I'm almost certainly not alone in expressing my guarded -- even conflicted -- anticipation at the forthcoming release of the "Where the Wild Things Are" film; it's a beloved children's classic filtered through a thrift store sheet-staining hipster's wet dream. Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers, Catherine Keener, Karen O -- oh yeah, and was the Arcade Fire in movie trailer? Yes, of course it was. (And ...

"Batman" actor Burt Ward was 21 when he recorded the song "The Teenage Bill of Rights." It's a surprisingly stirring number, which decried the second-class treatment of American teenagers and was composed at the height of the nation's battle over civil rights. "I don't suggest we march all day and picket every night," Ward proclaims with the utmost conviction. "I just propose the following: a ...