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Brat Pack Author, Susannah Gora

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:05:00 EST

It's been 25 years since five teenage archetypes first sat down together for Saturday detention, and their experience -- as related in John Hughes' teen classic The Breakfast Club -- is still having an impact

Movies: 'Dear John' Tops 'Avatar' at Weekend Box Office

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:05:00 EST

James Cameron's latest reign as king of the multiplex has ended, as Dear John topped Avatar over the weekend. Still, Avatar remains the all-time top grosser

Handicapping the Best Picture Oscar

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:05:00 EST

Everything you need to know about the 10 Oscar nominees

'From Paris With Love': Homage Overkill

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:05:00 EST

John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers star in an Odd Couple/Lethal Weapon-style action movie that borrows a bit too much from its predecessors

Jenny Sanford Tells Her Side with New Book 'Staying True'

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:05:00 EST

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford was cheap, attention-hungry and not true to his ideals. Oh -- and he cheated on his wife. Jenny Sanford tells all in Staying True

'Dear John' Review: Tatum and Seyfried in Sparks Weepie

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:05:00 EST

If you're planning to see Dear John, the latest film adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel, don't forget your hankie

America's best-known autistic person, Temple Grandin, talks about her new biopic

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:05:00 EST

America's best-known autistic person talks about the HBO film of her life, Temple Grandin, starring Claire Danes

Author Gottlieb on 'Marry Him,' Settling and Mr. Right

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:05:00 EST

Do women sabotage themselves by holding out for Prince Charming? That's the question Lori Gottlieb ponders in her new book, Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough

The 2010 Oscar Nominations: Who Will Win?

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:05:00 EST

Is this Jeff Bridges' year? Will Meryl Streep be blindsided by Sandra Bullock? Can Avatar's box-office clout be converted into Oscar gold? Richard Corliss surveys the 2010 Oscar nominations

'Oceans' Sea Documentary Beats Clooney at French Cinemas

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:05:00 EST

George Clooney's movie Up in the Air may be a global hit, but in France, Jacques Perrin's documentary OcÉans is tops

Box Office: 'Avatar' Tops Mel Gibson's 'Edge of Darkness'

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:05:00 EST

Avatar sent Gibson into a ditch, earning $30 million, according to early studio estimates, bringing its 45-day total in North American theaters to $594.5 million

When in Rome: When Not Quite Awful May Have to Do

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:05:00 EST

It is the time of year when the movies may be a threat to your well-being. But if you have to go, When in Rome is likely to do the least harm

J.D. Salinger: "Keep Your Hands Off My Legacy"

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:05:00 EST

The author was as protective of his writings as he was of his privacy. And that is likely to remain even now that he has died

Saint John of Las Vegas: Steve Buscemi in the Inferno

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:05:00 EST

After lots of work playing creeps and whiners, Steve Buscemi takes the lead. Unfortunately, it's in a shaggy-dog story

The Best and Worst Super Bowl Commercials 2010

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:05:00 EST

TIME TV critic James Poniewozik grades the ads of Super Bowl XLIV

J.D. Salinger, 'Catcher in the Rye' Author, Dies at 91

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:05:00 EST

Author J.D. Salinger's only novel, The Catcher in the Rye, achieved a status that made him cringe. For decades the book was a universal rite of passage for adolescents, the manifesto of disenchanted youth

Austrian Kidnap Victim Natascha Kampusch Revisits Cellar

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:05:00 EST

In a new documentary, kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch reveals the cellar ofthe home where she was held captive for eight years -- and opens up moreabout her torment

A Brief History of the Sundance Film Festival

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:05:00 EST

Sundance is trying to ditch the glitz and get back to its serious, indie roots

Charlotte Gainsbourg on Lars Von Trier, Beck

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:05:00 EST

Charlotte Gainsbourg speaks with TIME about working with Beck, her father Serge's musical legacy and growing up in one of France's most famous families

A Packers Fan's Mixed Emotions About Brett Favre, the Vikings and the Saints

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:05:00 EST

As a Wisconsin native and lifelong Green Bay Packers fan, I was taken aback by the identity crisis I experienced watching Brett Favre lead the Vikings to the brink of the Super Bowl