Rep. Spencer Bachus faces insider-trading investigation.
Proposal for gay marriage referendum moves forward in New Jersey.
The ultimate 2012 SXSW trailers page.
Obama plans shift in birth control fight.
A star is born (and scorned).
Click here for pictures photographer Bob Willoughby took of Audrey Hepburn from 1953-66.
Eric Kohn interviews Béla Tarr.
Jay-Z and Kanye West's new video may cause seizures.
The fight for gay marriage may hinge on Supreme Court's Anthony Kennedy.
Rescued dog bites anchor on the wrong network.
For Filmmaker, Cannes Artistic Director Therry Frémaux on the future of film festivals.
Ethan Hawke follows his heart.
David Phelps takes some notes on William A. Wellman's Wings.
A federal appeals court panel on Tuesday threw out a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage passed in 2008, upholding a lower court's ruling that the ban, known as Proposition 8, violated the constitutional rights of gay men and lesbians in California.
Bilge Ebiri presents the Amadeus Blogathon.
David Hudson collects trailers for films in competition at this year's Berlinale.
And The Guardian selects 10 films from the festival to look out for.
Chris Christie's whole Jersey fat-guy authenticity thing is, um, wearing thin.
Why Detroit loves Clint Eastwood.
And that Eastwood ad was David Gordon Green's best work in years.
The White House responds to Virginia anti-gay adoption bill.
Press Play kicks off its Oscar-prediction coverage.
Amazon stores might invade your neighborhood.
Josh Melnick and Water Murch in conversation.
Simpsons dolls banned in Iran as "promoters of Western culture."
The New York Giants win Super Bowl XLVI with 21-17 win over the New England Patriots.
M.I.A. upstages Madonna by flipping off the world during the Super Bowl halftime show.
And for those who only care about the ads, click here.
Ben Gazzara, the original Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on Broadway and star of numerous John Cassavetes films, passed away Friday. He was 81.
Iranian hardliners versus the Oscar.
Yesterday, the Art Directors Guild announced the winners of its 16th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards.
And the Annie Awards spread the wealth last night.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure said on Friday it was retreating from a decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood.
Megaupload founder refused bail in New Zealand.
U.S. jobless rate falls to 8.3 percent, a three-year low.
Roseanne Barr is running for president as a Green Party candidate.
Joshua Land on David Cronenberg and the challenge of the impossible adaptation.
SXSW has announced its film lineup.
Moments after being released by the Capitol police on Wednesday afternoon, Oscar-nominated Gasland director Josh Fox told POLITICO that by arresting him at a committee hearing, Congress made it clear he is persona non grata on Capitol Hill.
Sometimes you have to put a dog in Joan Didion's name.
Jean Dujardin is going into another meeting.
Head over to The Film Experience as Kurt Osenlund joins Ali Arikan, Mark Harris, Nick Davis, and Nathaniel Rogers to discuss the Oscar race for a few days.
NYPD arrest for marijuana soar in 2011, second highest on record.
Mitt Romney crushes Newt Gingrich with a big Florida win.
Soul Train creator Don Cornelius shot himself to death Wednesday morning at his Los Angeles home. He was 75.
Photos by Renaud Monfourny.
Philip Glass is 75 and he is still an East Village staple.
Matt Zoller Seitz says Justified redresses its race problem.
MUBI rounds up reviews of Mark Cousins's The Story of Film.
Press Play contributors argue their favorite Oscar nominees.
Watch Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin in Game Change.
Unease lingers amid a rebirth in Crown Heights.
Author Damien Bona, who I met some 15 years ago right out of NYU and humbled me not long after by thanking me in the pages of Inside Oscar 2, passed away yesterday at the age of 57. He will be missed for his wit, sensitivity, and bringing sanity to the yearly Oscar chatter.
Why Viola Davis gets it right.
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky reviews HBO's Luck.
Why has Lana Del Rey's reinvention caused such a stir?
Armie Hammer is going places.
Peet Gelderblom re-cuts Brian De Palma's Raising Cain.
How the Academy Awards slant our views of movies.
What were the gayest (and straightest) Super Bowl halftime shows?
Ben Marcus urges writers to march on the enemy.
The Help cleaned up and Jean Dujardin pulled an upset at last night's Screen Actors Guild awards.
In other news of The Artist's march toward Oscar, Michel Hazanavicius beat out Fincher, Allen, Scorsese, and Payne at Saturday's DGA awards.
This year's Sundance Film Festival winners have also been announced.
A look back at the film and art career of the Eiffel Tower, a 122-year-old movie star prepping for her facelift.
Matt Zoller Seitz recaps the latest episode of HBO's Luck.
Over the weekend, Mitt Romney widened his lead over Newt Gingrich.
The Artist didn't get the most César nominations today.
Sasha Frere-Jones peers at Lana Del Rey's fixed image.
Related: Lana has bought the rights to her first "unreleased" record.
Fidel Casto is sometimes right.
The London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony will reflect "people's Games," and hundreds of children will be pulled from ghettos all over the world for the production, says Danny Boyle.
D'Angelo is back.
The 12 worst ways to be killed by Liam Neeson.
John Hawkes chats with Jada Yuan at Sundance.
NBC is considering giving Dwight Schrute an Office spinoff.
What it's really like working for Mark Zuckerberg.
Setting your film in New York City can't hurt when it comes to Oscar.
Salman Rushdie is back on trial.
Nintendo losses deepen...but the Wii U will change that come Christmas.
Award-winning Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos was killed yesterday in a road accident.
The director's career in clips.
Lana Del Rey...can she live?
Related: And it begins.
How Victoria Jackson went from the big leagues of comedy to the rabid right of modern politics.
Why do we lock up so many people?
Sundance announces the jury prizes and honorable mentions in short filmmaking.
The 2012 Oscar nominations have been announced.
Beloved indie film veteran Bingham Ray died yesterday. He was 57.
That's right, bitches.
After Megaupload, storage sites shutter services.
As Newt Gingrich's fate rises, so does Barack Obama's.
New Fiona Apple music imminent.
The Vulture's Worst Movie's Critics Poll, with a ballot from yours truly, is hot off the presses.
Why American Idol's audition rounds seem crueler than ever.
Press Play announces the winners of its Vertigoed contest.
Citizen Kane gets inside the castle.
The 40 best films of 2011 accorting to PopMatters.
I hate Star Wars, but apparently this fan remake is the bee's knees.
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