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Bluegrass and Old-time Music Legend Ralph Stanley The Last Hillbilly (07 November 02:47) |
| The world that Stanley evokes is fast fading. It's neither an insult nor a joke to call him the Last Hillbilly. He doesn't mind the word, he says, although now he's proud to be called Dr. St... |
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Wes Andersons Mr Fox Is Fantastic (07 November 02:39) |
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Hollywood Discovers Koreas Talented Actors (07 November 02:22) |
| Next up: Jeong Ji Hoon, a.k.a. Rain, a pop superstar in much of Asia but still little-known on the global stage. On Nov. 25, Joel Silver and the Wachowski brothers will release their latest ... |
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Wanda Sykes and Late Night TVs New Color Barrier (29 October 11:32) |
| Granted, late night isn't quite the good ol' boys' network it's made out to be. Minorities have hosted shows over the years—Whoopi Goldberg, Keenen Ivory Wayans, even Magic Johnson—but m... |
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Calista Flockhart on Ally McBeal and Harrison Ford (29 October 11:08) |
| It's been 12 years since Calista Flockhart started dancing with an imaginary baby, and now, Ally McBeal is finally back—on DVD. Flockhart spoke to Ramin Setoodeh.
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Review The New Twilight Album (23 October 12:50) |
| Critically speaking, the soundtrack beats the skinny lowriders off No. 1. ventures through a broad variety of moods and textures without sacrificing a central theme of lost love: Hurrican... |
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Is MTVs Alexa Chung the New Carson Daly (20 October 01:25) |
| The music video channel is experiencing some serious growing pains, and it hopes Alexa Chung will be its new Carson Daly. That might be part of the problem.
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A QA With Carey Mulligan (17 October 10:19) |
| Mulligan plays Jenny, a '60s British teenager who grows up fast, in . She spoke with Ramin Setoodeh.
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Exclusive A Talk With the Wild Things Creators (09 October 08:22) |
| Let the Wild Rumpus Start!
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Supreme Court May Rule on Redskins Name (05 October 11:19) |
| A lawsuit challenges the Washington Redskins' patent on their name, saying its offensive nature means it should be revoked.
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Israeli Filmmakers Tackle the Mideast Conflict (03 October 02:23) |
| A young Arab gasps for breath as he tears down the street, his feet pounding rhythmically on the asphalt. Omar, who comes from the downtrodden Jaffa neighborhood of Ajami, has just witnessed... |
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Madeleine Albright on the Pins She Wore (29 September 08:44) |
| Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright tells NEWSWEEK about the pins she wore for diplomacy, and the stories behind them.
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How Obama Made Earth Wind Fire Cool Again (23 September 12:42) |
| Some 40 years later, the funk band is still selling out stadiums. Thank you, Mr. President.
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Fall TV Preview Which Shows Are Right for You (22 September 03:29) |
| Matchmaker, matchmaker, what should I watch? We're so glad you asked, because we've figured out which fall TV show is your new soulmate.
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Mark Mulcahy A Musical Lifeboat (18 September 04:43) |
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Chris Rock Talks Good Hair (18 September 03:54) |
| Long before Michelle Obama moved to the White House, Chris Rock began directing a documentary called Good Hair, about the African-American hair-care industry. He spoke to Allison Samuels.
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Who Has Won All Four Entertainment Awards (12 September 09:03) |
| Only eight people alive today have achieved entertainment's grand slam, earning an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. On the eve of this year's Primetime Emmys, here they are—from the m... |
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The Emmy Roundtable (12 September 09:03) |
| You know the kind of comedian who takes himself so seriously he won't even smile out of character? The five performers at our annual Emmy Roundtable were——nothing like that. We asked the... |
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Sorority Row Shows Hollywoods Greek Stereotype (12 September 02:59) |
| Sororities are among the oldest women's organizations in the country; some even predate suffrage. But on-screen, you'll only see Greek girls gone wild.
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Making Chinese Films for the Chinese (11 September 09:50) |
| A revolutionary runs through the busy streets of Hong Kong, pulling a rickshaw carrying Sun Yat-sen. He keeps glancing anxiously over his shoulder, on the lookout for assassins who plan to k... |
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The September Issue Is Serious About Fluff (05 September 02:13) |
| It's Friday night, and you feel like avoiding the usual Hollywood fare and taking in a documentary. Which would you rather see: a film about the disastrous consequences of climate change, wh... |
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John Malkovich Speaks His Mind in a New Interview (03 September 09:45) |
| The actor may be known best for his tweaked-out roles, but don't let him hear you say that. He spoke with NEWSWEEK's Krzysztof Kwiatkowski.
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Lady Gaga on The Fame VMAs YouTube (03 September 05:50) |
| One of the most unpredictable women in music opens up about her next big act. It's a moment that could live in YouTube infamy.
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Jane Lynch Glee-ful Scene Stealer (28 August 10:59) |
| Jane Lynch has a stealing problem. Nothing that would get her arrested—she doesn't cheat on her taxes or, as far as we know, even take pens from restaurants. But make no mistake: she is on... |
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Yoko Ono Gets Her Due (28 August 10:51) |
| To talk about Yoko Ono is to talk about The Scream. An impossibly long, warbling vocal tremor, it confirmed the public's worst prejudices about Ono—that she was an unmusical self-promoter ... |
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Project Runway A Roundtable With the Judges (15 August 04:40) |
| Heidi, Nina, Tim, and Michael—together for the first time since they moved to Lifetime. Will the show still make it work?
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Hurricane Katrina The Comic Book (14 August 11:07) |
| I never knew that a person could actually be bored to tears until I read Josh Neufeld's new graphic book about Hurricane Katrina. follows five real-life storylines in the lead-up to, and im... |
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Men on TV Are Such Wimps (14 August 11:01) |
| We TV is rolling out the fifth batch of its docuseries , which rummages through the dirty laundry of the fairer sex. Munchausen moms, phone-sex operators, and Wiccan priestesses reveal their... |
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RJ Cutlers Best Movies Ever (14 August 10:57) |
| They may be the two most terrifying words in publishing: Anna Wintour. Those dark glasses, that scowl, the fur coats that protect her like armor—even Meryl Streep was afraid to caricature ... |
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Tarantino Rewrites the Holocaust (14 August 10:56) |
| At the climax of Quentin Tarantino's latest movie, , which is set during World War II and which is concerned, at least superficially, with Jews, you get to witness a horribly familiar Holoca... |
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I Was At Woodstock And I Hated It (13 August 01:36) |
| Stop being nostalgic for the 40-year-old concert. It was wet, crowded, and overhyped.
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What If GI Joe Were Gay (08 August 12:03) |
| The new action movie isn't as bad as you think. It's much, much worse. An idea for how the filmmakers could've shaken up the franchise.
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Sandra Lee the Anti Julia Child (07 August 03:50) |
| She's TV's top female chef and has been called the 'daughter' of Julia Child. But for Lee, the (store-bought) apples fall far from Julia's tree.
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My Week Cooking as Julia Child (06 August 11:42) |
| Julia Child, the world's most-beloved chef, made it look so easy. But as I learned, it's hard to master the art of French cooking.
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My Day Cooking as Julia Child (06 August 11:42) |
| Julia Child, the world's most-beloved chef, made it look so easy. But as I learned, it's hard to master the art of French cooking.
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Julie Julia Stop Hating Julie Powell Please (06 August 07:02) |
| The famous blogger is now the title character of Julie & Julia. So why has the blogging community turned against her?
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Meryl Streeps Delicious Julia Child (31 July 04:08) |
| Slipping away quietly in her sleep late last week may have been the only unspectacular thing Julia Child ever did I wrote in August 2004 in NEWSWEEK But I was wrong Julia Child is not dead N... |
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Return to Woodstock Again (31 July 03:46) |
| One of the most recycled sayings about the 60s€”If you remember them you probably werent there€”is also one of the dumbest We get the joke we were all too blitzed on chemicals and weed to ha... |
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Its Going to Be a Tough Year on Mad Men (31 July 03:34) |
| Time has been s costar from the start It provides the jokes the fears the gadgets Its behind the haunted look in Don Drapers eyes But when season three begins on Aug 16 time may play its big... |
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A Defense of Adam Sandler Actor (30 July 10:17) |
| pCan he act Not really But in Funny People Adam Sandler delivers the best performance of his careerp
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Creating Must See TV NBCs Jeff Gaspin (28 July 10:27) |
| pHow do you lure viewers back to primetime Network chairman Jeff Gaspin says hes got the answersp
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Harvey Kurtzman The Matisse of Mad Magazine (27 July 07:17) |
| pHarvey Kurtzman was the founder of Mad Everybody who loved the magazine should get their hands on a new book of his artp
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Media National Public Radios Digital Makeover (27 July 07:06) |
| pCan the mainstream media learn anything from National Public Radios new look and business planp
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Why Is Katherine Heigl So Annoying (24 July 11:25) |
| pThe Greys Anatomy star was supposed to be Americas new sweetheart Now weve all turned on her Is it her fault or oursp
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Ingrid Michaelson Post-My Space (24 July 09:26) |
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Where Is the Ugly Chanel (24 July 08:09) |
| There is a wonderfully subtle if historically inaccurate scene in the new biopic in which the 20-something not-yet-a-fashion-doyenne is asked by her lover Boy Capel to attend a summer ball ... |
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Madonnas Latest Catholic Controversy (24 July 07:49) |
| pFor ultrareligious Poles the singers Warsaw concert may trigger a holy war Or at least a squabble within the Roman Catholic Churchp
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Maxwells Pure Blues Sounds (24 July 12:51) |
| If youre doing quality work within a genre you dont tend to declare it dead And then theres Maxwell the RB singer whose pouffy Afro and history-conscious music made him a leading sex symbol ... |
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Seven Ways to Be Cool at Comic Con (22 July 05:14) |
| The annual geek-vention for comic fans is now as glossy and star-studded as Us Weekly. Here's how to look like a real fan.
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Remembering Angela's Ashes Author Frank McCourt (20 July 10:42) |
| I spent many days with the writer of Angela's Ashes, and he was one of the greatest men I've ever interviewed.
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