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Is LeBron James a Non-Factor in the NBA Finals ... or the Deciding Factor?
And with three games left in the series, can the Spurs make a final push past a resurgent Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh?
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AP / Lucy Nicholson
And with three games left in the series, can the Spurs make a final push past a resurgent Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh?
Warner Bros.
The reboot, from director Zack Snyder and co-writer Christopher Nolan, is thoughtful, ambitious—and less fun than it might have been.
Netflix
A conversation about the show's sometimes-hilarious, sometimes-queasy identity politics
Warner Bros.
The world's largest film industry—that'd be India's—is largely barren of the superhero and spaceship films that dominate Hollywood. What, exactly, accounts for the difference?
AP
The last time a non-pro made a deep run at the Open was in 1971, when college golfer Jim Simons almost earned a spot in a playoff alongside Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino.
MAD
New York's Museum of Arts & Design recent "Take One / Leave One" exhibit showed what happens when the visitors get to play curator.
AP
Major League Baseball's soon-to-retire commissioner may have seriously damaged his own legacy by escalating the BioGenesis scandal.
Graphia
The human desire for conversation often gets left out of the discussion about how the Internet has empowered amateur writers.
AP / Chris Carlson
The legendary Bulls and Lakers leader's new book finally enlightened me to Jackson's lifelong dedication to the game—and to the logic behind his pop-Zen mumbo-jumbo.
Sony
Seth Rogen's End Times comedy is crass, self-referential, and extremely funny.
Warner Bros.
The Man of Steel director's work often gets bashed as high-gloss, carnal pandering, but look closer: His movies provide sly, self-aware commentary on their genre.
AMC
Don's sad backstory may explain why he's a dirtbag, but not why we should care.
Craig Nova
The author of All the Dead Yale Men doesn't just tweak when he rewrites—he tries on entirely new points of view and genre styles to learn more about the story he's telling.
Delacourt
I don't care about Slaughterhouse-Five's characters, but I love how the narrator sounds.
Paramount
Deep Space Nine features Section 31, a mysterious intelligence agency and special-ops team that, when you squint, resembles the U.S. National Security Agency in its opacity.
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