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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is not a rock star. He is—allegedly, the libel rules of journalism require me to say—a terrorist and a murderer in the Boston

Emmy nominations were announced this morning. And as always, there were some interesting shows in the mix. The Bible, History Channel’s surprise hit of a

The word is out, Plugged In readers. You are what handheld device you use. Seriously. There were some researchers at Harvard’s Business School who recently

Today I’m feeling the need to rewrite an old adage: The more things stay the same, the more they change. I grew up in small-town

Our Plugged In blog will be undergoing a bit o’ work on Monday morning. Our intrepid blog experts tell me that everything should be back

You may remember a little controversy that happened back in 2004, one that involved Justin Timberlake’s participation in Janet Jackson’s so-called “wardrobe malfunction” during the

Earlier this year, I wrote a story about how Norwegians flocked by the millions to their television sets for “National Firewood Night”—a 12-hour special devoted

Hey gang. You know I like to bring you notice of new, and sometimes quirky, products from time to time. And sometimes, even if they

This stinks! (But you’d think it would have the opposite effect.) Writes Time’s Lily Rothman: For better or worse, poop jokes—like so many movie stars

Disney may Gru the day it tried to take on a certain animated antihero and his horde of yellow minions. Universal’s Despicable Me 2 had