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7/7/11   Movies | TV | Music | Video | Books | Theater | Art Beck Is Starting a Printing Press, Says Stephen Malkmus What else does Malkmus say? Roseanne’s Nuts Does Indeed Look Nuts "It's like being married. If I still like this place in a year, I'll stay with it." Which of 2011’s Many Onscreen Talking Animals Is Right for You? Is it the ape from 'Zookeeper,' the talking dog from 'Beginners,' or whatever the Smurfs are? Is the Story of the ‘Happy Divorce’ Bad? Maybe we just need to wallow every now and then. The 12 Fighting Techniques of Big Brother Contestants Claim that God is on your side! Proudly brag of your storage-room sexual trysts! And more! ADVERTISEMENT MoMA's offering even more chances to visit in July and August! Galleries will be open seven days a week and until 8:30 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday nights—visit special exhibitions, see a film, or stop by Summergarden or weekly Thursday Nights for live music performances in the Sculpture Garden. Lisa Lampanelli Is Writing a Broadway Show "It's pretty much going to focus on my two main obsessions in life, which are men and food." David Simon: ‘You’re Gonna Die, and Everyone You Love and Care About Is Gonna Die’ So in the mean time, watch 'Treme.' Nelsan Ellis on True Blood’s Season of the Witches, Lafayette’s Mohawk, and Dodging the Marines "No one told me that when you're in the military, they own you. I quickly changed up that situation." Lenny Kravitz, Co-star of The Hunger Games, Is Taking His Sweet Time Reading The Hunger Games He still hasn't finished 'Catching Fire.' Movie Review: Beats Rhymes & Life Goes Behind the Music With A Tribe Called Quest It’s a bit like a Rolling Stones doc that hurries through Altamont and 'Sticky Fingers' and zooms in on the Steel Wheels tour. MSNBC Nixes Chris Matthews’s Cameo in Aaron Sorkin’s Pilot About Cable News [UPDATED] Perhaps they didn't like the way he portrayed the 24-hour news world. Charlie Day on Horrible Bosses, Cocaine, and Why Mac Got Fat for It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia "We said, ‘All right, we’ll start writing, and you start eating.'" How Are the Jersey Shore Cast Members Doing Without Vinnie? GTL, roller coasters, and longing. Tired of 3-D? Then Get Ready for 4-D, Complete With Smoke, Smells, and Punches "The cushions have the massage chair motors so it punches you (lightly) in the kidneys or ass when Po would get hit." Noel Gallagher Announces a Solo Album via a Delightful Liam Gallagher–Bashing Press Conference See the video! ADVERTISEMENT   Japanese Cinema Orgy! It's time not only for the New York Asian Film Festival at Lincoln Center but also for the "Japan Cuts" fest at the Japan Society, which means, in the programmers' words, "awesome sauce" from China, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines. In a fortnight, you can wallow in fantasy and action—from Tsui Hark's 1995 The Blade to the literally visceral 1991 prison picture Riki-Oh to a rare big-screen viewing of Kinji Fukasaku's 2000 juvenile slaughterfest Battle Royale (pictured). Among the new gems is Milocrorze, an exhilaratingly stylized Japanese hodgepode of fair tale, samurai Western, and rock musical, featuring a splattery slow-fast-slow sword fight that would give Quentin Tarantino the ultimate boner. MORE TODAY: reading  Janet Reitman movies  Movies With a View theater  Broadway Winners! Find: Movie Tickets & Showtimes » Events by Date » Theater Reviews & Tickets » Concert Listings » Gallery Listings » Museum Schedules » Free Events » More nymag.com newsletters: Daily Intel Digest » Grub Street Digest » Fashion Alert » Shop-A-Matic » New York Travels » Sign up now » Subscribe to New York

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