Taylor Swift leads Billboard winners

The pop singer won eight of a possible 11 awards, including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for "Red"

, Associated Press Monday, May 20, 2013 11:25 AM UTC
Associated Press, Taylor Swift

“Game of Thrones” recap: “We must do our duty”

Duty gets perverted while innocents try to avoid terrible fates

Monday, May 20, 2013 2:00 AM UTC
Game of Thrones, TV, Television

“The Unwinding”: What’s gone wrong with America

A deeply-reported exploration of the past 35 years of American life gauges the human cost of "freedom"

Sunday, May 19, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 15
What to Read, Books, Nonfiction

Michael J. Fox wins: The best and worst of the new fall shows

Turns out, yes. Michael J. Fox's new sitcom is going to be much buzzed about. Here's what you'll be watching next VIDEO

Sunday, May 19, 2013 9:00 PM UTC
Video, TV, Television, pilots

First look: The Coens’ marvelous folk-music odyssey

Cannes: Oscar Isaac's breakout performance drives the Coens' arch, magical portrait of pre-Dylan Greenwich Village

Sunday, May 19, 2013 8:30 PM UTC
Movies, Film Festivals

New York’s most persecuted subway artist?

Enrico Miguel Thomas is taking legal action against the city after routine harassment at the hands of the MTA

, Hyperallergic Sunday, May 19, 2013 7:00 PM UTC
Hyperallergic, Art

James Franco: “I really felt I was in conversation with Faulkner”

The writer, actor and filmmaker discusses the challenges and subtle pleasures of adapting "As I Lay Dying"

, LA Review of Books Sunday, May 19, 2013 4:00 PM UTC
LA Review of Books

“Jodorowsky’s Dune”: The sci-fi classic that never was

Cannes: A rousing new documentary revisits the unbelievable story of the most influential movie never made

Sunday, May 19, 2013 1:30 PM UTC 22
Movies, Documentaries

First look: A Chinese art-house director goes for blood

Cannes: Art-house hero Jia Zhangke takes on his nation's corruption in the explosive allegory "A Touch of Sin"

Saturday, May 18, 2013 11:45 PM UTC
Movies, Film Festivals

Pollution as ancient Chinese art

With the help of Photoshop, artist Yao Lu has made shanshui — traditional ink paintings — of China's landfills

, Hyperallergic Saturday, May 18, 2013 6:00 PM UTC
Hyperallergic, Art, China

Chimp’s blurry pictures to fetch six figures at auction

Mikki, a chimpanzee from the Moscow Circus, is renowned for his Polaroid photography

, Hyperallergic Saturday, May 18, 2013 5:00 PM UTC
Hyperallergic, Art, Photography

Alex Gibney: Julian Assange has become like “those he despises”

An Oscar-winning filmmaker defends his Col. Kurtz-style portrait of the WikiLeaks founder in "We Steal Secrets"

Saturday, May 18, 2013 4:30 PM UTC 68
Movies, Documentaries, Interviews

Can playing Dots on your iPhone make you smarter?

Not quite, but new research reveals that the game and others like it can sharpen a few specific cognitive skills

, Pacific Standard Saturday, May 18, 2013 4:00 PM UTC
Pacific Standard, games

Must do’s: What we like this week

"The Mindy Project" finally delivers, and "The Bling Ring" is a compelling exploration of image-obsessed culture

Saturday, May 18, 2013 2:00 PM UTC
must dos, Our Picks: Books

First look: An Iranian director takes on Western morality

Cannes: Oscar-winner Asghar Farhadi leaves Iran to make "The Past," a heartbreaking tale of modern marriage

Saturday, May 18, 2013 1:25 PM UTC
Movies, Cannes Film Festival

JJ Grey: I can’t watch the news!

The soul-funk master says he has to tune out the awful headlines to keep his sanity -- and the tunes flowing VIDEO

Saturday, May 18, 2013 1:00 PM UTC
Video, Music, JJ Grey, Mofro

Stop comparing everything to “Girls”!

Vampire Weekend, "30 Rock," Sheryl Sandberg, "Spring Breakers" -- everything is just like "Girls." Except it isn't

Friday, May 17, 2013 10:45 PM UTC 29
Girls, Lena Dunham, Frances Ha

Beyoncé reportedly pregnant with second baby

Rumors have been swirling all week, but multiple sources tell E! the singer is expecting

Friday, May 17, 2013 8:14 PM UTC
Beyonce, Pregnancy, Jay-Z, baby

Krist Novoselic: My plan to fix Congress, curb obstruction

Nirvana's former bassist is working to end political dysfunction. Here's his plan to make Congress more accountable

Friday, May 17, 2013 6:32 PM UTC 74
nirvana, Electoral reform

Amy Poehler: I have no idea what makes a great comedy

Speaking at a panel on excellence in media, the comedian says comedy should not worry about being excellent

Friday, May 17, 2013 6:00 PM UTC
Amy Poehler, David Simon

Justin Bieber has less than 12 hours to save his monkey

The abandoned capuchin monkey will become German property unless the singer claims him

Friday, May 17, 2013 3:45 PM UTC
capuchin monkey, Justin Bieber

Benedict Cumberbatch: I would marry Spock

The flustered star plays "F--k, Marry, Kill" VIDEO

Friday, May 17, 2013 3:00 PM UTC
Video, benedict cumberbatch

First look: Sofia Coppola’s chilly, brilliant “Bling Ring”

Cannes is abuzz over Paris Hilton's real-life shoe collection -- and the nihilistic teen girls who stole it

Friday, May 17, 2013 2:40 PM UTC 21
Cannes, Cannes Film Festival

Must-see morning clip: George Packer on the decline of American institutions

The New Yorker writer discusses his new book, "The Unwinding" VIDEO

Friday, May 17, 2013 1:25 PM UTC
Video, george packer

“Parks and Recreation” star Jim O’Heir shops at A&F

Jimmy Kimmel sends the plus-size actor to shop at the retail chain that refuses to stock plus sizes VIDEO

Friday, May 17, 2013 1:06 PM UTC
Video, Parks and Recreation

“The Office’s” sugar-coated finale

In the end, it argued that settling for a mediocre job for way too long can bring you happiness beyond measure

Friday, May 17, 2013 4:13 AM UTC 25
The Office, office finale, TV

Noah Baumbach: “Frances Ha” is my reinvention

The "Frances Ha" director talks music, movies and midlife artistic crises with longtime collaborator Dean Wareham

Friday, May 17, 2013 12:00 AM UTC
Noah Baumbach, Movies, Frances Ha

“Iron Man 3″ approaches $1 billion in global box office

Making it the second highest-grossing superhero movie of all time

Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:12 PM UTC
iron man 3, box office, Movies

Jason Bateman and Will Arnett man the Bluth Banana Stand

The "Arrested Development" world tour is winding down VIDEO

Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:17 PM UTC
Video, jason bateman, Will arnett

So long, Sookie Stackhouse

The final volume of Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire Mysteries series does right by a beloved character

Thursday, May 16, 2013 7:00 PM UTC
The Listener, Audiobooks, Fiction

Taxing technology to save the arts

French officials are considering a new levy on internet-connected devices to help fund cultural initiatives

, Hyperallergic Thursday, May 16, 2013 7:00 PM UTC
Hyperallergic, Apple, Art, Culture

Should Obama go Bulworth?

It’s no wonder a movie about the crisis of liberalism and race in the shadow of Clinton’s impeachment is appealing

Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:50 PM UTC 84
Barack Obama, Bulworth

A Sports Illustrated model’s bizarre Farrah Abraham rant

Christine Teigen goes on Twitter jag shaming the "Teen Mom" starlet

Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:10 PM UTC 13
christine teigen

Kanye West performs new music, claims he is not a celebrity

The rapper, set to appear on "SNL" this weekend, also refuses to participate in any sketches VIDEO

Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:27 PM UTC
Video, Kanye West, Music, rap

“Spring Breakers” vs. “The Great Gatsby”

Harmony Korine's latest hews closer to the themes of Fitzgerald's novel than Baz Luhrmann's glitzy adaptation

, Jacobin Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:25 PM UTC
Jacobin, The Great Gatsby

Reese Witherspoon, post-arrest, keeps signing onto movies

It's almost like she's trying to direct our attention to her career! Why could that be?

Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:20 PM UTC
reese witherspoon, Gone Girl

David Beckham retiring from soccer

He'll play his last game May 26

Thursday, May 16, 2013 3:41 PM UTC
Soccer, Football, david beckham

Cannes: The 10 hottest movies

From Sofia Coppola's "Bling Ring" to Ryan Gosling's latest, these movies will heat up a chilly South of France SLIDE SHOW

Thursday, May 16, 2013 2:28 PM UTC
slideshow, Movies

Diddy cast as first black member in “Downton Abbey” parody

Funny or Die presents "Downton Diddy" VIDEO

Thursday, May 16, 2013 1:24 PM UTC
Video, Downton Abbey, diddy, rapper

“The Great Gatsby”: Economic measuring tool

"The Great Gatsby Curve" plots income inequality against social mobility. Guess where the U.S. falls on the chart

, GlobalPost Wednesday, May 15, 2013 10:01 PM UTC 11
GlobalPost, The Great Gatsby

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