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What Beyoncé Could Learn From Ke$ha: How to Actually Humanize a Pop Star
Ke$ha's new MTV documentary My Crazy Beautiful Life shows its subject doing something Beyoncé's video autobiography Life Is but a Dream never did: failing.
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Don Draper's Dead End
If only Mad Men would spend more time with characters who are changing, not relapsing.
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Will Mad Men Ever Be as Good on Race as It Is on Gender?
Our roundtable discusses the third episode of the sixth season.
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HBO On Game of Thrones, Two Savage, Spectacular Game Changers
Our roundtable on “And Now His Watch Is Ended,” the fourth episode of the HBO show’s third season
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Mad Men: Don Can't Escape the Brothel
Our roundtable discusses the second episode of the sixth season.
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HBO Game of Thrones' Problem With Quests
Our roundtable discusses “Walk of Punishment,” the mostly excellent third episode of the HBO show’s third season.
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SNL's Vince Vaughn Episode: 5 Best Scenes
Gun control, Margaret Thatcher, "Accidental Racist," and a cameo by Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones.
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The 'Mad Men' Season 6 Premiere: 'Fat Betty' Has Become 'WTF Betty'
Also, is Don at his "jumping-off point"? Our panel discusses the first episode of the season.
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HBO Game of Thrones: A Feminist Episode, a Gay Episode, or a Dull Episode?
Our roundtable on “Dark Wings, Dark Words,” the second episode of the HBO show’s third season
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SNL's Melissa McCarthy Episode: 5 Best Scenes
Melissa McCarthy showcased her trademark physical comedy skills. Peter Dinklage and Dennis Rodman made cameos.
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The 70s Were Unkind to Real-Life Mad Men
Reading the scholarly literature on the Watergate-era backlash against advertising
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NBC / The Atlantic Who Is Will Graham?
Hannibal Lecter is back—and he's brought someone with him.
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'The Walking Dead' Season 3 Finale—in 1 Word
"Meh."
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HBO The Game of Thrones Season 3 Premiere: All Talk, and What’s Wrong With That?
Our roundtable on “Valar Dohaeris,” the first episode of the HBO show’s third season
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Doctor Who's Girl-Women Weirdness
Fans of the BBC's time-traveler series are divided over the maybe-creepy portrayals of the Doctor's young female companions under showrunner Steven Moffat.
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HBO Game of Thrones Retains Its Crown
The third season of HBO’s dazzling fantasy epic is even better than the previous one.
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What Scandal's Crazy Plots Get Right: Politics and Love in the Internet Age
Shonda Rhimes's political thriller realistically portrays the many ways relationships—in Washington and otherwise—are shaped by web news, Skype, and social media.
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'The Walking Dead': Death, Undeath, and the End of the 'Ricktatorship'
Our TV Roundtable on what to make of Season 3, Episode 15, "This Sorrowful Life"
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Scientific Explanations for Why Spoilers Are So Horrible
Studies show that anticipation and suspension of disbelief are both key ingredients in a pleasurable experience—and spoilers have a tendency to kill both.
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The 'Girls' Season-Finale Gut Check: And Hannah Lived Happily Ever After?
Four Atlantic staffers sound off on the last episode of Season Two
