Arts & Entertainment

The trite title of this sprawling family portrait may conjure images of mistletoe kisses and cozy family dinners, but viewer beware, A Christmas Tale is no Dickens novel.
November 20, 2008 at 3:38 am

“Bite me” splashes across the chest of a 13-year-old waiting in line in San Francisco to meet the cast of Twilight.
November 20, 2008 at 3:34 am

I have never been to a screening quite like Twilight’s. The young adult novel turned film has attracted a rabid female fan, ranging from screaming teenyboppers to their obsessed grandmothers and everyone in between, all of whom are crazy about the original book, this adaptation and/or Robert Pattinson.
November 20, 2008 at 3:30 am

Robert Pattinson is bewildered. Toying with a half-empty bottle of Coke set in front of him, he thumbs the cap a few times before answering a question at the Four Seasons Hotel.
November 20, 2008 at 3:27 am

Death from Above 1979 You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine 2004 Winter of 2005. My friends and I were hitting Jupiter Room every Saturday, the indie club that didn’t charge cover.
November 20, 2008 at 3:24 am

Street breaks it down with rapper and finance major Steve "Witz" Markowitz, of Hoodie Allen. Street: As a self-proclaimed Jewish rapper, how much does the Torah influence your work?
November 20, 2008 at 3:22 am

Street: What can we expect from your live show? Ryan Leslie: I’ve been going around the country — touring with really exciting live band arrangements, just going out in different venues to earn respect, earn an audience.
November 20, 2008 at 3:22 am

Hip-hop artist Wale Folarin (pronounced “wall-ay”) fills Street in on rocking with The Roots and mixtapes about Seinfeld.
November 20, 2008 at 3:20 am

This review might be coming a little late for those of you who heard Deerhunter’s Microcastle performed at a secret show in Brooklyn this April or when it was leaked in an excessively dramatic fashion in June.
November 20, 2008 at 3:18 am

1889: The first jukebox debuts at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco. 1969: John Lennon returns his 1965 award of knighthood to Buckingham Palace.
November 20, 2008 at 3:17 am

Butch Walker makes a living making music for other people. He’s written hits for Bowling for Soup (“Girl All the Bad Guys Want”) and Avril Lavigne (“My Happy Ending”), worked with Katy Perry, Pink and Fall Out Boy — all of which culminated in being named Rolling Stone’s Producer of the Year (2005). Tragedy struck last November when his Malibu home burned in the wildfires that spread across California and Mexico.
November 20, 2008 at 3:14 am

Beat Happening Beat Happening 1985 I’ll be the first to admit it — Calvin Johnson and Heather Lewis can’t really sing.
November 13, 2008 at 3:17 am

Oh, Robert Smith. With an ever-expanding bird’s nest of hair resting neatly atop his head and a mouth covered in countless layers of lipstick, there’s nothing more to say about his disheveled appearance than that it perfectly suits his disgruntled vocal style.
November 13, 2008 at 3:14 am

The Whigs have had a busy year. After releasing their major-label debut Mission Control in January, they’ve toured relentlessly, and are planning on some well-deserved rest after a year of talk shows, truckstops and tours.
November 13, 2008 at 3:14 am

November 13 1974: An imposter posing as Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore crashes a borrowed Porsche in Iowa City, after conning fans and receiving celebrity treatment. 1990: Rod Stewart sued by a fan who claimed that a soccer ball kicked into the crowd at a concert damaged a tendon in her middle finger.
November 13, 2008 at 3:13 am

Newsies 1992 Let’s face it: musicals are the ultimate guilty pleasure. The dialogue is always cheesy and the plot is generally sacrificed for campy song-and-dance numbers every 15 to 20 minutes.
November 13, 2008 at 3:12 am

Charlie Kaufman has a great track record: he’s the guy who penned cult classics Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Adaptation.
November 13, 2008 at 3:11 am

James Bond has been around for 46 years, and — because he’s only human, we think — he’s changed a lot over the decades.
November 13, 2008 at 3:09 am

Do award shows confer legitimacy, or are they just political tools? Do they reflect the will of the masses or broadcast the view of the super elite?
November 6, 2008 at 2:53 am

The Cutting Edge 1992 If it were possible to distill the essence of the early ’90s to its purest form, the result would be a VHS copy of The Cutting Edge, the tale of two zamboni-crossed lovers set against the backdrop of the decade’s ice skating craze.
November 6, 2008 at 2:51 am