Novelist Jennifer Egan is teasing us with her latest work, the short story “Black Box” — slowly releasing it in 140 character bursts on Twitter. And that got us thinking: what other authors — living or dead — would we like to see tweets from?
TIME has covered Havel’s political dissidence many times through the years, often in Havel’s own words.
Made up of actors, newsmen and Crocs-sporting chefs, our panel members had plenty of opinions.
We may be at war, but we still laugh at the same jokes.
It would seem that Congressman Anthony Weiner is no stranger to female attention. As it turns out, a decade and a half ago, Cosmopolitan magazine dubbed Weiner one of their honored “101 Gorgeous Real-Life Bachelors.”
Molotov cocktails? More like mojito cupcakes.
Al Qaeda has designed a new U.S.-style women’s magazine that, according to the Atlantic, “offers home and beauty tips alongside testimonials from the wives of suicide bombers and female jihadists.”
Frost/Nixon, Dan Rather/Saddam Hussein even Katie Couric/Sarah Palin are some of the great or exposing interviews in the age of modern media. Supermodel grilling Russian prime minister? Not so much. (Via the Guardian.)
What would you pay for a copy of every issue of Playboy magazine ever printed? How about $300? (via Techland)
Actor Ryan Reynolds has been named this year’s Sexiest Man Alive by People Magazine. The 34-year-old Canadian starred in this fall’s Buried and plays Hal Jordan in next year’s The Green Lantern. Head over to People for more.
