The King's Rule The King’s Speech, the story of King George VI’s conquest of a stutter, eloquently spoke Oscar’s language tonight, capturing the Best Picture Oscar. Colin Firth won for Best Actor, Tom Hooper for Best Director. Why The Social Network faded well before the wirePatrick Goldstein:...

Yo! MC Hathaway is talkin’ Oscars Anne Hathaway plays against her princess mein in this just-released promo for Sunday’s Academy Awards on ABC. Not your usual Oscar pre-game. But with Ricky Gervais writing the opening script for Hathaway and co-host/best actor nominee James Franco (127 Hours), all bets are off. We may be about to see an Oscars ceremony as off-the-hook as the Golden Globes usually...

The King speaks. Or not For some, Radiohead is a willful enigma and a crashing musical bore. For others, the band is hailed for its ability to tap into the collective unconscious of an uncertain age. Either way, the band’s new record, The King of Limbs, is just out and already generating reaction....

CBS, Netflix in TV streaming deal CBS inks a pact with Netflix to make classic television shows available to Netflix customers, a deal that one network suit says “recognizes the increasing value of our content in today's marketplace.” The L.A. Times Joe Flint reportsLogo © 2011 CBS I...

Ciudad Juarez: A video draws fire Officials seek a ban on a video game based on actions of the drug cartels that have killed 6,000 people in the last two years. More in Television + VideoPhoto: From Call of Juarez promotional video: © 2011 Ubisoft Entertainm...

Denver: A fresh Midsummer Night To a critic who’s seen her share of Pucks that miss the mark, the Denver Center Theater Company has a production of Shakespeare’s classic that makes the old favorite “seem fresh and new again.” More in StagePhoto: Terry Shap...

Berlin: Golden Bear to Iran’s Nader Asghar Farhadi’s study of a family in turmoil, won the Golden Bear on Saturday at the Berlin International Film Festival, the first Iranian film to win the prize. More in MoviesPhoto: Sareh Bayat, Leila Hatami, Asghar Farhadi, Sarina Farhadi at Berlinale: Agence...

Trailer Hitch: Identity issues In Unknown, the reliable Liam Neeson battles to regain his identity in a film that ricochets between psychological thriller and vengeance quest. Chris Barsanti reviews in PopMatters In I Am Number Four, visitors from another planet fight to avoid being exterminated by other visitors from another planet. It’s a hunter vs. hunted story, one that Laremy Legel...

Seattle: The Brothers Size rises Tarell McCraney’s play, at Seattle Repertory Theater, borrows from Yoruba mythology and African American culture. The result: A production from a protégé of the late August Wilson that’s “one of the best things at the Rep in ages” (according to The Stranger’s Brendan...

Jagger in Twitter hoax Less than an hour ago, someone tweeted the phrase “RIP Mick Jagger.” It was a hoax but the word was out. Fast. It trended within minutes, generating the expected reaction (and the expected outrage) as the lie was retweeted around the world. “I bet a Bieber fan started this,”...

Never Let Me Go won't let go Kazuo Ishiguro, author of a novel that’s now a Keira Knightley-Andrew Garfield film, is already laying plans for a theatrical production. (What's next, the video game?) More in Stage Photo: The Associated Pr...

The Arcade Fire this time Gaga? Nah-nah. Eminem? Not tonight. Lady A? No way. The Grammy for Album of the Year went to Arcade Fire, whose album The Suburbs came out of nowhere to win, in a major upset for the Montreal rock collective we still haven’t paid much attention to in the States. More in Music More Grammy winners, in MusicMichael E. Ross: Is it just my imagination or was this one...

SXSW gets fashionable Introducing SXSW’s new Style X fashion showcase, Joah Spearman explains why style is more Miles Davis than Justin Bieber. More in Fashion Logo: © 2011 SXSW I...

Olbermann’s Current relationship That didn’t take long, now, did it? The former Countdown star on MSNBC hitches himself to upstart Current TV with a new one-hour news program that's set to kick off in late spring. He'll have a management role, too. More in TelevisionPhoto: Getty Images via Current...

Super Bowl ads? Here’s the best You’ve seen it already? So see it again. If you haven’t seen it, prepare to enjoy the best ad shown during last night’s Super Bowl. Pop-cultural iconography, the suburbs and car advertising in a pitch-perfect blend. More than 12.5 million YouTube views and counting. Watch. Laugh. Rinse. Repeat. You’re welcome. Via YouT...

You've got merger:  AOL buys HuffPost Just when you think you know somebody: In what’s being called “a merger of visions,” AOL Inc. announces an agreement to acquire The Huffington Post. For the second time in less than a month, a big media tie-up changes the game. More in Media Photo: The Huffington...

Are you ready for some movie trailers? Come for the movie trailers, stay for the game (and the other ads). The studios will be blitzing viewers with 14 movie trailers throughout Super Bowl XLV, Sunday on Fox — more than twice the number from last year, TheWrap reports. © 2011 Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer Films. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides opens May ...

Handicapping Oscar, statistically The horse race for the 2011 Oscars continues, and it will right up until the ABC broadcast on Feb. 27. But the betting window is far from closed. Nate Silver of the New York Times offers predictions based less on passion than on probability. More in Movies Graphic:...

NYC: White Stripes pack it in News with an icky thump: After six albums, the White Stripes, the edgy, trailblazing, Detroit-born blues-drenched duo, is calling it quits officially. And amicably. No trashed hotel rooms. No rehab dramas. It's just ... over. Nekesa Mumbi Moody explains in Music...