top opening weekend in North American movie history
Appreciation: Adam Yauch, MCA of the Beastie Boys
My knees went weak when I heard MCA had died. Perhaps that’s because it wasn’t simply the death of a man but of a piece of my youth — and of a time when hip hop itself was young. He was 47, and I knew he had battled cancer …
Make Some Noise: The Best Beastie Boys’ Videos
The Beastie Boys’ Album Covers, Through the Years
TIME remembers Adam “MCA” Yauch—hipper than hip-hop, cooler than punk and master of both.