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Movie Violence Has Never Been Better—Or More Reckless

The way we die now

Scientology's Concentration Camp for Its Executives: The Prisoners, Past and Present

This weekend, we published a two-part story about the rather amazing 32-year Scientology career of John Brousseau, whose adventures included driving for L. Ron Hubbard, spending time in the Sea Org's prison program the RPF, and working in the Cruise household with Tom and Katie Holmes. What seemed ... More >>

Anna Chapman, Failed/Sexy Russian Spy, Is Back (Kind Of)

Anna Chapman, the failed/sexy Russian spy, almost seduced a member of Barack Obama's cabinet! So says the Post, the Daily News, Huffpo, and almost every other media outlet covering the recent news. But breaking developments suggest that this might not be true.

Activists for the Overweight Stand Up to Obesity Campaign in Georgia

An obesity campaign started by a hospital in Georgia called Strong4Life and featuring giant billboards with pictures of unsmiling overweight people has been deemed too harsh by several groups of activists, reported the BBC. 

U.K. Docs: Cheap Booze Will Kill Us

​Public health experts in the U.K. have recently begged the government to ban cheap booze, saying that low-cost alcohol causes 13,000 cases of cancer yearly -- and 25 percent of deaths in young Britons, according to the BBC.

Da Capo's Second-Best Music Writing 2011: 112 Of Last Year's Most Notable Music Stories

The 2011 edition of Da Capo's annual anthology Best Music Writing— which this year was guest edited by The New Yorker classical writer and The Rest Is Noise author Alex Ross; Daphne Carr has been the series editor since 2006—contains 32 essays and is augmented by a a jumbo-sized "Other N ... More >>

Find Out Where You Fit Into Earth's 7 Billion People

​The UN Population Division estimates the world's 7 billionth person will be born tomorrow. How do they know this? The UN says the number is "derived from the annual series of world population estimates obtained by interpolating the results of the 2010 Revision of World Population Prospects by ... More >>

Radiohead's New Song "Staircase" Has Its Ups And Downs

​ This morning Radiohead premiered "Staircase," a moody, somewhat noodly track with a bouncing bassline and drones buzzing past each other. The performance of "Staircase" was recorded during the filming of Radiohead's forthcoming From The Basement episode, which premieres July 1 on the BBC; Ra ... More >>

Q&A: DJ Harvey On Phil Spector, American Idol, KGB Theremins And The Only Two Kinds of Music in the World

John Barclay​ Thirty-three years ago Harvey Bassett had his punk band's song played by legendary DJ John Peel on his BBC radio show. He was 13 years old. He has been on musical walkabout ever since, becoming a world-class DJ, bringing back the Jamaican soundsystem and single-handedly reviving ... More >>

'Deep Space Presents Mary Anne Hobbs'

Penguin Prison's Sylvan Terrace Home: Like Boardwalk Empire Without the Whores

A $1900/month rowhouse in Washington Heights

How Do I Properly Say 'Hola' to Mexicans?

And what's one thing Mexicans are good for?

Pablo Picasso's Electrician Was Either Very Lucky or Very Sneaky

​Pierre Le Guennec, a 71-year-old retired French electrician who installed burglar alarm systems in Pablo Picasso's various houses, has revealed that he has 271 previously unknown works from the artist, including "lithographs, cubist paintings, notebooks, and a watercolour" reports the BBC. Th ... More >>

Fall Guide: The Tricycle Theatre Invades With Its Epic History of Afghanistan

The Public Theater presents director Nicholas Kent's production of The Great Game

Hear M.I.A.'s Unlikely New Single, "XXXO"

A rip from the premiere on BBC's Radio 1 earlier today, when the DJ called it "the hottest record in the world right now." Hints of Justice, Z100, the mediation of social interactions by technology, clubs in Atlantic City. This the first official single off the still untitled N.E.E.T./Interscope L ... More >>

American kids' college plans face auto-destruct

Hillary? Watch Obama like a hawk.

Obama "Renegade," Says Secret Service

Daily Flog: Economy, Iraq missions accomplished, Bush finally tries Afghanistan rescue

Daily Flog: Saudia Arabia bails out homeowners while we still haven't

Daily Flog: Powell confined to Barack's; oil prices, Red Sox, confidence in economy all fall

Daily Flog: Future heads toward a sharp loss; robot monkeys mesmerized by TV

Midday Mashup: Wild Man, Falling Man, "Prancey," and Pervs

'24' Star Won't Shave Her Privates!

Direct hits on Abu Ghraib, some close shaves, and frank talk about that Foster parent

The Libertine

Sleaze, decadence, and suicide, Brecht-style

A Memorial at Once Visceral and Sober

Rack Focus

'King Leopold's Ghost'

The Out-of-Towners

Fred Anderson takes free jazz to Chicago's South Side, Odean Pope takes Philly to heaven

Dance on Camera Festival 2006

Terror Roundup

Morning Report 5/18/05
Let George Do It

Crude Behavior

China and Japan's latest beef; talk of fuel rationing gets serious

Lessons of Darkness

Struggling to stay positive, documentarians fight the power, reach for the gold at Sundance

An Embarrassing Display of Riches

Music

Who's in Attack Mode?

Kerry tries the conventional approach, but Bush puts him on alert

The Sudan Genocide

Arab Muslims Are Viciously Killing and Raping Black Muslims. So Where Is the World?

A Noir's By-the-Musical-Numbers Remake Hits a Sour Note

Film

Desert of the Unreal

Pissed Poor

Garage Garage

Me and Apathy Down by the Schoolyard

The Moving Camera Writes

A New Book Covers Dance on Film From Every Angle

The Shock and Awe Show

The Media-Military Complex Presents a New Genre: Hyper-Reality TV

Music

Nation

Stupid Network Tricks

ABC Wants to Dump 'Nightline' for Letterman. Laughing?

Monkey Wrench

Theater