Lost T.S. Eliot letter turns up after 40 years
A letter written by T.S. Eliot — publisher, playwright, literary critic and one of the most important poets of the 20th century — has emerged, after being hidden for 40 years, reports BBC News.The...
View ArticleUPDATED: Oscar Pistorius charged with the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
UPDATED: Thursday, February 14 at 4:07pmOlympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been charged in the shooting murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius will spend the night in jail while he...
View Article“SNL” recap: Christoph Waltz plays God — Tarantino style
The wonderfully talented comic actor Christoph Waltz has Tarantino to thank for writing two versions of the same memorable role — Nazi Colonel Hans Landa in "Inglourious Basterds" and bounty hunter Dr....
View ArticleAlec Baldwin disputes claims he used racial epithets
Another day, another face-off between Alec Baldwin and the New York Post, it seems. Reports Ben Yakas of The Gothamist, the "30 Rock" star got into another altercation with the tabloid on Sunday....
View ArticleDavid Cameron defies Smiths ex-guitarist, Johnny Marr
The British prime minister is on a tear: First, he has gone after Hilary Mantel for her comments about Kate Middleton. Now, David Cameron has made a vow to defy Smiths ex-guitarist Johnny Marr, who has...
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Must do’s: What to watch and read this weekend
Every week, our critics tell us about the books, TV shows and films that set their minds racing. As you settle into your weekend in pursuit of good stories, here's a recap of their most essential picks...
View ArticleJennifer Lawrence’s fall to grace
Last night, a debate broke out among our friends on whether the 22-year-old Jennifer Lawrence, now crowned by the academy as the best actress for her terrific performance in "Silver Linings Playbook,"...
View ArticleWATCH: New David Bowie video “The Stars (Are Out Tonight)”
They may look alike and perhaps you've never seen the two in the same place at the same time until now, but androgynous doppelgängers David Bowie and actress Tilda Swinton appear together in the...
View ArticleFifty shades of … beige?
At Vanity Fair's famous Oscar party Sunday night, the New York Post was eager to find out from Fifty Shades of Grey” author E .L. James — the writer now famous for her "Twilight" fan-fic bodice...
View ArticleNational Book Critics Circle’s 2013 awards announced
The 2013 winners of the National Book Critics Circle were announced on Thursday night at the New School in New York's West Village. Two of the recipients were National Book Award finalists — fiction...
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Must Do’s: What we like this week
BOOKSLaura Miller dug into Candida Moss' scholarly work on Christianity's obsession with martyrdom, titled "The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom." She...
View ArticleThe ballad of John and Yoko — and Paul — continues more than 40 years later
In 2000, a New York-based architect named Cass Calder Smith was helping his father move into a new apartment, when he discovered a tremendous inventory of interview tapes — hundreds of hours of...
View ArticleWas an ex-girlfriend trying to out Whitney Houston?
As if it weren't enough that she had an overbearing mother who shooed away her best friend (and possible girlfriend), an erratic husband, and an out-of-control drug problem, the troubled late singer...
View ArticleMatthew Rhys: “I still blink hard when the young PAs say, ‘We’re doing this...
The Cold War-era espionage thriller "The Americans," which is halfway through its first season on FX (and airs on Wednesday nights at 10 p.m. ET), is not the first series to challenge the audience to...
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Must Do’s: What we like this week
BOOKSLaura Miller was deeply moved by Sonali Deraniyagal's incredible, spare memoir, “Wave,” about losing her parents, husband and children in the 2004 tsunami during a family vacation:Deraniyagala’s...
View Article“SNL” recap: Justin Timberlake promoted to the Five-Timers club
Last night, Justin Timberlake joined the ranks of repeat offenders Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, John Goodman, Drew Barrymore, and Candice Bergen, not necessarily entering the pantheon as a comedy genius...
View ArticleMichael Penn: “Part of me thinks Hannah’s really more the voice of MY...
Musician Michael Penn has the enviable, if not incredibly difficult task of scoring "Girls." OK, that didn't sound quite right. Allow me to rephrase: Penn composes the music for Lena Dunham's HBO...
View Article“Veronica Mars”: The movie could be coming to a theater near you!
This morning brought welcome news for fans and TV critics alike: "Veronica Mars" star Kristen Bell, together with show creator Rob Thomas, told Entertainment Weekly that they've embarked on a...
View ArticleMeet the man who is always “absolutely right”
Mediaite's Andrew Kirell, a self-described libertarian, has been on the Martin Bashir beat, calling the host's 4 p.m. show on its "lack of liberal introspectiveness." But Kirell discovered, tipped off...
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Must do’s: What we like this week
BOOKSLaura Miller bites into "Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us About Sex, Diet, and How We Live," by evolutionary biologist Marlene Zuk, who debunks the myth of the caveman diet:Why are we...
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