Culture Archive
Archives for September 2014


Do you know the history behind our national anthem?

Red Band Society is one part teen drama and one part edgy medical drama. The former contributes vivid characters; the latter offers a refusal to be sappy.

This is one of the better falls in recent memory, but there are still some true stinkers to keep far, far away from.


Ubersense users include -- at the Olympic level -- figure skaters, rowers, track and field athletes, gymnasts, speed skaters, skiers and snowboarders.


15 teams play in states with medicinal marijuana. But the league still won’t allow players to use it.


Netflix announced today that it will premiere Love, a 30-minute comedy series co-produced and co-written by Judd Apatow.


Rihanna is more than a poster image for a crime she didn’t commit. And CBS, by pulling her song, made it that much harder to get this point across.


Musicians don’t have to check with a patent lawyer before they write a new song. Maybe computer programmers shouldn’t have to either.


The short answer: we don’t really know.


Syfy didn’t want to pick up this new Bryan Fuller show to series, but it’s airing the pilot anyway.


Couldn’t make it to Toronto? No worries — we’ve got you covered with a best-of list.


It’s time for TV to come back. Here are shows to settle in with for the year ahead.



