Pseudoscience promoter Dr. Oz’s Twitter Q&A was a magnificent train wreck
When will social media teams see this stuff coming?
Thursday, Nov 13, 2014 6:00 PM UTC 0Dr. Oz, quackery, Twitter
Dr. Oz, quackery, Twitter
Tommy Lee Jones' new classic
Both leads are stunning in a bleak, transformative fable about the madness and loneliness of the American frontier
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Andrew O'Hehir
Dr. Oz, quackery, Twitter
Actress Barbara Bowman: Bill Cosby raped me — why wasn’t I believed?
Why did it take one man's jokes to make several women's stories go viral?
Thursday, Nov 13, 2014 4:43 PM UTC 0bill cosby, barbara bowman
Forget Kim Kardashian’s butt: The trailblazing goofiness of her nude photo-shoot face
Her facial expression -- open-mouthed, cartoonish, decidedly unsexy -- is the best thing about these photos
Thursday, Nov 13, 2014 4:15 PM UTC 0Kim Kardashian, NSFW
Autopsy: Robin Williams had Lewy body dementia
The hallucination-causing disease may have contributed to his decision to commit suicide
Thursday, Nov 13, 2014 3:37 PM UTC 0robin williams
Jon Stewart slams the NRA for blocking ivory-banning legislation
"What kind of asshole would be opposed to it?" VIDEO
Thursday, Nov 13, 2014 2:35 PM UTC 0Video, The Daily Show
What “Interstellar” gets wrong about interstellar travel
Christopher Nolan's latest is a gorgeous, ambitious work, but its underlying "science" is downright laughable
Thursday, Nov 13, 2014 11:30 AM UTC 0Scientific American
Get ready for the “Gilmore Girls” and “Dawson’s Creek” reunions you’ve been waiting for
Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel and Amy Sherman Palladino will reunite at ATX Television Festival VIDEO
Thursday, Nov 13, 2014 10:35 PM UTC 0Video, gilmore girls
Why the “Duck Dynasty” musical will be a disaster: Broadway’s weird attempts to expand its demographic appeal
A reality show musical could be comedy gold -- but this one appears to be making all the wrong moves
Thursday, Nov 13, 2014 8:40 PM UTC 0duck dynasty, musical theater
TV’s curse of the sophomore slump: Why genre shows like “Sleepy Hollow” and “Reign” go off the rails
After a tense, compelling first season, it can be a death sentence for a show to redeem its villains too quickly
Thursday, Nov 13, 2014 7:15 PM UTC 0Sleepy Hollow, Reign
The Amazon-Hachette nightmare is over: Why its resolution is great news for authors
The book publisher and the retail giant have finally come to terms, although we may never know who "won"
Thursday, Nov 13, 2014 6:35 PM UTC 0Amazon vs. Hachette, amazon
Jennifer Lawrence discusses wanting to get a “platonic colonic” with Josh Hutcherson on “Late Show”
Lawrence and Letterman discuss everything from bowel cleansing to bowling VIDEO
Thursday, Nov 13, 2014 6:00 PM UTC 0Video
“Honey Boo Boo” star Mama June reveals father of two daughters is a sex offender
The Shannon family matriarch told "Entertainment Tonight" about the man who molested her daughter Anna VIDEO
Thursday, Nov 13, 2014 2:43 PM UTC 0Video, mama june shannon
Jon Stewart mocks “gang-sign” controversy: “All this time, I’ve been the lead-in for a notorious gang member”
Stewart added "pointing" to the list of “innocent things that black people do that look suspicious” VIDEO
Thursday, Nov 13, 2014 2:39 PM UTC 0Video, Jon Stewart
“Foxcatcher”: Steve Carell and Channing Tatum’s weird true story of wrestling, money and murder
A pair of stars -- and Mark Ruffalo too -- are dynamite in Bennett Miller's unlikely, Oscar-loaded true-crime tale
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 11:59 PM UTC 0Movies, Movie Awards Season
Wingnuts attack Bruce Springsteen: Concert for Valor performance condemned as unpatriotic
Apparently there is only one right way to salute our nation's veterans, and its name is Carrie Underwood
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 8:30 PM UTC 0Bruce Springsteen, Veterans Day
Listen to Bryan Cranston narrate an excerpt of “You Have to F**king Eat”
It does not disappoint VIDEO
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 8:03 PM UTC 0Video, Bryan Cranston
EXCLUSIVE: Jon Stewart’s Salon interview: Humanizing torturers, our dysfunctional politics, and why we view our political enemies as X-Men
"Daily Show" host tells Salon about Islam, nuance, his new film, and seeing Iranian kids impersonate his TV persona
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 5:45 PM UTC 0Movies, rosewater, Jon Stewart
All the things we project onto Kim Kardashian’s butt: How one woman’s rear end came to mean everything
The Instagram comments on Kim's post of her new Paper mag cover offer a wide-ranging catalog of culture anxieties
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 4:15 PM UTC 0Kim Kardashian, Paper Magazine
RIP “storytelling”: How online marketers and tech bros destroyed the word
"Serial" is proof that the act of storytelling is alive and well -- but make no mistake: The word itself is dead
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 3:00 PM UTC 0storytelling, Serial
Stephen Colbert slams Breitbart: “You are craven political hatchet men”
Colbert mocked the site for its botched Loretta Lynch story VIDEO
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014 2:35 PM UTC 0Video, The Colbert Report
The subtle class politics of “High Maintenance”: Welcome to young, bougie, weed-smoking New York
A slight Web series on the community around dealing, buying and smoking pot returns for Season 2
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014 11:59 PM UTC 0high maintenance, vimeo
Lydia Millet: “If men’s cruel tyranny over women is the matter at hand, there’s a bored disinterest of the liberal literary establishment”
The author of "Dept. of Speculation" grills the author of "Mermaids in Paradise" on literary women, comic novels
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014 11:58 PM UTC 0Books, jenny offill, Lydia Millet
“Bad Turn Worse”: Texas teen noir infused with “Blood Simple”
A delightful cast and numerous twists keep this Coen-and-Tarantino-flavored debut thriller humming along
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014 8:25 PM UTC 0Movies, Thrillers
The 7 biggest problems with “Interstellar”
Christopher Nolan still doesn't know how to write adult women, and Hans Zimmer is a monster who must be stopped
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014 7:45 PM UTC 0the daily dot, interstellar
Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted even more feelings about “Interstellar”
9 more to be exact, and they're not all positive
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014 7:19 PM UTC 0Neil degrasse Tyson
Stephen Colbert utterly destroys the GOP plans to not govern ahead of 2016 election
"It's a trap!" VIDEO
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014 5:50 PM UTC 0Video, Stephen Colbert
Megyn Kelly’s “Huckabee” flub was Fox News at its best: Why we’re obsessed with cable news bloopers
She's the latest cable anchor to go accidentally rogue -- and inject the genre with a quick hit of self-awareness VIDEO
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014 5:05 PM UTC 0Video, Cable News, Megyn Kelly
Amanda Palmer: “I wish I hadn’t made a snap decision about Jian Ghomeshi”
The musician/provocateur on her new book, Lena Dunham and the "radical, violent brand of feminism" she despises
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014 3:58 PM UTC 0Amanda Palmer, Books, Music
“The Daily Show” has a brilliant strategy to avoid getting shot by cops
"Keep it safe, doggy style" VIDEO
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014 3:11 PM UTC 0Video, The Daily Show
Eminem raps about domestic abuse: “I’ll punch Lana Del Rey right in the face twice, like Ray Rice”
The rapper raises new controversy in a threatening freestyle video that emphasizes incidents of domestic violence VIDEO
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014 2:57 PM UTC 0Video, ray rice, janay rice, eminem
Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart slams President Obama for increasing troop levels in Iraq
"I think this is all sounding a little bullsh*t" VIDEO
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014 2:14 PM UTC 0Video, Jon Stewart
Stephen Colbert’s Questlove: Imagining the new “Late Show” band
Costello? Stipe? Colbert's documented musical tastes reveal some potential clues (and prompt some wishful thinking)
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014 12:00 AM UTC 0Stephen Colbert, paul shaffer
David Foster Wallace’s mind-blowing creative nonfiction syllabus: “This does not mean an essayist’s goal is to ‘share’ or ‘express herself’ or whatever feel-good term you got taught in high school”
EXCLUSIVE: Another from the DFW archive -- you'll love his literary email address and the super-smart reading list
Monday, Nov 10, 2014 11:59 PM UTC 0David Foster Wallace
Why “Selfie’s” cancellation is a massive shame: This was the most promising interracial couple on TV
When "Selfie" leaves the air, so will our only Asian sitcom lead -- and his story line was just heating up
Monday, Nov 10, 2014 8:59 PM UTC 0Selfie, john cho, karen gillan, ABC
Neil deGrasse Tyson gives “Interstellar” a surprise science review
"Never look to me for opinions on new films. All I do is highlight the science one might or might not find in them" VIDEO
Monday, Nov 10, 2014 7:59 PM UTC 0Video, Neil degrasse Tyson
Why “Too Many Cooks” is the smartest critique of the changing TV landscape we’ve seen
It proves that the tropes of the morally complicated antihero drama can look just as dopey and rote as network TV's VIDEO
Monday, Nov 10, 2014 7:30 PM UTC 0Video, Too Many Cooks
The second season of “Broad City” is going to be hilarious
Not convinced? Watch this trailer VIDEO
Monday, Nov 10, 2014 6:18 PM UTC 0Video, broad city, season 2, Comedy
Nicki Minaj steals SS imagery: A brief history of Nazi-inspired pop culture
Minaj's new video is just the latest example of artists co-opting Third Reich imagery VIDEO
Monday, Nov 10, 2014 4:50 PM UTC 0Nicki Minaj, Video, nazi
