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Experience a year’s worth of Top 40 radio in 4 minutes with DJ Earworm’s annual pop megamix
By Genevieve Koski December 17, 2012 | 6:16pm
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HBO releasing line of Game Of Thrones beers for all your Game Of Thrones beer-related needs
By Sean O'Neal December 17, 2012 | 6:12pm
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USA adding modern-day Zorro to its lineup of shows about people in nice pants
By Sean O'Neal December 17, 2012 | 5:30pm
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AMC officially welcomes Low Winter Sun to its bleak drama family
By Sean O'Neal December 17, 2012 | 5:02pm
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Fan who rushed stage at Odd Future show receives violent beating instead of free hugs
By Sean O'Neal December 17, 2012 | 4:31pm
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Read This: Mental Floss gathers once-annoying words that are now common
By Josh Modell December 17, 2012 | 4:15pm
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Weekend Box Office: Moviegoers see new J.R.R. Tolkien film out of Hobbit
By Scott Tobias December 17, 2012 | 2:57pm
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Mark Atherton: There And Back Again: J.R.R. Tolkien And The Origins Of The Hobbit
By Phil Dyess-Nugent December 17, 2012 | 6:02am
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José Saramago: Raised From The Ground
By Phil Dyess-Nugent December 17, 2012 | 6:01am
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Magnus Flyte: City Of Dark Magic
By Noah Cruickshank December 17, 2012 | 6:00am
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December 17, 2012
By David Malki ! December 17, 2012 | 6:00am
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Read This: Our sister publication The Onion profoundly, profanely covers the latest unspeakable tragedy
By Nathan Rabin December 15, 2012 | 5:35pm
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Jon Stewart finds Hugh Grant to be the most detestable man he's ever met, declares they'll never get back together
By Sean O'Neal December 14, 2012 | 11:51pm
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The best music, comedy albums, and so much more this week on The A.V. Club
By Sarah Collins December 14, 2012 | 11:50pm
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That whole "Paul McCartney playing with Nirvana" thing was also to promote Dave Grohl's new movie
By Marah Eakin December 14, 2012 | 10:50pm
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Hey Chicago, come see The A.V. Club’s Erik Adams on The Late Live Show this Saturday
By Austin Bernhardt December 14, 2012 | 10:45pm
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HBO orders Laughs Unlimited, a show that will provide very limited laughs
By Sean O'Neal December 14, 2012 | 10:18pm
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Keith Phipps is no longer editor of The A.V. Club
By AV Club Staff December 14, 2012 | 10:02pm
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Never mind, Jack White is no longer doing the music for The Lone Ranger
By Marah Eakin December 14, 2012 | 10:00pm
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Whatever, NBC still thinks Dane Cook is funny, so suck it
By Sean O'Neal December 14, 2012 | 8:39pm
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Everything seems insignificant right now anyway, so here's a story on an ABC sitcom about Justin Bieber's life
By Sean O'Neal December 14, 2012 | 8:00pm
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R.I.P. Donnie Andrews, real-life inspiration for The Wire's Omar
By Sean O'Neal December 14, 2012 | 6:40pm
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The Walking Dead to rerun its first and second season in prestige-adding black and white
By Sean O'Neal December 14, 2012 | 5:43pm
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Listen to Too $hort's new gelt-riddled, schmaltz-laden rap about Hanukkah
By Marah Eakin December 14, 2012 | 5:30pm
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History Channel to squeeze more out of Hatfields & McCoys with a reality series
By Sean O'Neal December 14, 2012 | 5:03pm
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L.A. Reid withdraws crucial "guy with glasses" credibility from X Factor
By Sean O'Neal December 14, 2012 | 4:20pm
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Caption Contest: What is this dwarf from The Hobbit thinking?
By Josh Modell December 14, 2012 | 4:00pm
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The Joker and his flesh-mask are back in two haunting Bat-family titles
By Oliver Sava December 14, 2012 | 4:00pm
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The best podcasts of 2012
By Genevieve Koski, Aaron Frank, Nathan Rabin, Dan Telfer, Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank, Trip Cook, Steven Moore, Dan Fitchette, David Anthony, Colin Griffith, Marah Eakin, Claire Zulkey, D.X. Ferris December 14, 2012 | 6:00am
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Artie Lange opens up to Jay Mohr and Judd Apatow continues his rounds
By Genevieve Koski, Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank, Trip Cook, Maggie Serota, Steven Moore, Scott Tobias, Dan Fitchette, David Anthony, Oliver Sava, Scott Gordon, Colin Griffith, Claire Zulkey, D.X. Ferris December 14, 2012 | 6:00am
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Comedian Duncan Trussell probably has “CANCER!!!”
By Kyle Ryan December 14, 2012 | 12:00am
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Hear a danceable new Foals track, "My Number"
By Josh Terry December 13, 2012 | 11:45pm
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Garrett Hedlund confirms he will be in next Tron movie, instead of doing whatever else it is that Garrett Hedlund does
By Sean O'Neal December 13, 2012 | 11:18pm
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Tyler Perry creates two archetypically Tyler Perry shows for Oprah Winfrey's Oprah Winfrey Network
By Sean O'Neal December 13, 2012 | 11:00pm
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Autechre announces Exai, a two-hour-long album
By Marah Eakin December 13, 2012 | 10:40pm
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The University of Chicago admissions office receives mysterious package intended for Indiana Jones
By Eric Thurm December 13, 2012 | 9:50pm
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Watch Hobbit stars play “Fuck, Marry, Kill” over Hobbit characters
By Tasha Robinson December 13, 2012 | 9:30pm
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Even Billy Campbell is done with The Killing
By Sean O'Neal December 13, 2012 | 8:59pm
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TLC to explore death with the same dignity it explores all other aspects of life on Best Funeral Ever
By Sean O'Neal December 13, 2012 | 8:23pm
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Kids! Enjoy Alien's light-hearted mayhem with this commercial for its action figure
By Nathan Rabin December 13, 2012 | 8:15pm
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Thurston Moore's iconic 1960 Jazzmaster stolen in Philadelphia
By Josh Terry December 13, 2012 | 8:10pm
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Justin Bieber narrowly avoided a grisly castration-and-murder plot by two hit men
By Sean O'Neal December 13, 2012 | 7:33pm
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Read This: Wired visits a Walter White lookalike contest judged by Bryan Cranston himself
By Marah Eakin December 13, 2012 | 7:00pm
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The Archer Live! Tour is a thing and it's happening
By Sean O'Neal December 13, 2012 | 7:00pm
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Watch Paul McCartney play a new song with the remaining members of Nirvana
By Marah Eakin December 13, 2012 | 6:15pm
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Gillian Anderson to co-star on, possibly get eaten by NBC's Hannibal
By Sean O'Neal December 13, 2012 | 5:43pm
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Want to listen to Björk's weird solstice song? There's an app for that.
By Austin Bernhardt December 13, 2012 | 5:30pm
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Little Miss Sunshine directors to tell the quirky story of Black Panthers founder
By Sean O'Neal December 13, 2012 | 5:18pm
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Exclusive: Teenage Bottlerocket goes “Cruisin’ For Chicks” in a new video
By Kyle Ryan December 13, 2012 | 4:45pm
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Mark Wahlberg to make a movie about hackers and tell them to knock it off with the hacking
By Sean O'Neal December 13, 2012 | 4:39pm
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Watch an exclusive Ben Folds Five performance of "Do It Anyway"
By Josh Terry December 13, 2012 | 4:00pm
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The memoir of Kiss drummer Peter Criss is endearingly needy and sleazy
By Nathan Rabin December 13, 2012 | 4:00pm
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The Golden Globes also like Lincoln, but prefer The Newsroom to Mad Men
By Erik Adams December 13, 2012 | 3:33pm
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Visit the inspiration for Portlandia's feminist bookstore with Kumail Nanjiani
By Marah Eakin December 12, 2012 | 11:50pm
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People Still Buy Music: Believe it or not, some people still give CDs as Christmas presents
By Marah Eakin, Austin Bernhardt December 12, 2012 | 11:40pm
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The CW's quest for a Hunger Games-like show leads to it making The Hunger Games real, basically
By Sean O'Neal December 12, 2012 | 11:29pm
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Johnny Depp is confirmed to star in a movie in which his brain is uploaded into a computer
By Austin Bernhardt December 12, 2012 | 10:30pm
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They Might Be Giants announces new record for grown-ups, tour dates
By Marah Eakin December 12, 2012 | 10:20pm
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Someone assembled a Simpsons gingerbread house on YouTube, so it’s officially Christmas
By Austin Bernhardt December 12, 2012 | 10:00pm
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R.I.P. Reinhold Weege, creator of Night Court
By Sean O'Neal December 12, 2012 | 9:58pm
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Rocket From The Crypt announces first run of 2013 tour dates
By Marah Eakin December 12, 2012 | 9:00pm
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"Paranormal" Romeo And Juliet and Jennifer Love Hewitt's Pride And Prejudice added to TV's sort-of-reading list
By Sean O'Neal December 12, 2012 | 8:45pm
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New on DVD and Blu-ray: December 11, 2012
By Scott Tobias December 12, 2012 | 8:00pm
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Wavves announces new album for 2013, releases “Sail To The Sun” single
By Austin Bernhardt December 12, 2012 | 7:50pm
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Paul Revere may finally get what's coming to him with new AMC comedy
By Sean O'Neal December 12, 2012 | 7:40pm
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“Weird Al” Yankovic posted a picture of himself with a dead hooker
By Tasha Robinson December 12, 2012 | 7:10pm
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The Screen Actors Guild really enjoyed Silver Linings Playbook and the hot TV comedies of three years ago
By Sean O'Neal December 12, 2012 | 6:44pm
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The Knife announces its presumably eerie, disturbing upcoming album with an eerie, disturbing teaser
By Austin Bernhardt December 12, 2012 | 6:30pm
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Bone up for The Hobbit with this handy dwarf flowchart
By Marah Eakin December 12, 2012 | 6:25pm
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Linus delivers Orson Welles' "cuckoo clock" Third Man speech in the most highbrow mash-up ever
By Josh Modell December 12, 2012 | 6:05pm
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Paul McCartney to sorta, kinda front a reunited Nirvana at tonight's 12.12.12 concert
By Marah Eakin December 12, 2012 | 5:45pm
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R.I.P. Ravi Shankar
By Phil Dyess-Nugent December 12, 2012 | 5:34pm
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HBO developing Game Change sequel about the 2012 election we thought we all agreed we'd never speak of again
By Sean O'Neal December 12, 2012 | 5:09pm
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Cat Power breaks down in front of a bunch of kids (on Funny Or Die)
By Josh Modell December 12, 2012 | 5:05pm
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There will now be even more Arrested Development beyond the new Arrested Development you'd already accepted
By Sean O'Neal December 12, 2012 | 4:32pm
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December 12, 2012
By David Malki ! December 12, 2012 | 6:00am
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December 12, 2012
By Dan Savage December 12, 2012 | 6:00am
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Chuck Lorre sells CBS on the comedic premise of single mothers
By Sean O'Neal December 11, 2012 | 11:16pm
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Tupac gets mashed up with James Brown for the Django Unchained soundtrack
By Eric Thurm December 11, 2012 | 10:55pm
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Marnie Stern to release Aslan-endorsed new album, The Chronicles Of Marnia
By Josh Terry December 11, 2012 | 10:30pm
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Storage Wars is totally fake, alleges new lawsuit that is familiar with reality television, apparently
By Sean O'Neal December 11, 2012 | 10:21pm
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The Critics Choice Awards like pretty much every movie this year, but especially Lincoln
By Sean O'Neal December 11, 2012 | 9:51pm
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Retribution Gospel Choir announces new two-track, 42-minute-long record
By Marah Eakin December 11, 2012 | 8:45pm
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Depeche Mode announces new Violator-like album, tour
By Josh Terry December 11, 2012 | 8:40pm
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The Asylum sued over Age Of The Hobbits, which now legally cannot go near The Hobbit
By Sean O'Neal December 11, 2012 | 8:19pm
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Watch Andrew W.K. and feline Internet sensation Lil Bub wish you happy holidays
By Josh Modell December 11, 2012 | 8:10pm
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Public Enemy, Donna Summer, Rush and more to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
By Marah Eakin December 11, 2012 | 7:45pm
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Yes, Sufjan Stevens has a Christmas-themed rap mixtape featuring Das Racist and Kitty Pryde
By Josh Terry December 11, 2012 | 7:10pm
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Frightened Rabbit announces North American tour for spring 2013
By Marah Eakin December 11, 2012 | 7:00pm
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Angry Birds movie hires visionary who had the idea to reimagine Alvin And The Chipmunks
By Sean O'Neal December 11, 2012 | 6:00pm
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Angelina Jolie to retire from career of marrying Brad Pitt to focus on Salt sequel
By Sean O'Neal December 11, 2012 | 5:14pm
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Milwaukee, Atlanta, Portland, St. Paul—you've got the New Cult Canon this week!
By Josh Modell December 11, 2012 | 4:30pm
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Listen to the premiere of Holly Golightly's "That's What I Want For Christmas"
By Marah Eakin December 11, 2012 | 3:00pm
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American Film Institute recognizes The Dark Knight Rises and Louie as worthy of recognition by The Institute
By Sean O'Neal December 10, 2012 | 11:01pm
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FX orders very Homeland-y pilot from the guys who made Homeland
By Sean O'Neal December 10, 2012 | 10:36pm
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R.I.P. Jenni Rivera, Banda singer and reality TV star
By Marah Eakin December 10, 2012 | 10:00pm
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Esquire will help G4 become a more sophisticated man channel
By Sean O'Neal December 10, 2012 | 9:41pm
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Eliza Dushku will co-star in a new TV version of The Saint
By Sean O'Neal December 10, 2012 | 8:56pm
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Matt Selman, the writer of last night's episode of The Simpsons, explains the A.V. Club cameo
By Nathan Rabin December 10, 2012 | 7:15pm
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Yes to play three full albums each night of its upcoming tour, just to show it can
By Austin Bernhardt December 10, 2012 | 7:00pm
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Los Angeles Film Critics continue bitter feud with New York by picking Amour and The Master as year's best
By Sean O'Neal December 10, 2012 | 6:30pm
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Samuel L. Jackson, Ewan McGregor, and Jimmy Smits are all willing to accept more money to appear in more Star Wars
By Sean O'Neal December 10, 2012 | 6:01pm
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New graphic novels and art-comics feature daydreams, quiet apocalypses, and Donald Duck
By Noel Murray December 10, 2012 | 6:00pm
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The best comedy albums of 2012
By Marah Eakin, Nathan Rabin, Kyle Ryan, Steve Heisler, Steven Moore, Erik Adams, David Sims, Tuyet Nguyen, Scott Gordon, Genevieve Koski December 10, 2012 | 5:00pm
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Nine Inch Nails making a new record, also releasing a greatest hits collection
By Marah Eakin December 10, 2012 | 4:15pm
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Weekend Box Office: Audiences unsure whether they can ever truly love Gerard Butler
By Sean O'Neal December 10, 2012 | 4:05pm
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Listen to Hannibal Buress' new song, "Gibberish Rap"
By Marah Eakin December 10, 2012 | 3:00pm
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Ken Jennings: Because I Said So!
By Hayden Childs December 10, 2012 | 6:02am