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Is Virtual the New Reality?

Are the massively multiplayer (and massively successful) online games Second Life and World of Warcraft addictive escapes from reality, or brave new worlds which improve upon -- or even replace -- social and individual identity?

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The Women Behind 'The Throne'

Eliot, then Chopin: Investigating 'The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes'

The Jet Sex: Airline Stewardesses and the Making of an American Icon

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The Next Reel: Creepy Myths, Curses and Urban Legends of Hollywood

Blogs

Mixed Media: Early Summer 2013 New Music Playlist

Statuesque: A Window to the Heart: "Fill the Void's" Rama Burshtein and Hadas Yaron

Graphic Novelties: What Sam Houston Knew: Exclusive Preview of 'Lucifer: Book One'

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Sound Affects: Counterbalance No. 130: Aretha Franklin's 'Lady Soul'

Moving Pixels: It's Hard to Play the Right Way

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Music

Four Tet: Rounds (10th Anniversary Edition)

Rory Storm: Old Songs Sung in Wolves’ Tongue

Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Latin Psychedelia

Emma Louise: vs. Head vs. Heart

Vondelpark: Seabed

Lost Society: Fast Loud Death

Various Artists: Classic Celtic Music from Smithsonian Folkways

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The Bottlerock Napa Valley Festival - Day 1

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'Fast & Furious 6' Is Bigger and Better, Again

Although Visually Splendid, "Epic's" Story Is As Generic As Its Title

Greta Gerwig's Frances Is Not a Real Person, Yet, but She's Working on It: 'Frances Ha'

Julianne Moore Is in Class in 'The English Teacher'

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Searing Color into Cultural Memory: Tenosuke Kinugasa's 'Gate of Hell'

'American Masters: Mel Brooks: Make a Noise' Is a Fitting, Funny Salute to the Masterful Comic

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The Technicolor Revolution: 'Comandante: Hugo Chávez's Venezuela'

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It's a Merciless World in 'Metro: Last Light'

'Arrested Development' Season 4 Trailer & Banana Stand Pics (Mixed Media)
We Aren't the Mods and Other Sorry Tales of a Fashion Slave (Columns)
From Thinking Steaks to TITANic Mistakes: The 'Star Trek' Films They Almost Made (Features)
Daft Punk: Random Access Memories (Reviews)
'Star Trek Into Darkness' and the Wrath of Fanboys Being Khaned (Short Ends and Leader)
Creepy Myths, Curses and Urban Legends of Hollywood (Columns)
Have Fun: A Tribute to Diana Ross, Nile Rodgers, and the CHIC Groove of 'diana' (Parts 1-4) (Features)
Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires of the City (Reviews)
The National: Trouble Will Find Me (Reviews)
How Do Film Adaptations of Books, Such As 'The Great Gatsby', Affect an Author's Literary Status? (Columns)
R.E.M.: Green (25th Anniversary Edition) (Reviews)
PR, Paramount, and the 'Star Trek' Disaster (Short Ends and Leader)
Primal Scream: More Light (Reviews)
An Open Letter to J. J. Abrams: 'Star Wars' Ain't 'Star Trek' (Short Ends and Leader)
The 10 Greatest Escape Movies of All Time (Short Ends and Leader)
Latitudes and Longitudes of Darkness: Four Remarkable 2013 Black Metal Albums (Columns)
Christopher Guest Does TV with HBO's 'Family Tree' (Reviews)
The 10 Greatest British Actors Working Today (Short Ends and Leader)
Have Fun: A Tribute to Diana Ross, Nile Rodgers, and the CHIC Groove of 'diana' (Parts 5-6) (Features)
Drawn Back Into Dreaming: Spotlight on Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" (Features)

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