Sean Wilentz, 01/25/13

Professor of History, Princeton University

For almost exactly a hundred years, Hollywood has been complicit -- no, salient -- in promoting pro-Confederate falsehoods about the Civil War and Reconstruction. Now Spielberg and Kushner and everyone involved in Lincoln have at last declared, "Enough!"

Marshall Fine, 01/25/13

Author and film critic, hollywoodandfine.com

Knife Fight is about on a level with the kind of comedy that shows up on Lifetime and the Hallmark Channel, with casts full of aging former TV stars. Movies like this give political satire a bad name.

Chris Jancelewicz, 01/25/13

Lead Entertainment Editor, Huffington Post Canada

After we'd exhausted our favorite shows and watched numerous movies from the '80s that we'd forgotten about, we grew a bit bored with Netflix. So it's only natural that the company would take another step and move forward with a smart, thoughtful plan.

Maureen Ryan, 01/25/13

TV critic, The Huffington Post

The best news about "Spartacus: War of the Damned" is that Simon Merrells is magnetic as Marcus Crassus, and Todd Lasance is credible as a young, hungry Julius Caesar. We also thought you might want a guide to the new characters you'll see, so here you go.

Teddy Wayne, 01/25/13

Author, The Love Song of Jonny Valentine and Kapitoil

Tommy Mottola is a legend in the music industry. Now he's told the story of his life in Hitmaker. I spoke with him about where the industry is heading, and which Swedish man is responsible for the last pop song you hummed to.

Jonathan Kim, 01/25/13

Film Critic for ReThink Reviews and the Uprising Show

Fracking has received the full Hollywood treatment with Promised Land, a film starring and co-written by Matt Damon, one of Hollywood's biggest and most respected stars. But is Damon's name enough to convince people to see a movie revolving around natural gas drilling?

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin, 01/25/13

Producer extraordinaire (Ramone) and acclaimed singer-songwriter (Evin)

This week we review music by Paquito D'Rivera, Laura Veirs, Ben Rector, Local Natives, Neal Casal, The Virgins, and more.

Michael Gilmour, 01/25/13

Professor of English and biblical literature, Providence University College, Manitoba

Whereas Lennon tends to reject religion outright and U2 sings about its mysterious ways and at least partial un-knowability, Larry Norman represents a Christian conservatism both confident of its rightness and critical of those failing to embrace a particular definition of orthodoxy.

Robert J. Elisberg, 01/25/13

Screenwriter and columnist

Fiorello!, you see, was the very first musical chosen by the renowned Encore! series in New York, where the NY City Center brings back great, less-known shows, in trimmed down productions. And now, in honor of the series' 20th anniversary... they are bringing it back.

Court Stroud, 01/25/13

Writer and journalist

Interfaith spiritual community Sanctuary NYC will screen Building Babel, which follows a year in the life of Sharif El-Gamal, the developer behind New York's Park51, sometimes referred to by opponents as the "Ground Zero Mosque."

Julien Mitelberg, 01/25/13

CEO of Bandsintown, Co-founder and COO of Cellfish

While there has been a hazy cloud hanging over artists, managers and labels relating to how digital music and the Internet affect their sales and bottom lines, the opportunity provided by push marketing remains an untapped well for a wide swath of artists.

Jackie K. Cooper, 01/25/13

Film Critic

Stiles and Walton aren't Harrison and Hepburn but they do keep you interested in their transformational story from start to finish.

Wyatt Closs, 01/25/13

Politics and Pop Culture Strategist and Observer

Will Jennifer Lawrence's joke about "beating Meryl Streep" be like Romney's "binder of women" quip and take her down? We'll see. Treat Entertainment Tonight like Hardball.

Laura Prudom, 01/24/13

Associate Television Editor, The Huffington Post

In typical Supernatural fashion, the playful "LARP and the Real Girl" was a tonal 180 from the emotionally fraught events of "Torn and Frayed," which probably comes as a relief for those of us who are still reeling from last week's intense hour.

Ben Robinson, 01/24/13

Evil Mastermind, BatchSlap.com

Stop, collaborate, and listen. I'm not even sure who you're collaborating with, and on what, but that's just good clean advice. But most of all, stop coming back. Please stay away, Kacie B. You're not supposed to be here anymore. The K-Cs of the world will take it from here.

Joey DeAngelis, 01/24/13

Pop culture blogger, Writer

Compared to last season's finale, this year's seemed relatively low-key and subtle... However, and although it wasn't nearly are great as the first season's, this finale was surprisingly heartfelt and satisfying.

Dustin Fitzharris, 01/24/13

Journalist; contributor, ABCNews.com

In addition to performing, Karmin is recording their first full-length album, which they plan to release this spring. With their ambition and the love they have for each other and music, it appears that 2013 is going to be another banner year for the duo. Cheerio!