Tom Bennett

Based on a true story, this uproarious farce dramatizes the making of a modern-day publishing fiasco. Emmy nominee Jonathan Pryce (Brazil, Pirates of the Caribbean) stars as Gerd "the Bloodhound" Heidemann, a German reporter who sniffs out a scoop that will revive his stalled career: the lost diaries of Adolf Hitler. Gerd manages to convince Stern magazine to pony up millions for the documents, not knowing that a small-time forger (Alexei Sayle, The Young Ones) keeps churning them out from a shop in Stuttgart. The scheme hoodwinks eminent historians, Newsweek magazine, and even Rupert Murdoch--until the truth leaves everyone pointing fingers in fury. With a pitch-perfect ensemble cast that includes Barry Humphries (Dame Edna), Alison Doody (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade), Tom Baker (Doctor Who), and Alan Bennett (Beyond the Fringe), Selling Hitler mercilessly lays bare the greed, self-delusion, and stupidity behind 20th-century journalism's most shocking scandal.

Did you watch the season finale of American Idol? Do you care that, like, a billion tweens voted for a sixteen-year-old throwback to Pat Boone? Good for Scotty McCreery, though he s probably very nice, and is good at singing country music. Although I initially pegged him as smug, I ve since cooled out because he is literally a child (and when he started crying while visiting his hometown, I totally Are You There, God? It s Me, Margeret ed) (j/k, I have a wiener, and wieners don t work like that). There was so much show, of course. Everyone was there, including Bono and The Edge, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Judas Priest, Tim McGraw, and Carrie Underwood. And [Sir] Tom Jones! And Tony Bennett! So weird, right? Nope, not weird. Not weird at all. Those people all made sense, especially Tom Jones and Tony Bennett because they are steeped in musical history. See, the weirdest part of the night may have been TLC (R.I.P. Lisa Lopes) taking the stage to lip-sync a medley of two songs: Waterfalls and No Scrubs. In 2011. Very sad. Very, very sad. Their outfits were these bizarre rhinestone-encrusted zoot suits pried from Tina Knowles s storage unit. And for some very creepy reason, you couldn t really see T-Boz s face. Not once. And Ryan Seacrest s only comment on the performance was, Nice abs! (re: Chilli s very impressive abs). Sad, sad, sad. Please get better, TLC.