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Q & A: Tommy Chong (19 August 03:20) |
| After publishing a memoir about his career with Cheech Marin, Chong talks with TIME about the politics of pot, his time in jail and reuniting with Marin after 26 years |
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Woody Allen's Barcelona Summer of Love (16 August 04:30) |
| A Spanish romance that's fine at worst, sexy at best |
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Stephen King, Ready for Download (16 August 04:30) |
| The best-selling author is previewing his new book with a videocomic book adaptation, available online |
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Should Mein Kampf Be Un-Banned? (13 August 11:30) |
| A debate about Adolf Hitler's notorious tract has split historians in his homeland |
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Confessions of an Angry Waiter (13 August 10:00) |
| From using hamburger patties as broom-hockey pucks to the perils of restaurant stew, a blogging waiter's best-selling new book spills the restaurant world's dirtiest secrets |
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Isaac Hayes: From Shaft to Chef (13 August 10:00) |
| The singer-composer, dead at 65, revved up the motor of testosterone in R&B and made even Hollywood take notice |
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Edwards' Affair: Tabloids Strike Again (13 August 10:00) |
| The National Enquirer's scoop is just the latest in a string of stories broken by the tabloids before the mainstream press |
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Should George Orwell Blog? (13 August 10:00) |
| As the diaries of one of the 20th century's most influential writers are posted online, some Orwell experts worry it may diminish the man |
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Gary Carey, Raconteur of the Arts
(13 August 10:00) |
| In memory of an editor, curator, biographer and teacher who knew all there was to know about stage and screen |
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Bottle Shock is Hard to Swallow (09 August 04:20) |
| The somewhat true story of the little California wine that could lacks all the character one expects from a fine vintage |
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A Newsroom Murder Mystery (09 August 04:20) |
| An enticing whodunit at a paper that looks a lot like the New York Times |
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Elegy: Death Becomes Them (09 August 04:20) |
| Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz star in this powerful adaptation of a Philip Roth novel |
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Janis Ian (09 August 04:20) |
| A talk with the singer-songwriter and author of a new memoir, Society's Child. |
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Pineapple Express: Very Dope (07 August 01:35) |
| Two affable stoners get caught in an action movie |
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Pineapple Express Director David Gordon Green (07 August 01:35) |
| The director and Blockbuster aficianado talks to TIME about his video past and his current film |
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Islamic Superheroes Going Global (07 August 01:35) |
| A Kuwait-based entrepreneur wants to expand the reach of his Islamic comic-book series -- and its positive Muslim role models |
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Remembering Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (07 August 01:35) |
| A look back on the life of the Russian Nobel Prizewinning author, famous for his stark stories of life in Soviet gulags |
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The Grim Appeal of Frozen River (03 August 02:40) |
| The 2008 Sundance best-drama winner, set in the harsh terrain of upstate New York near the Canadian border, doesn't disappoint |
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Q&A: Spirit Medium Concetta Bertoldi (03 August 02:40) |
| TIME talks to the spirit medium and author of Do Dead People Watch You Shower about communicating with the Other Side |
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Hong Kong Revives The Mummy (03 August 02:40) |
| Brendan Fraser is back, but it's Asian action stars like Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh who keep the third Mummy installment moving |
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Vogue Italia Is a Hit in Black (31 July 02:00) |
| A special issue inspired in part by Obama appears to have captured a transcendent fashion moment |
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Samuel Beckett: Dead Laughing (31 July 02:00) |
| A trio of Beckett performances bring the playwright's deadpan words to life |
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Comic-Con: And the Winner Is ... (31 July 02:00) |
| The highs and lows of the annual pop-culture fiesta, from Hugh Jackman's surprise appearance to Star Trek's no-show |
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Youssef Chahine: From Egypt With Love and Anger (31 July 02:00) |
| The world's most renowned Arabic filmmaker is dead at 82. But his films live on, if you can find them |
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Watching Watchmen at Comic-Con (27 July 03:40) |
| Die-hard fans get sneak peeks at the upcoming film of Alan Moore's classic graphic novel. So far, they appear to approve |
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Back to Brideshead (26 July 05:50) |
| Charles Ryder and company do polite battle with the tyranny of ideas |
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Randy Pausch - Life Teacher (26 July 05:50) |
| As a professor, he spent most of his life with students. But in 2007, the Internet widened his classroom -- and his influence |
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Twilight and True Blood at Comic Con (26 July 05:50) |
| For vampire fans, it'll be a busy, bloody fall on the big and small screens |
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Online Dating's Real-Life Matchmakers (26 July 05:50) |
| Forget eHarmony. An Orthodox Jewish singles site is leading the way in having actual humans, not algorithms, work the web to find the perfect partner |
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America's Busiest Poet (25 July 09:35) |
| Kay Ryan is the latest pick as the nation's top poet. If her predecessors are any guide, she'll have an exhausting year |
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Step Brothers: "Oh, Grow Up!" "Never!" (25 July 06:20) |
| Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly learn to share their toys |
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X Files Movie: For X-Philes Only (25 July 06:20) |
| Mulder and Scully are older, but are they any wiser? |
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High-Wire Act (25 July 06:20) |
| Philippe Petit's 1974 skywalk, now playing as heist film |
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Dark Knight Arrives in Spain, and Bale Pleads For Privacy
(25 July 06:20) |
| In his first comments since assault allegations were made public, the movie star Christian Bale is asking for privacy |
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10 Questions for John Madden (25 July 06:20) |
| His eponymous Madden NFL video game turns 20 on Aug. 12 |
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Activism, Hollywood-Style (25 July 06:20) |
| Joel Stein checks out L.A.'s hot liberal fund-raising scene -- and falls for The Fall Guy's girl |
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Roger Ebert: The Final Thumb? (22 July 04:05) |
| Amid health problems and a very public battle with Disney over the "thumbs-up/thumbs-down" trademark, Ebert announces that his show is no more |
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Banksy: An Artist Unmasked (22 July 11:35) |
| The famed graffiti artist has traded on anonymity. What will happen to his prices if he's really been identified? |
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Harry Shearer on Political Satire (22 July 11:35) |
| The comedian and writer talks about his new album, political comedy and a reunion of Spinal Tap |
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An Olympic Equestrian Tragedy (21 July 03:10) |
| A champion rider and her pony would have won hearts at the Olympics. But now Karen O'Connor is on the sidelines |
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How Batman Broke the Record (21 July 02:05) |
| The Dark Knight beat Spider-Man with a $155 million weekend. The secret: word of mouth plus lots of Heath Ledger |
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Harrington Beats Norman at Birkdale (21 July 02:05) |
| A smiling Irishman wins with good cheer, while Norman soars with brio and then does an all-too-familiar fade |
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Exiles on Indie Street (21 July 02:05) |
| A rediscovered film from 1961 offers an incisive portrait of Native Americans in L.A. |
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Dark Knight: Lines, But Not For Tickets (18 July 11:45) |
| The advent of advance sales has made waiting hours for tickets obsolete. So why does the practice continue? |
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Drugs Scandal Hits Tour de France (18 July 11:45) |
| Italian rider Riccardo RiccÒ is thrown out of the world's most famous cycle race after testing positive for a banned blood booster |
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Ethiopia: Another Nation Under a Groove (18 July 11:45) |
| Ethiopiques is not the sound of a national culture struggling to make itself heard over the global noise of pop |
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Life with My Sister Madonna (18 July 11:45) |
| Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone dishes on life with his famous sister in a book that says as much about their strained, strange relationship as it does about the Material Girl |
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Betancourt's Surprise Best Seller (12 July 06:10) |
| Ingrid Betancourt's letters from captivity, published before her stunning rescue in Colombia, offer a poignant glimpse of her experience as a hostage |
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Journey to the Center of Dave (12 July 06:10) |
| Two PG fantasies offer the mildest diversion from the action-film juggernaut |
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Batman is Back -- TIME Reviews The Dark Knight (11 July 06:45) |
| Richard Corliss takes an advance look at The Dark Knight and finds it a masterly weave of madness and dread |
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