Spencer Kornhaber

Spencer Kornhaber is a senior associate editor at The Atlantic, where he edits the Entertainment channel. More

Before coming to The Atlantic, he worked as an editor for AOL's Patch.com and as a staff writer at Village Voice Media's OC Weekly. He has also written for Spin, The AV Club, RollingStone.com, Field & Stream, and The Orange County Register.

M.I.A.'s Delightful Middle Finger of an Album

M.I.A.'s Delightful Middle Finger of an Album

The playful, defiant Matangi picks up where her Super Bowl stunt left off. More »

Lady Gaga's <em>Artpop</em> Is an Attention-Freak's Manifesto

Lady Gaga's Artpop Is an Attention-Freak's Manifesto

First impressions of the superstar's third album More »

The Craziest Part of That Crazy <em>Homeland</em> Episode

The Craziest Part of That Crazy Homeland Episode

The mayhem shocked, but not as much as the show's own self-sabotage did.  More »

Katy Perry's Nudity Comments: Hypocritical and Brilliant

Katy Perry's Nudity Comments: Hypocritical and Brilliant

Ms. Whipcream Bra is remaking herself as the pop diva Grandma can love, and why not? More »

Might <em>Homeland</em>'s Big, Dumb Twist Pay Off After All?

Might Homeland's Big, Dumb Twist Pay Off After All?

Tonight's episode, "The Yoga Play," suggests there may be hope for Season 3. More »

Lou Reed Never Compromised

Lou Reed Never Compromised

The Velvet Underground legend, dead at 71, challenged pop culture till the end. More »

The New Arcade Fire Album Isn't All That Deep (and That's Good)

The New Arcade Fire Album Isn't All That Deep (and That's Good)

Feel free to ignore Reflektor's bids for profundity and just appreciate how fun it is. More »

Remember When <em>Homeland</em> Was Fun?

Remember When Homeland Was Fun?

"Tower of David," the third episode of the Showtime drama's third season, was mostly an hour of pointless pain. More »

Reminder: Fiona Apple Is Not Insane (and Neither Is Kanye West)

Reminder: Fiona Apple Is Not Insane (and Neither Is Kanye West)

She explained her recent on-stage "outbursts" well, but with artists like her, no explanation will ever shake the perception that they're crazy. More »

Haim Shows How to Make the Grown-Up, Totally Fun Breakup Album

Haim Shows How to Make the Grown-Up, Totally Fun Breakup Album

Shiny hooks, chipper arrangements—and a surprisingly complicated message More »

<em>Homeland</em> Seems Traumatized

Homeland Seems Traumatized

The third season premiere, "Tin Man Is Down," corrected for the show's old, over-the-top thrills with tedium. More »

The Secretly Conservative MTV VMAs

The Secretly Conservative MTV VMAs

Even Miley Cyrus's twerking felt part of a paean to pop's one-percenters. More »

Why Elmore Leonard Was the English Language's 'Most Cinematic Novelist'

Why Elmore Leonard Was the English Language's 'Most Cinematic Novelist'

"I never show off," the late author and screenwriter told The Atlantic in 2012. More »

'Applause': Is Lady Gaga Parodying Weird Al Parodying Lady Gaga?

'Applause': Is Lady Gaga Parodying Weird Al Parodying Lady Gaga?

Mother Monster subverts her image in nearly the same way Yankovic did two years ago. More »

Jay-Z Joins To-Day and Ice-Cream in the Hyphen Graveyard

Jay-Z Joins To-Day and Ice-Cream in the Hyphen Graveyard

'About 16,000 words have succumbed to pressures of the Internet age and lost their hyphens in a new edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.' More »

An Emmys Mystery: Why Nominate the Worst Part of <i>Arrested Development</i>?

An Emmys Mystery: Why Nominate the Worst Part of Arrested Development?

Jason Bateman did the best he could, but Michael Bluth was a weak link in Netflix's strange, semi-genius season. Better to recognize 'Feral Jesus,' no? More »

Thom Yorke's Spotify Protest: Annoying, Not That Effective, and Still Important

Thom Yorke's Spotify Protest: Annoying, Not That Effective, and Still Important

By ditching the popular streaming service, the Radiohead singer and Nigel Godrich inconvenience fans. But that could help lead to needed change in the music industry. More »

Issue July/August 2013

Your Favorite Character Is Doomed

Ideas of the Year 2013

The Shocking Poignance of Kanye West's <i>Yeezus</i>

The Shocking Poignance of Kanye West's Yeezus

Could his most abrasive release yet actually be a sweet fable about true love? More »

<i>Arrested Development</i>'s Crazy, Existential Message: We're All In This Together

Arrested Development's Crazy, Existential Message: We're All In This Together

Netflix's absurd fourth season of the show has a surprising lot to say about the real world. More »

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Liu Bolin: The Invisible Man

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