Arts & Entertainment

Top Chef

Finale: Sibling rivalry and a side of humble pie

Lovable Kevin and the Voltaggio brothers compete for TV's big culinary prize. Spoiler alert: It'll end in tears!
Heather Havrilesky
Celebrity

The one-hit wonder of the decade

Billboard doles out their most dubious distinctions. Talk about a bad day Video
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The Lovely Bones

How to ruin a great novel

Director Peter Jackson turns Alice Sebold's poetic bestseller into a garish supernatural thriller
Stephanie Zacharek
Sons of Anarchy

About as subtle as pulling a knife on a baby

Kidnapped infants! Van Halen remixes! "Sons of Anarchy" and "Glee" could use a little self-restraint
Heather Havrilesky
Glenn Beck

I survived "The Christmas Sweater"

The preposterous showman brings his holiday book, and waterworks, to the stage and screen. Lights! Camera! Jesus!
Mike Madden
A Single Man

The savior of Tom Ford's vain film debut

In the fashion designer's cinematic entree, Colin Firth is a triumph of substance over style
Stephanie Zacharek
Until the Light Takes Us

Sympathy for the devil worshipers

Inside Norway's infamous black-metal scene: Misunderstood Robin Hoods or Satanic church-burning maniacs?
Andrew O'Hehir

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