Philip Glass has described the public reception to 1982's Koyaanisqatsi as that of "a 'head' movie: you were supposed to get high, look at the lights." This remains a fine method of viewing Godfrey Reggio's classic when sealed up in your apartment on a rainy afternoon. But last night the movie's powerful images were joined in the flesh by Philip Glass, his Ensemble and the New York Philharmonic to aurally and visually submerge the audience at Avery Fisher Hall in a panoply of soul-wrenching emotions. These five are perhaps the most potent. We will never watch the movie without the New York Philharmonic again. more ›

In one corner, we have Justin Bieber fanatics, who came into Times Square today to catch a glimpse of their hero during an appearance on MTV's "The Seven" (the Bieb has been in town doing press for his movie, Never Say Never, making appearances on "The Daily Show" and at MSG for a Knicks game). In the other corner, we have protesters rallying against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his crackdown on protesters in Cairo. And lo and behold, from the looks of it, humanity didn't let us down this time! Do the Mubarak demonstrators really outnumber the True Beliebers? Must be Photoshop. more ›