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Never-Nudes, Riot Grrls, Angelina Jolie: The Week's Best Pop-Culture Writing Fox

Never-Nudes, Riot Grrls, Angelina Jolie: The Week's Best Pop-Culture Writing

The most intriguing articles about entertainment we've come across in the past seven days

If You're in Redlands, Calif., on May 18 ...

If You're in Redlands, Calif., on May 18 ...

Five years of that magical combination of small airports and craft brews.

Larceny, Prostitution, Homeroom: Meet the Troubled Teens of Cannes A24

Larceny, Prostitution, Homeroom: Meet the Troubled Teens of Cannes

Among the Cannes Film Festival's highlights thus far have been The Bling Ring and Jeune et jolie, two films about bored adolescents dabbling in criminal activity.

The Lightweight Appeal of <i>Star Trek Into Darkness</i> Paramount

The Lightweight Appeal of Star Trek Into Darkness

As before, the cast is lively, the plot ridiculous, and the action nearly nonstop.

A Name Change for the Redskins: Unpopular, Insufficient, and Necessary AP / Kathy Willens

A Name Change for the Redskins: Unpopular, Insufficient, and Necessary

Changing the NFL franchise's name won't go over well with diehard fans, nor will it reverse American history. But there's no excuse for continuing to commercialize a racial slur.

<i>The Office</i> Ended as Bizarrely and Brilliantly as It Began NBC

The Office Ended as Bizarrely and Brilliantly as It Began

Sure, the show had declined in recent years. But it never lost its mix of subversion and sweetness—a mix that the series finale knowingly, heartbreakingly, hilariously nailed.

The Quietly Radical Insight of <i>Frances Ha</i>: A Rom-Com Doesn't Need Romance IFC Films

The Quietly Radical Insight of Frances Ha: A Rom-Com Doesn't Need Romance

Noah Baumbach's film about a kind-hearted but directionless 27-year-old woman has warmth, humor, and witty dialogue—without the obligatory kiss at the end.

The Amazing David Beckham Goal That Sent England to the 2002 World Cup
The Thing That Made <i>The Office</i> Great Is the Same Thing That Killed It NBC

The Thing That Made The Office Great Is the Same Thing That Killed It

Its TV-as-catharsis approach to the monotony of office work was groundbreaking, but the show's premise wasn't built to last more than a few seasons.

Why Christian Pastors Are Talking About <i>Scandal</i> in Church ABC

Why Christian Pastors Are Talking About Scandal in Church

Shonda Rhimes's show deals with adultery, temptation, redemption, and the need for a savior—making it a ripe, but potentially perilous, Biblical teaching tool.

David Bowie's Supposed Blasphemy Is Just Banal, Shameful Branding David Bowie

David Bowie's Supposed Blasphemy Is Just Banal, Shameful Branding

"The Next Day" video: another example of why pop culture needs to cut it out with the salacious-priests trope.

Is This Year's Cannes Lineup Too ... French? AP

Is This Year's Cannes Lineup Too ... French?

Critics have noted that the world's most prestigious film festival will spotlight an outsize number of movies from its host country—as well, of course, as from the U.S.

The Time Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays Did a Dual Interview for <i>Esquire</i> Crown Archetype

The Time Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays Did a Dual Interview for Esquire

In 1968, in the twilights of both greats' careers, the magazine asked the pair to evaluate each other's achievements—and the resulting story was affectionate, funny, and poignant.

The Man Who Liked to Sleep With Women Almi Pictures

The Man Who Liked to Sleep With Women

François Truffaut's 1977 L'homme Qui Aimait Les Femmes (The Man Who Loved Women) isn't exactly about what its title suggests.

Cormac McCarthy's <i>The Road</i> May Have the Scariest Passage in All of Literature

Cormac McCarthy's The Road May Have the Scariest Passage in All of Literature

Benjamin Percy, author of Red Moon, makes the case.

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