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The 34 Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2021
By Annabel Gutterman
Kanye West's Controversial
Donda
Is Finally Out. Here's What You Need to Know
By Cady Lang
Steve Martin’s
Only Murders in the Building
Is a Droll, Cozy Mystery for Modern Manhattan
By Judy Berman
The 33 Most Anticipated TV Shows of Fall 2021
By Eliana Dockterman
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How
Candyman
Reclaims the History of Cabrini-Green
Nia DaCosta's sequel to "Candyman" hopes to provide a different perspective on a long-maligned and now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood
By Andrew R. Chow
August 27, 2021
Candyman
Teases Out New Relevance From a ‘90s Horror Classic
Sometimes a movie arrives at just the right time, as if it were reading society’s collective mind. Candyman, directed by Nia DaCosta, and written by DaCosta, Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld, is one of those...
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 27, 2021
Who Controls Painter Bob Ross' Legacy?
A new documentary reveals less about Bob Ross the man and more about the struggle to control Bob Ross the brand
By Mahita Gajanan
August 29, 2021
The 23 Most Anticipated Movies of Fall 2021
This fall marks the last time to see Daniel Craig as James Bond—but the first time to see Angelina Jolie as the Marvel immortal Thena
By Andrew R. Chow
August 27, 2021
Fire Damages Cafe Where J.K. Rowling Wrote Harry Potter
The Elephant House in Edinburgh suffered smoke and water damage after a blaze broke out
By Associated Press
August 26, 2021
Nirvana Is Being Sued by the 'Nevermind' Album Cover Baby
Spencer Elden, now 30, says he has suffered “lifelong damages" from the ubiquitous image of him naked underwater
By ANDREW DALTON / AP
August 25, 2021
Rolling Stones Drummer Charlie Watts Dies at 80
The quiet, elegantly dressed Watts was often ranked among a class of premier rock drummers
By Jill Lawless/AP
August 24, 2021
Every Single Detail of the
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Trailer, Explained
What to know about the Marvel multiverse and how Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus and Miles Morales may show up in the film
By Eliana Dockterman
August 24, 2021
'The Chair' on Netflix Hits Home for Academia's Women of Color
I’ve been an English professor for nearly 20 years, but people still tell me I don’t look like one. Not because I’m young (I’m not), but because I’m Asian American. Whenever professors are depicted in...
By Beth Nguyen
August 26, 2021
Sex Pistols' John Lydon Loses Case Over Disney-Backed Show
The punk rock icon said he considered the show, being made for Disney subsidiary FX, to be “nonsense”
By Associated Press
August 23, 2021
Why Lorde’s
Solar Power
Is a Pop Oddity
As a pop star, Lorde stands out for many reasons: her reclusiveness on social media, her emotional acuity, her idiosyncratic dancing. But one of the key elements that makes her so distinctive from her peers...
By Andrew R. Chow
August 23, 2021
AI Wrote This Play. It May Contain Racism
'AI' is the world’s first play written and performed live with an artificial intelligence. But what do you do when the AI begins to reflect humanity’s darker side?
By Billy Perrigo
August 23, 2021
Early Rock ‘n’ Roll Icon Don Everly Dies at 84
He was one-half of the pioneering Everly Brothers, whose harmonic hits impacted a generation of rock ‘n’ roll music
By KRISTIN M. HALL / AP
August 22, 2021
New
Jeopardy!
Host Mike Richards Steps Down Amid Criticism. But He's Not Leaving the Show Entirely
Jeopardy! executive producer Mike Richards has officially stepped down as incoming host of the long-running game show
By Megan McCluskey
August 23, 2021
Creator Hideaki Anno on 'Neon Genesis Evangelion’s Final Film
Hideaki Anno says 'Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time' has plenty to enjoy for long time fans or interested newcomers
By Patrick Lucas Austin
August 24, 2021
Rebecca Hall Shows Some Bristling Energy in the Otherwise Turbid Ghost Thriller
The Night House
If there’s one reason to view Oscar tastemakers with skepticism, it’s the career of Rebecca Hall. She’s one of our finest, most daring actors. But year after year, she fails to make a blip on...
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 25, 2021
Britney Spears Under Investigation for Battery
Spears’ attorney Matthew Rosengart said in an email that the investigation is "overblown sensational tabloid fodder."
By Associated Press
August 20, 2021
How a TIME Art Critic Covered Chuck Close Across the Decades
The American artist, who died on Aug. 19, is remembered through the writing of the TIME art critic Robert Hughes.
By Andrew R. Chow
August 19, 2021
The Outsider Explores the Controversy Behind the 9/11 Museum
Ahead of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, a new documentary chronicles the controversy around the creation of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum and goes behind the scenes to explore the purpose of the...
By Sanya Mansoor
August 20, 2021
RushTok Is a Mesmerizing Viral Trend. It Also Amplifies Sororities’ Problems With Racism
While what goes into the curation of every TikTok user's For You page remains a mystery, one thing has become clear—content from University of Alabama students vying for a spot at the school's sororities has...
By Cady Lang
August 19, 2021
Netflix’s Sharp Satire
The Chair
Throws Sandra Oh Into the Politicized Powder Keg of Higher Ed
This perceptive, perfectly cast, if rushed, comedy follows the first female chair of a chaotic college English department
By Judy Berman
August 21, 2021
The Lessons of Father-Daughter Action Movies
“Fame is rot,” J.M. Barrie was purported to have said. “Daughters are the thing.” Of course, the creator of Peter Pan didn’t have any children, so he wasn’t exactly speaking from experience. For the crop...
By Belinda Luscombe
August 20, 2021
Nine Perfect Strangers
Is a Master Class From Some of Hollywood’s Finest Actors— But Not Much More
The latest flawed attempt to recreate Big Little Lies casts Nicole Kidman as the founder of a mysterious wellness center.
By Judy Berman
August 18, 2021
Alexandra Daddario on the
White Lotus
Finale and Rachel's Big Decision
The actor and key member of the ensemble of Mike White's breakout HBO series talks about her character's climactic decision in the finale
By Andrew R. Chow
August 15, 2021
John David Washington Can't Outrun the Tedium of Netflix Thriller
Beckett
There is no sadder genre than the tedious thriller, a movie that works hard to entice us with suspense, rough and tumble action, maybe even alluring locales, only to fizzle out far from the finish...
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 15, 2021
Two Feminists Who Love Reality TV Wrap Their Minds Around the
FBoy Island
Finale
FBoy Island was far better than it had any right to be. But was it more feminist than other dating shows?
By Judy Berman
August 13, 2021
Ryan Reynolds' Charm Can't Quite Liberate
Free Guy
From a Cluttered Plot
The secret to life is knowing what your strengths are and running with them, and Ryan Reynolds has figured it out. He has the shiny vinyl good looks of a Ken doll and, when he...
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 13, 2021
New Zealand Loses 'Lord of the Rings' Series to Britain
The move will come as a blow to many in New Zealand's small but vibrant film industry
By NICK PERRY / AP
August 13, 2021
Jennifer Hudson Makes a Dazzling Aretha Franklin in 'Respect'
Though biopics about R&B and pop-music artists keep getting made—the past seven years or so have given us Get On Up, Love & Mercy, Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocket Man—they’re among the most easily picked-apart genres,...
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 13, 2021
Marlee Matlin Will Never Stop Fighting
With her new movie 'CODA,' Marlee Matlin continues her decades-long fight for deaf representation
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 11, 2021
How We Chose the 100 Best YA Books of All Time
There’s perhaps no category of literature more impactful than YA. These are the books introduced to us at a pivotal point in our lives: when our grasp on the world is changing just as we...
By Annabel Gutterman
August 11, 2021
YA Books Make Us Feel Safe to Be Who We Really Are
The first time I ever thought about what my house was made of was when I learned it could be blown down. By wolves—big, bad wolves. Sure, “The Three Little Pigs” was supposedly a fairy...
By Jason Reynolds
August 10, 2021
A New Documentary Tells the Harrowing History of Conversion Therapy
Director Kristine Stolakis speaks with TIME about her new documentary 'Pray Away'
By Alex Rees
August 12, 2021
Netflix Horror Noir
Brand New Cherry Flavor
Tastes Terrible
What little the showdoes contribute to the post-#MeToo discourse around predatory men, vulnerable women and the price of fame falls somewhere between reactionary and obvious
By Judy Berman
August 10, 2021
Everything We Know About Kanye West's Album 'Donda'
The rapper's long-awaited tenth studio album appears to be nearing completion; it features Jay-Z and touches on West's divorce
By Andrew R. Chow
August 6, 2021
Here Are All the Upcoming DCEU Movies and TV Shows After
The Suicide Squad
The Suicide Squad—not to be confused with its 2016 predecessor Suicide Squad, hold the "the"—is the first DC superhero movie to hit the big screen since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The movie also happens to...
By Eliana Dockterman
August 6, 2021
Annette
Is Gorgeous to Look at But All the Wrong Kinds of Weird
Leos Carax's new rock opera, starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, might have been a reason for us to find euphoria back at the theater were it not a little too self-consciously weird
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 8, 2021
How
The Suicide Squad
End-Credits Scene Sets Up the Future of the DCEU
The new DC movie The Suicide Squad is a classic James Gunn flick: Like Gunn's other franchise for rival studio Marvel, The Guardians of the Galaxy, The Suicide Squad is very weird and features violent...
By Eliana Dockterman
August 6, 2021
After Being Blacklisted, Morgan Wallen Is Bigger Than Ever. What Will Happen to DaBaby?
While DaBaby's career seems over due to backlash over his recent homophobic comments, Morgan Wallen's recent redemption story shows that the power of cancel culture is often overstated
By Andrew R. Chow
August 4, 2021
The Surprisingly Complicated Pleasures of
Cooking With Paris
Here’s the thing about Paris Hilton in 2021: the heiress and entertainer has lived rent-free in the brains of millions, but especially 30-something women, for two decades.
By Judy Berman
August 18, 2021
BTS on the Mark of a Great Summer Song, in Any Language
With "Butter" and "Permission to Dance," BTS has broken more records—and made their foray into English-language pop eminently clear
By Raisa Bruner
August 4, 2021
Everything New on Netflix in August 2021
Netflix has something for every just about viewer coming to the streaming service in August 2021, whether that means old episodes of 30 Rock or new episodes of Paris Hilton's cooking show, aptly titled Cooking...
By Mahita Gajanan
August 3, 2021
How Disney’s Controversial Jungle Cruise Ride Was Adapted for the Screen—and What It Means for Indigenous Representation
Disney revamped the attraction to address “negative depictions of natives.” Here's how the screenwriters worked the ride into the film and what it means for Indigenous representation onscreen
By Kat Moon
August 7, 2021
A Researcher Thought Disney Princesses Had a Negative Impact on Young Girls. The Results of Her New Study Surprised Her
It’s a twist even more surprising than the end of Frozen: Disney princesses may not be so bad for children after all. For years books like Peggy Orenstein’s Cinderella Ate My Daughter and studies on...
By Eliana Dockterman
August 15, 2021
NBC’s Tokyo Olympics Coverage Was Always Going to Be a Disaster
Why, when I think of astonishing images from the Tokyo Olympics, is the first one that comes to mind a Geico ad?
By Judy Berman
August 4, 2021
Read an Excerpt From the New John Lewis Graphic Memoir 'Run'
In an excerpt from the new installment of John Lewis' graphic-novel memoir, the late Congressman grapples with a changing civil rights movement
By John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
August 3, 2021
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