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Television: A Show Written for the Young by the Young

Posted: August 17th, 2008, 9:07am GMT by By MARGY ROCHLIN

In BBC America’s “Skins,” teenagers drink, get high and hook up. But what reflects the soap opera are the casually stinging asides, the betrayals and insecurities that the kids experience.
Music: Puccini at 150, Still Capable of Revelations

Posted: August 17th, 2008, 8:33am GMT by By ANTHONY TOMMASINI

Puccini’s popularity continues to grow, and this year is no different, with releases of new CDs of “La Bohème” and an eye-opening new film.
Don Helms, 81, Who Put the Twang in the Hank Williams Songbook, Is Dead

Posted: August 17th, 2008, 6:41am GMT by By WILLIAM GRIMES

Mr. Helms, whose piercing, forceful steel guitar helped define the sound of nearly all of Hank Williams’s hits, also performed and recorded with a long list of other country greats.
Television: Is Jon Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America?

Posted: August 17th, 2008, 4:41am GMT by By MICHIKO KAKUTANI

Jon Stewart says his job is just throwing spitballs. But in satirizing a world that defies satire, “The Daily Show” delivers both news and morality.
Ideas & Trends: Kafka Himself Gets a Metamorphosis

Posted: August 17th, 2008, 3:54am GMT by By JENNY LYN BADER

A “porn” stash may show little but how each age shapes its idols.
Ideas & Trends: The Refined Art of Tastelessness

Posted: August 17th, 2008, 3:50am GMT by By DAVE ITZKOFF

An ick is a yuk is a buck, and today’s taboo is tomorrow’s box-office bonanza.
Film: To Be, or to Be Broad, in Service of ‘Hamlet 2’

Posted: August 17th, 2008, 2:33am GMT by By CHARLES McGRATH

Despite appearances in many movies, Steve Coogan, the star of the indie comedy “Hamlet 2,” is scarcely known in the United States.
Art: Your (Nonpartisan) Message Here

Posted: August 17th, 2008, 2:32am GMT by By JULIE BLOOM

For the coming political conventions, Minneapolis and Denver, the host cities, have urged artists to make works that address the political process.