How come Joss Whedon, the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and arguably the most inventive pop storyteller of his generation, never became as famous as so much of the derivative trash he inspired? Better question: Now that his summer blockbuster, The Avengers, is about to arrive, isn't this the part of the story where the overlooked hero rises to meet his big moment?

Jonny Greenwood made a name for himself with Radiohead as the rock-guitar virtuoso of his generation. So naturally he decided his next instrument should be an entire orchestra.

Attempting to explain the DC Comics reboot.

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The music should be good. The storytelling should be great. Why is David Simon's show so damned hard to like?

Every culture has told some version of the wolfman story. But can a souped-up, sexed-up MTV werewolf win over a generation that takes its monsters very, very seriously?

Online fan-boys are the modern equivalent of the Colosseum crowd: the difference between life and death. So is the director Zack Snyder their emperor or their slave?

Is it possible we will always be obsessed with Winona Ryder? If she keeps doing films such as Black Swan, the answer is yes. Alex Pappademas talks with our eternal crush

We're used to National Enquirer stories on "shocking" plastic surgery, but in 2010 the rag almost won a Pulitzer. Alex Pappademas chronicles its evolution from tabloid to breaking-news contender.