Clive Barnes, NY Post Theater Critic, Dies

Clive Barnes, longtime theater and dance critic for the New York Post, died Wednesday of cancer, the Post announced

A Lost Masterpiece, Now Found in Tokyo's Metro

After going missing for decades in Mexico and an arduous restoration, a mural of renowned Japanese artist Taro Okamoto finds a home for the first time in Tokyo's Shibuya station

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• City Guides | Tips | Advice

Almost Famous: Japan's Obama Impersonator

Thanks to Barack Obama, Japanese comedian Nozomu Sato — known as "Notchi" — is having the most successful moment in his 20-year career

• The World Reacts to Obama's Win
• Barack Obama: The Best TIME Photographs
• Video: Celebrating in Grant Park

Please Help Joel Stein Name His Baby!

To save his unborn son from his own tragically bad taste, Joel asks America to pick a name

The National Book Awards

As judges select the year's best books in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people's literature, TIME looks back at the award's past

• The 100 Best Novels of All Time

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The Littlest Miss Sunshine

We want to judge. This is the seeming impetus behind TLC's disturbing, and yet I suspect irresistible, new series concept

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Goodbye for Now to the "Wow" Factor?

Will the recession mean that architects will be turning out more buttoned down buildings?

Quantum of Solace Round-Up

How to make the perfect Bond martini, sing along with the best Bond theme, and how to plan the perfect Bond vacation