American atheists

A couple weeks ago, Kurt Andersen came clean on Twitter and Facebook. He admitted that (with two small exceptions), he’s never read a book or watched a movie more than twice. “I wonder how weird this is,” he asked. And we asked you to weigh in:

The new film The Beaver, starring Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster, combines comedy and harrowing drama in a hybrid rarely seen at the movies. Foster plays Walter’s wife and she’s also the film’s director.

Every year the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress selects 25 recordings to be preserved for all time. One of this year’s selections is the famous 1961 comedy routine by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner about a man so old, he once knew Jesus – personally – and dated Joan of Arc. Billy […]

Joss Whedon (‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’) and Seth MacFarlane (‘Family Guy’), two of television’s most powerful showrunners, are taking their brands online. Whedon’s ‘Dr. Horrible’ will be an on-the-cheap supervillain musical. MacFarlane’s ‘Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy’ will be distributed by the advertising juggernaut Google.