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And, in some cases, 11 minutes that can really ruin your weekend. (I'm telling you, this "time-in" idea is a winner!)—JS

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Get ready for Michael Bay movies to feel even more like a crack high.—JS

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Teachers unions might not be able to protect the ineffective and incompetent for very much longer. If that's the case, everybody – apart from the ineffective and the incompetent – wins.—JM

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A piece in defense of Jay Leno. Nothing in here is technically refutable... but she doesn't bring up the bit about how Jay promised the show to Conan but then, in effect, didn't leave when he said he would. Even so, an interesting take.—JM

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A spoiler-free look at what's at stake for the upcoming final season of Lost.—BK

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Being a Royals fan is so painful, it has led Joe to discover a new addition to Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's famous five stages of grief.—BK

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The lessons seem to be: a) learn more than one acting note, b) don't let the action hero paradigm shift on you, and c) never get old.—BK

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Here we have everything that's wrong with the American criminal justice system, encapsulated by one juror's experience.—JM

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If I were him, I'd focus my State of the Union only on this stuff - hard to have a sagging approval rating when you're crusading against the greedy megatycoons!—JS

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It was wrong on many levels. Now let us never speak of The Office clip show again.—BK

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If you had to put a nail in the Team Coco coffin, with a little class and perspective, this might be the way to do it. (Still, fuck Leno.)—JS

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Exhaustive trend analysis from one of the more user-friendly online dating sites out there. (Although, if you want the one that works, it isn't pretty but it's plentyoffish.com.)—JS

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If you're not going to read new MIB posts the moment they go live, I'm not going to feel bad pointing you to them. (If you read this one right away, this'll be your second time. You're welcome.)—JS

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Almost half of the words in the title of the piece are inaccurate, and I know I shouldn't care about the "American Idol" audition episodes. But still.—JM

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This piece from 1993, written by the man himself, is just as funny as it's ever been (when I first read it, I went around for months saying that various stuff was "for girls." You will too).—JM

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Why Gene Hackman's retirement (I had no idea) is acting's – and Oscar's – loss. (With much-deserved praise for his criminally overlooked work in The Royal Tenenbaums.)—BK

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One of my favorite SNL sketches of all time (and since today is my birthday, posting this is like a little gift to myself).—BK

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Interesting allegory, though far from perfect. Some of us are just angry because Leno is an untalented hack who's even less worthy of The Tonight Show job now than he was 18 years ago.—BK

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Pretty interesting: partly for the stuff Facebook is doing; partly for the stuff they think it's worthwhile or important to do; and partly for how cool they think they are for doing it.—JS

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More than that, it's pretty dippy, considering we'll all know about the new device in about a week. (Or maybe Gawker was hoping for a lawsuit – now Apple admits there is a tablet to protect!)—JS

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Rabin, on loan from the A.V. Club, gives an excellent summation of Leno's career and his role in NBC's late night turmoil.—BK

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We try to steer clear of blatantly partisan political links, but since this is a liberal pet issue being advocated by a prominent conservative, I figure it's okay.—BK

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A write-up of the brilliant sketch comedy show by someone who, like me, came to appreciate it only after it had come and gone.—JS

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Let's do! We bailed 'em out, and what have they done for us? Time to hit them in their ledger sheets.—JS

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Is all this filibuster bickering unconstitutional? And does it even really matter any more what's constitutional and what isn't?—JS

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It really was, wasn't it?—JM

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Which is why NBC is hoping you'll watch the Golden Globes this Sunday.—BK

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The infamous – and terrific – profile where he talks about quitting acting (and hurls around some exquisite insults) is finally available online.—BK

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It's almost as though he's following the advice of a book on the subject. (Didn't Bill Carter write a book on the subject?)—JS

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Basically: holy effing ess, run for your life if NBC offers you a late night TV show on their network.—JS

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It is what it sounds like: The Dude by way of The Bard. (Obviously this runs way over the usual length, but we've linked to every other Lebowski thing out there, so there's no sense stopping now.)—JS

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A fascinating excerpt from the new book Game Change that reveals the sordid dysfunction inside the John Edwards presidential campaign, and offers yet another lesson in the folly of buying into the public image of any famous person.—BK

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A look at the new HBO show coming this spring from David Simon, the creator of The Wire (my choice for the greatest show in the history of television).—BK

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Every entertainment option is now at our fingertips; shouldn't that level the playing field between blockbusters and more obscure fare? Not so much, for a few interesting reasons.—JS

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We can keep chasing terrorist tactics with more and more invasive security screening, but it won't make us any safer. (Colbert said it better in Tuesday's Wørd segment, but this isn't PoopVideo.com – at least not until 2015!)—JS

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Shooting down the current "Beatty has slept with nearly 13,000 women" speculation in hilarious fashion.—BK

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We can take it as a given that "Celebrity Rehab" is awesome, because Dr. Drew is involved. But overall, does it help or hurt? Or both? Or neither?—JM

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All you ever wanted to know about the evil weather phenomenon that takes already below-zero temps and makes them feel even colder (as has been happening here in MN for the last week).—BK

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John Mackey, the Whole Foods CEO who sparked controversy (boycotts and "buycotts") with his healthcare stance last fall, turns out to be a fascinating if inscrutable fellow.—JS

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How books shrank during the '00s. (When the average person's attention span is measured in tweets, a thousand page novel doesn't seem so viable.)—JS

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Not even apples and oranges, I'd imagine. More like apples vs., um, blue space apples that cost a billion dollars.—JM

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I've been wounded too many times, so I'm just going to assume that as long as it's technically possible for the Vikings to lose to the Packers in the playoffs this season, that's what's going to happen.—JM

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A great profile of Michael Cera, and how he likes to mock and play around with his nice guy persona.—BK

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Unless the thought of Jackie Chan as a spy/babysitter sounds appealing to you, the author suggests skipping the month traditionally seen as a dumping ground for the worst Hollywood has to offer.—BK

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Our response to terrorism defines its effectiveness. I know I say that a lot, but it's only because we keep responding the wrong way.—JS

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Chuck, Lost, Don DeLillo, and Tim Burton. The A.V. Club and I are definitely not looking forward to the same things this year.—JS