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Steven Soderbergh's 'Too-Gay' Liberace Movie Has Arrived at Cannes HBO

Steven Soderbergh's 'Too-Gay' Liberace Movie Has Arrived at Cannes

Michael Douglas plays Liberace and Matt Damon plays his longtime lover in Behind the Candelabra, which lives up to its buzz.

Jacques Cousteau Stars in an Undersea Music Video

Jacques Cousteau Stars in an Undersea Music Video

Remixed found footage of the famous explorer gets a dreamy soundtrack from Yellowbirds' new album. 

Even Khaled Hosseini Can't Tell Stories as Effectively as He Wants to AP / Evan Agostini

Even Khaled Hosseini Can't Tell Stories as Effectively as He Wants to

The author of The Kite Runner and And the Mountains Echoed touts the introduction of Stephen King's "The Body" as a poignant encapsulation of an author's limitations.

Daft Punk's <i>Random Access Memories</i> Is a Lovely Sounding Retirement Record Yves Saint Laurent

Daft Punk's Random Access Memories Is a Lovely Sounding Retirement Record

The duo's latest gorgeously pays tribute to the sound of the past, but not its spirit.

Remember When Actors Wanted to Be Versatile? Benedict Cumberbatch Does AP / Invision / Chris Pizzello

Remember When Actors Wanted to Be Versatile? Benedict Cumberbatch Does

The brooding Sherlock star and Star Trek Into Darkness villain has a beloved, lesser-known side project: a radio sitcom in which he's—surprise!—magnificently funny.

My Semi-Annual Pop Culture Report Open Road

My Semi-Annual Pop Culture Report

For your viewing and reading pleasure.

American Sports Fanaticism Was Born in the <i>Great Gatsby</i> Era Wikimedia Commons

American Sports Fanaticism Was Born in the Great Gatsby Era

Sports became a U.S. obsession in a time when underground gamblers like Arnold Rothstein—the inspiration for Gatsby's World Series fixer Meyer Wolfsheim—ruled.

The Tyra Banks Matriarchy: A Scholar's Take on <i>America's Next Top Model</i> The CW

The Tyra Banks Matriarchy: A Scholar's Take on America's Next Top Model

In honor of the beloved reality show's 10th birthday, a conversation with Rhonda Loverude, who wrote her doctoral dissertation on hegemonic heterosexuality in ANTM

This Is <i>Mad Men</i> on Drugs, and It's Weird AMC

This Is Mad Men on Drugs, and It's Weird

Our roundtable discusses the seventh episode of the sixth season.

<i>Game of Thrones</i> Finally Takes Some Mercy on Its Viewers HBO

Game of Thrones Finally Takes Some Mercy on Its Viewers

Leeches, libations, and a dropped dagger: Our roundtable on "Second Sons," the eighth episode of the HBO series' third season.

Cannes' Big Revelation: The Coen Brothers' Latest Is <i>Fargo</i>-Level Good CBS Films

Cannes' Big Revelation: The Coen Brothers' Latest Is Fargo-Level Good

Inside Llewyn Davis chronicles a '60s folk singer using biting humor—and great tunes.

<i>Doctor Who</i>'s Latest Big Mystery Wasn't Much of a Mystery at All BBC

Doctor Who's Latest Big Mystery Wasn't Much of a Mystery at All

As the season finale once again showed, the "Who-is-Clara-really" storyline didn't feature real character progression—just recycled sci-fi tropes and sexist overtones.

SNL's Ben Affleck Episode: 5 Best Scenes NBC

SNL's Ben Affleck Episode: 5 Best Scenes

Sendoffs for Seth Meyers, Bill Hader, and Fred Armisen. A wedding for Stefon. Cameos by Amy Poehler and Jennifer Garner.

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