Salon talks to Jen Chaney, author of "As If!: The Oral History of Clueless" about the movie's timeless appeal

We're supposed to buy Nicolas Cage as a sensitive guy, but in this hack spin on "It's a Wonderful Life" the soulless yuppies have way more fun.

The first lady announces that race had nothing to do with the government's response to Katrina.

Is the spectacularly ambitious "Southland Tales" the next "Donnie Darko"? Plus: Noah Baumbach on directing Nicole Kidman in the wrenching "Margot at the Wedding" (an interview and podcast).

Lily Allen acts like hip-hop needs her feminist critique -- but the genre already has major black feminist voices

"You can't just crawl out of your frozen bullshit shack ... and spew recycled partisan crazy sauce"

Filmmaker Brea Grant spoke to Salon about finding humor and eating chocolate "in the midst of chaos and sadness"

I've heard it's creepy and exploitative. It's also marketing genius

The right-wing prankster got caught in his own trap -- not that you'll ever hear about it on Fox News

He died peacefully after battling cancer, leaving behind a career of cult classics and reappraised curiosities

The sexy singer's "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" was the "We Shall Overcome" of the bedroom.

Hilary Swank stars as a self-made lawyer who gets her brother out of prison -- so why's it such a huge bummer?

Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan and a notorious softcore film -- with a talking, dancing vagina

"I did something I thought was funny, and it wasn’t taken that way," the actor says about a complaint filed on set

On eve of World Cup, Zahia Dehar says she slept with three players for money, but they didn't know she was under 18