The year's most offensive jokes show that America still has a way to go in understanding diversity
Will it be Donna Tartt or Rachel Kushner? We've polled the best reviewers and compiled the definitive year in books
Friday, Dec 27, 2013 12:45 PM UTCMovies and TV relentlessly use the red-tailed hawk's cry, even to voice bald eagles. We owe the bird royalties!
Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 12:00 AM UTCThe New Orleans bounce artist who set the world record for most people twerking together is just getting started
Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 12:00 AM UTCReiner talked to Salon about "Wolf of Wall Street," his directing career and the film he loves best
Saturday, Dec 28, 2013 12:00 AM UTCWhether outright offensive or just plain dumb, these songs featured truly regrettable word choice
Friday, Dec 27, 2013 1:30 PM UTC 52Got gift certificates to spend? James McBride, Elizabeth Gilbert, Junot Diaz and many more have suggestions
Thursday, Dec 26, 2013 12:45 PM UTCRecently freed Nadezhda Tolokonnikova said the release was a propaganda stunt in advance of the games
Friday, Dec 27, 2013 4:31 PM UTCCertainly not the most controversial fist-pound of the Obama White House
Friday, Dec 27, 2013 3:45 PM UTC 10The "Girls" creator talks to Salon about Season 3, Twitter and letting guys sleep in her bed
Friday, Dec 27, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 58Remembering the characters we lost this year, from "Breaking Bad" to "Family Guy"
Friday, Dec 27, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 18Lauren Groff, Elliott Holt, Maggie Shipstead, Peter Orner and three dozen great writers offer new holiday originals
Wednesday, Dec 25, 2013 11:41 PM UTC 17Fox thinks Christianity is under attack, thanks to non-white Santas, freedom of speech and the word "holiday" VIDEO
Tuesday, Dec 24, 2013 4:30 PM UTC 376Kanye's "Bound 2" video and Miley's exploits on the wrecking ball were the things that impacted us most in 2013 VIDEO
Thursday, Dec 26, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 12Some say modernity killed the rom-com, but movies like "Enough Said" prove the genre's alive and well in 2013
Wednesday, Dec 25, 2013 8:00 PM UTCThe year's top 10, from Sarah Polley's family chronicle to "12 Years a Slave" to Scorsese's audacious comeback
Wednesday, Dec 25, 2013 5:00 PM UTC 64Doris Walker was the kind of well-rounded female character we don't see onscreen enough
Wednesday, Dec 25, 2013 1:30 PM UTC 40"Love Actually" isn't really about romance, it's about movies. For a better love story, try the bookstore
Tuesday, Dec 24, 2013 11:00 PM UTC 54These men and women (and teens) showed how much video games have grown this year
Tuesday, Dec 24, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 18This was a huge year for the gay rights movement. Who's in step with the times — and who's being left in the dust?
Tuesday, Dec 24, 2013 8:00 PM UTC 79From "The Reckoning" to "Damage Control," great last-minute gift ideas for the art lover in your life
Tuesday, Dec 24, 2013 6:00 PM UTCCelebrating some of the year's best satire and parody VIDEO
Tuesday, Dec 24, 2013 3:00 PM UTCSometimes music that's supposedly joyous is decidedly not. These holiday downers will bring out the Grinch in you VIDEO
Tuesday, Dec 24, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 58He produced Costello and the Damned and an amazing catalog of his own. But he's happiest not to be an oldies act
Tuesday, Dec 24, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 14Heavy metal christmas carols, songs by The Hoff, and Santa as a drug dealer VIDEO
Monday, Dec 23, 2013 8:45 PM UTCMedia outlets give celebs like Roman Polanski and R. Kelly adoring coverage, and ignore rape allegations
Monday, Dec 23, 2013 5:07 PM UTC 114Follow this guide to satisfy your "holiday cravings" -- without any egregious romantic miscues
Monday, Dec 23, 2013 1:00 AM UTCA gifted critic explores the links between literary genius and alcoholism
Sunday, Dec 22, 2013 11:00 PM UTCHollywood has a new fascination with sexualized male heroes. Now if only more if its films passed the Bechdel test
Sunday, Dec 22, 2013 8:00 PM UTC 17Spike Jonze's latest is a grim reminder that we spend more time with our computers than we do with actual people
Sunday, Dec 22, 2013 6:00 PM UTCWhether on "Scandal" or "SNL," these great actors went underutilized this year
Sunday, Dec 22, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 13Maybe we haven't seen many rock blockbusters this year. But the genre's still thriving in its less-central position
Sunday, Dec 22, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 15Just because you're in your childhood home doesn't mean you can't get a little nasty VIDEO
Sunday, Dec 22, 2013 1:44 PM UTCGuest stars joined Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake throughout the night. VIDEO
Sunday, Dec 22, 2013 1:03 PM UTCWe're suckers for "Mad Men" and slick '60s odes to authenticity. And in the end we're just that -- suckers
Sunday, Dec 22, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 52The musical genius shares his songwriting secrets, opens up his finances and ponders the future of art and the Web
Saturday, Dec 21, 2013 9:00 PM UTC 123The chaos of 2013, from Snowden to the shutdown to complex films about race relations
Saturday, Dec 21, 2013 5:00 PM UTCFrom George Jones and Tammy Wynette to the Lijadu Sisters, these tracks will make you want to sing along VIDEO
Saturday, Dec 21, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 55Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake host this week. To crack this list, they have their work cut out for them VIDEO
Saturday, Dec 21, 2013 3:30 PM UTC 16Twitter erupts at the comedian, who spends the rest of the evening apologizing
Saturday, Dec 21, 2013 3:11 AM UTC 279Cheesy songs. Awful lyrics. Philly Soul by accident of geography. Time to get honest about Hall & Oates' awfulness
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