- 5/18/09 /
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Let History Be the Judge of Ben Silverman, Says Ben Silverman
"I'd like to think time will tell, because you can't really judge your programming skills in a strike-shortened, 18-month period."
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- 5/12/09 /
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How Should the Times Frame Its Next Anti-Kindle Story?
Another day, another anti-Kindle story in the 'Times.' We've helpfully brainstormed a few angles for their next article on the dangers or e-readers.
- 4/24/09 /
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Manohla Dargis and Robert Downey Jr., Sittin’ in a Tree...
Get a room, you two!
- 2/27/09 /
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Lily Allen Calls Out Times ‘Skanks’
They sold photos to British tabloids of her in her home against her wishes, apparently.
- 12/22/08 /
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Is Manohla Dargis Lightening Up?
It certainly seems like it!
- 11/21/08 /
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Vulture’s Angelina Jolie ‘Editorial Plan’
'Perhaps in another life,' you whisper, while a witch doctor inks our matching tattoos.
- 11/10/08 /
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The ‘Times’ Public Editor Plays Theater Critic
Since when is a critic obligated to frame his review in such a way that it's unobjectionable to anti-gay interest groups?
- 10/23/08 /
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Kelefa Sanneh Finally Replaced
Bono will write six music-related op-eds for the New York 'Times' over the next year.
- 8/15/08 /
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The Hidden ‘Weekend Arts’
As summer-desperate editors have always known, any idea, no matter how goofy, can be stretched into a popular recurring feature.
- 7/31/08 /
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The ‘Times’ Tortures Penniless Music Promoter With the Ritzy Venues He’s Not Running
We can just imagine poor, hungry Sean Carlson opening up his 'Times' today and reading about Le Poisson Rouge.
- 7/18/08 /
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‘Space Chimps’: the ‘Times’ Takes a Courageous Stand
We still don't want to see 'Space Chimps,' but we do want to see Neil Genzlinger write more movie reviews!
- 6/26/08 /
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New York ‘Times’ Editorial Board Weighs In on Rumored Beatles Video Game
Possible proof that all the world's newsmakers are on vacation this week.
- 6/25/08 /
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Angelina and Brad Buying the ‘Times’ International Prom Story?
Jokes one exec: 'Maybe Maddox and the twins can star in it.'
- 6/23/08 /
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Crap, Now Everyone Has to Start Watching ‘Mad Men’
We can't be the only ones who had that reaction upon seeing the 'Times Magazine''s splashy 'Mad Men' cover story.
- 6/18/08 /
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J.J. Abrams to Make Movie About World’s Most Annoying Interior Designer
Abrams is developing a movie about a family whose designer turned their $8.5 million apartment into a real-life 'National Treasure.'
- 5/5/08 /
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Is the Problem With Men in Movies Today That They're Boys, or That They're Women?
A.O. Scott and Manohla Dargis take stock of American cinema, now that Judd Apatow has remade Hollywood in his own image.
- 4/25/08 /
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What's the Lead Review in the ‘Times’: ‘Harold & Kumar’ or Errol Morris?
The serious Abu Ghraib documentary or the stoner Guantánamo comedy?
- 3/28/08 /
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‘Gypsy’: Ben Brantley Eats His Hat
It's not often that you go into opening night already knowing that both critics for the 'Times' are already on record as disliking your show.
- 3/19/08 /
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Clint Eastwood to Win More Oscars
Clint Eastwood will win Best Picture, Michelle Trachtenburg will appear on Gossip Girl, and Ryan Adams will blog, hilariously.
- 3/5/08 /
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Mary-Louise Parker Has Always Been Mary-Louise Parker
The gifted actress' 1,000,000th uncomfortable interview.
- 3/4/08 /
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No, the ‘Times’ Coverage of ‘Love and Consequences’ Is Not Charles McGrath's Fault
No offense to the excellent rabble-rousers over at Gawker, but we'd answer that question with a chuckle and a dismissive wave of the hand.
- 2/28/08 /
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New York ‘Times’ Profiles Wealthy Cowards
The Times investigates "art anxiety," or, as we call it, "being chickenshit."
- 2/27/08 /
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The ‘Times’ Deftly Writes Around Everything Funny in ‘I'm Fucking Ben Affleck’
A masterpiece of tortured syntax.
- 2/15/08 /
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Patrick Stewart's ‘Macbeth’ to Offer Bang for Your Buck on Broadway?
That's quite a photo on the front page of the Times.
- 2/14/08 /
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Once-Grumpy A.O. Scott Finds Love With ‘Definitely, Maybe’
But is it really love?