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D'Angelo is back.
The 12 worst ways to be killed by Liam Neeson.
John Hawkes chats with Jada Yuan at Sundance.
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Abbas Kiarostami lauds the "unique success" of Ashgar Farhadi's A Separation.
Keira Knightley reveals to Michael Musto the secret behind her spanking scene!
Moviegoers looking to the Golden Globes as Oscar forecasters should consider their bets hedged.
Lana Del Rey tanked on SNL.
Jon Huntsman to quit G.O.P. race.
Martin Luther King Jr. memorial inscription will be corrected.
Gil Scott-Heron recalls his Memphis childhood and role in Stevie Wonder's push to honor MLK.
Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage called attention to this man yesterday.
Richard Brody on the cool and sober straightforwardness of David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Family intrigue shadows North Korea's secretive dynasty.
Republicans across the nation are working hard to make casting a ballot in 2012 harder than ever.
For Fandor, Alejandro Adams shares his top 9 1/2 films of 2011.
For Paste, Charles McNair's 11 favorite books of 2011.
Spanish man arrested in leak of Madonna single.
Chapter four of "Magic and Light: The Films of Steven Spielberg" by Matt Zoller Seitz, Ali Arikan, and Kevin B. Lee.
Maya Angelou's lesson about black speech.
Below, the video for Lana Del Rey's "Off to the Races":
The Golden Globes have announced their nominations and Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life leads the pack with 8 nods. Kidding.
Related: Nine observations about the nominations.
Madonna inks new label deal for March album.
The films of Steven Spielberg, an introduction by Matt Zoller Seitz, Ali Arikan, and Serena Bramble.
Armond White on embargo blues.
Every film on this list that I've seen is indeed terrible.
Because 25 is too little, and 100 to gluttonous, PopMatters gives us their 75 best albums of 2011.
The New York Film Critics Circle announced its winners today and Michel Hazanavicius's The Artist is best in show, though Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life put up a good fight.
And the big winners at this year's Gotham Film Awards are Mike Mills's Beginners and The Tree of Life.
The nominations for the 27th Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced this morning in Los Angeles, and Jeff Nichols's Take Shelter and Hazanavicius's The Artist (which few realized was eligible) led the pack with 5 nods a piece.
Conrad Murray is sentenced to four years.
Herman Cain denies having a face allegation of 13-year affair.
Carey Mulligan explains how she got Steve McQueen's attention.
Explore the first book about James Gray.
Don't put your sperm under your laptop.
Christopher Hitchens explains how Republicans benefit from their gaffes.
Following the emergence of additional sexual harassment accusations, Herman Cain is now pointing the finger at Rick Perry, accusing the Texas governor of organizing a smear campaign to ruin his presidential candidacy.
Continuing her fight against intolerance and bullying, Lady Gaga has launched the youth-empowering Born This Way Foundation.
Yesterday in Oakland, thousands of Occupy protesters declared victory after shutting down one of the nation's busiest shipping ports.
Guy Pearce, Ben Foster and Kelly McDonald are set to star in the Steve Buscemi-directed, Oren Moverman-penned adaptation of William S. Burroughs's semi-autobiographical novel Queer.
The New York Department of Sanitation is rethinking the "cruel" and "excessive" sticker initiative used to punish and publicly shame violators of alternate-side parking rules.
For The New York Times, Christopher McDougall examines the once and future way to run.
According to new reports, the Greek government is teetering on the brink of collapse.
A.O. Scott and Manohla Dargis discuss the work and legacy of Pauline Kael.
Marilyn Nash, Charles Chaplin's Monsieur Verdoux leading lady, has died.
Over at Salon, Matt Zoller Seitz eulogizes the death of the movie camera.
Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith's Van Gogh: The Life questions if the famous artist really killed himself.
Meanwhile in Castle Greyskull, House Republicans pass controversial abortion bill that Democrats have dubbed the "Let Women Die" act.
After 41 years, about 30 of those I'm proud to say I watched rather religiously, All My Children ends today.
Yesterday was the night Republicans booed a gay soldier.
For Salon, Thomas Rogers and Andrew O'Hehir discuss why audiences are rejecting Nicolas Winding Refn's pretentious, feels-like-it-was-made-by-a-Pitchfork-loving-hipster Drive.
According to Facebook, not sharing is caring.
Girish Shambu ranks his Toronto experience.
G.O.P. Bob Turner gains House seat vacated by Anthony D. Weiner.
Andrew O'Hehir sat a few rows away from Madonna at Toronto.
See the anti-iPhone game that Apple doesn't want you to play.
Orson Welles's original version of The Magnificent Ambersons may be lost to history, but even the compromised cut is a masterpiece—and it's finally on DVD.
Jani Lane, the golden-haired former lead singer of 1980s hair-metal band Warrant, was found dead on Thursday in a hotel room in Woodland Hills, California. He was 47.
So, who do you think won last night's Republican snipefest?
Adrian Martin takes a look at the work of Larry Clark.
NYCers: get your bread from these places.
Do the London rioters respect reading?
The Suquamish tribe in Washington approves same-sex marriage.
Related: Bert and Ernie do not have penises.
Below is the Spike Jonze-directed music video for Jay-Z & Kanye West's "Otis," from their Watch the Throne album:
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Ten years and a diagnosis later, 9/11 demons haunt thousands.
The London riots have dealt indie music a devastating blow.
Related: Pictures from the front.
Marilyn Monroe is exploding Chicago's sense of decorum.
Dennis Harvey on the gutsy legacy of Herschell Gordon Lewis.
Josh Olson will not read your fucking script.
98-year-old woman becomes first woman ever to earn Judo's highest-degree black belt.
Bright Lights Film Journal's new issue is now live.
For Alt Screen, Jim Emerson reviews Buster Keaton's Our Hospitality.
Republicans hold on to Wisconsin Senate after recall vote.
Frances Bean Cobain is looking good.
Some thoughts on The Searchers by Peter Bogdanovich.
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Here are 45 reasons why you should donate $1 to the people of Somalia.
Why House Republicans are confident they have the upper hand in the debt-ceiling negotiations.
Download my girl Robyn's cover of "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" here.
Tune in to General Hospital today as the ubiquitous you know who makes a return appearance.
The muppets from Sesame Street break it down to my favorite Beastie Boys track.
Below is Michel Gondry's music video for Björk's "Crystalline":
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Get this: Mitt Romney is unemployed.
Emmanuel Lubezki warns of a six-hour cut of The Tree of Life.
Elvis Mitchell lands on his feet yet again.
The Killing needs fixing.
Larry Flynt gives Anthony Weiner an offer he'll probably refuse.
The New York Times reviews Andrew Rossi's Page One: Inside the New York Times.
Rye Rye gets a visit from Robyn.
A reminder that not all Republicans suck.
Who thought it was a good idea to have Rob Zombie direct a Woolite commercial?
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