MOVIES

The original 'Star Trek' series dealt with important issues of the day, while the new film is all explosions and action.

MOVIES

For decades, dedicated fans of 'Star Trek' have postulated a Kirk-Spock romance. A look at 'slash' fiction, 40 years later.

MUSIC

Yusuf Islam ditched music, fame and his name: Cat Stevens. Now he's emerging from his moon shadow.

MOVIES

A former 'Trek' writer spills some secrets, including the one about how the franchise survived for so long.

SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW

'Star Trek' is way cool. How'd that happen? Because the geeks have inherited the earth, and the White House.

MUSIC

If Ellington went indie, he'd sound something like Darcy James Argue.

MUSIC

Meet the newest rock supergroup: Tinted Windows.

MUSIC

Bob Dylan reinvents himself (again) on album No. 33. Some fans will love it. Us—we're still not sure.

NEWSMAKERS

Despite all the shortages in this economy, there's one thing Hollywood will never run out of: celebrities saying stupid things. Decide for yourself who takes the bigger booby prize—Hulk Hogan or Jamie Foxx.

MUSIC

Despite the down economy, fans are still buying tickets to the big summer music festivals, lured by layaway programs and, in one case, a former Beatle.

SOCIETY

How new technology is changing the way we think about love, lust and desire in the digital age.

MOVIES

Mike Tyson is done with being a poster boy for bad behavior—but don't ask him what comes next.

CULTURE

'Spinal Tap' made mockumentaries the art form of our time. It also made life hell for every struggling hair-metal band—just ask Anvil.

MUSIC

Gay- and lesbian-rights activists have been waiting for a soundtrack with sufficient snarl. But no more.

DRAMA QUEENS

How the 'Grey' ladies, and their ilk, became the gays' ladies.

TELEVISION

Before reality TV, before dysfunction became chic, there were the Beales of 'Grey Gardens.'

MUSIC

Taylor Swift? Songs about cute little kids? What has happened to country?!

MOVIES

A new documentary explores the history of Bloods-Crips gang violence.

MUSIC

Metallica rocks and rolls into the hall of fame.

TELEVISION

If you take your comedy as seriously as your politics, the 'SNL' alum's new sitcom is for you.

MUSIC

Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder on music, activism and trying to avoid celebrity.

MUSIC

Confession: When I interviewed the lead singer of a certain grunge band I once adored, I was as nervous as a schoolgirl.

TELEVISION

MTV's Pedro Zamora movie needs to get real.

TELEVISION

In 'Detective Agency,' Africa never looked so good.

THEATER

Two New York musicals come home to Broadway. Great timing: the Big Apple needs some juice.

MOVIES

The 'Twilight' DVD proves that the movie's great. It's the books that suck.

MUSIC

Prince once ruled the Web. Now he's got to step it up.

CULTURE

An art-world flamethrower returns from exile.