The Day Jobs of the 113th Congress
Here's a breakdown of the official (non-Congressional) professions of the 113th Congress, farmers and ranchers included.
Advertisement
Don't expect Star Wars: Episode VII to have the Lucas touch. According to a new interview, the original Star Wars auteur isn't even talking to the young Hollywood Padawan about his re-branding of the empire. Which is kind of sad, but maybe a good idea.
Here's a breakdown of the official (non-Congressional) professions of the 113th Congress, farmers and ranchers included.
A guide to talking about red-carpet fashion that will make you sound like an E! correspondent, Joan Rivers, or just some girl who yells at her TV a lot while watching the Golden Globes pre-show.
The director snapped in an interview that's going viral, saying he's said all he has to say about real-world violence and movie violence. We dig through archives to find out what, exactly, he's said.
The second-season premiere of HBO's Girls arrives Sunday, and along with it comes an outpouring of love from members of the media for its creator and star. But Oates's piece in Vanity Fair takes the take.
After his Best Director snub became the sob story of the Oscar nominations, Affleck got his revenge.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
We already know that Star Wars is coming back to the big screen, but the franchise might also be coming to ABC, a subsidiary of the new LucasFilm owners at Disney.
The Oscar nominations this morning threw us for a loop, shutting out Argo and Zero Dark Thirty directors Ben Affleck and Kathryn Bigelow in the directing category. So where does the race stand now? It's time for rampant speculation, of course!
A programmer charted out two years' worth of service-change announcements on Twitter from New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, focusing on problems with the often maligned B, Q, F, G, and L lines.
The 9-year-old star of Beasts of the Southern Wild is the toast of Tinseltown after this morning's Oscar nominations gave her the distinction of becoming the youngest person to ever be nominated for Best Actress. And she's just excited as the rest of us.
The local superintendent explained that students across town have not been going outside because of "anxiety."
At Thursday morning's nominations, MacFarlane came out swinging with jokes about Harvey Weinstein and Hitler, which elicited some laughs, some wariness, and a lot of genuine discomfort from all around the world of Hollywood.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
Oscar host Seth MacFarlane and actress Emma Stone announced the nominees for the 85th Academy Awards this morning. Nine movies were nominated for Best Picture, with Lincoln leading the pack. Check out every single nominee now.
Netflix announced at its Television Critic's Association panel this afternoon that Arrested Development will come to Netflix in May, with all 14 episodes at once. See what the cast has to say for the grand return.
Flu season has hit hard particularly early and in a particularly nasty fashion this year, and now you can look at its path by way of Google searches.
The Golden Globes guests are served alcohol, which means you might as well be drinking, too. Here are some rules from a new interview with this year's hosts.
A new year, a new Hunger Games movie.
The awards for bad movies have nominated the Twilight franchise in every single category, which has led a lot of people — even those who wouldn't normally defend Twilight — to wonder whether the Razzies are just trolling all of us this year.
With Oscar nominations less than a day away, the Brits have weighed in with their version — and their top choice, is, well, rather American.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
The Oscar nominations will be announced on Thursday and while that is the ultimate prize this year's movies are aiming for, a number of other honors have been handed out so far. We've visualized some the top races for you.
The director's guild choice of Les Misérables director Tom Hooper has some up in arms, and that could mean a Django snub by the Academy on Thursday.
Here's a map that tells you where exactly 341,817,095 Americans reside.
Though it's still deemed "Untitled Woody Allen Project" on IMDb it appears the 2013 film from the prolific auteur now has a name.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
This year's propaganda, too often limited to the pages of Variety and its ilk, was eye-catching enough to merit awards for the ads themselves. Here are The Atlantic Wire's First Annual For-Your-Consideration Awards.
We now know for sure that he's been approached, and that he's out — but that the search is on.
More networks will reveal new details throughout the week at the Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour, but here's what we've learned so far, from Steve Carrell's return to Donald Trump's real reality-show future.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
The Oscar people have had plenty of trouble with the technology behind their nominations this year, but the Academy did not leak one of the nominees in the costume design category, a spokesperson told The Atlantic Wire late Friday.
Blame it on hipsters? This chart from Digital Music News shows how vinyl hit another "modern-era record" in 2012, selling 4.6 million units, according to data from Nielsen Soundscan.
We've been eagerly awaiting Sunday's premiere, consuming the media build-up in its entirety while also hoping to stay free from too many clues — they've already aired the entire third "series" over there.
The Writers Guild of America announced its nominees for best original and adapted screenplay on Friday, but let's not get too far down the rabbit hole on these little awards as a predictor for next week's Oscar nods.
Author Gary Shteyngart is now almost as renowned in the literary world for his blurbing prowess as he is for his own books, and now there's a 15-minute video on YouTube dedicated to exploring the world of his blurbs.
So this is how Girls is going to deal with race. And politics. But mostly race.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
Sure, Joe Biden may have gotten his Parks and Recreation cameo, but Nancy Pelosi is topping that by appearing in this month's series finale of 30 Rock.
Stories of "excited" students, "good" attendance, and therapy dogs are emerging from the refurbished school where Sandy Hook Elementary students attended class Thursday for the first time since 20 of their fellow students and six adults who worked at the school were killed.
With a week until nominations are revealed, Oscar rumor has it that the well received James Bond film is now in the running for best picture. But does 007 actually stand a chance in this year's crowded field? Let's break it down.
Here's your first look at National Geographic Channel's new film Killing Lincoln, based on Bill O'Reilly's bestselling book. And, frankly, everything seems pretty heavy-handed in the time of Steven Spielberg's award-grabbing film about that same president
The students of Sandy Hook Elementary returned to school Thursday morning, and someone at one of the most prominent nearby newspapers let an advertisement for a local gun show slip by... on the same page as an article about that.
India has continued to reel following the death of a gang rape victim in New Delhi, and now, as her attackers face charges, a map looks at the country through rape statistics
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
The CBS This Morning co-host has a television in every room of her house and has named her iPhone Charlotte, after Charlie Rose.
The term "blog" may be outdated, at least according to this Google Trends chart being passed around today.
If it weren't for the .edu missing at the end of the URL — and, you know, the monsters — it would be pretty easy to believe in Monsters University, which is part of the adorable new viral marketing campaign for Pixar's Monsters, Inc. prequel.
After complaints about the Oscar's new online voting process reached fever pitch, the Academy has decided to give its members one more day to vote — not that the digital extension will help anyone or any particular film, really.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
If you don't feel like watching football, tune in to these classic shows. They'll help you get through the day, hour by looming hour.
Have a story we missed? A link we have to click? A sharp opinion about the news? Instead of waiting for us to post it, tell us on the Open Wire.
Submit your news and ideas | See all reader postsThe Atlantic Wire is your authoritative guide to the news and ideas that matter most right now. Our team tracks newsmakers and opinions across the entire media spectrum: newspapers, web sites, television, radio and magazines.
But we do more than just collect information. By synthesizing, analyzing and summarizing what’s out there, and adding new information when we can, we are a news engine that gives you a quick and valuable account of the issues of the day.
Have a hot tip? A story we missed? Tell us on the Open Wire
How to send us editorial or technical feedback
Get Five Best Columns in your inbox each morning (preview)
