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As the smart-aleck couch potato Max on ABC’s hit relationship sitcom Happy Endings, Adam Pally says all the wrong things at all the right times. Here, the UCB veteran goes unscripted about what ticks him off, and poor Sarah McLachlan suffers the fatal blow.

From a real-life revolutionary on house arrest to a perennially high dreamer stuck in his mom’s basement, this month’s new releases are blissfully domestic.

The Magnetic Fields, Love at the Bottom of the Sea (Merge)
The Magnetic Fields bandleader Stephin Merritt, one of the great living American songwriters, has returned to indie label Merge, picked up his synthesizers, and released his strongest album in years. No concepts or overarching themes this time out, just a collection of 15 short, crafty pop songs (all under three minutes) from a master of the form. The song titles alone will elicit giddy grins from fans (“God Wants Us to Wait,” “All She Cares About Is Mariachi”). Merritt covers a fair amount of ground: clever synth-pop, of course (“The Machine in Your Hand” is about wanting to be a crush’s mobile device); a spurned lover’s revenge fantasy (“Your Girlfriend’s Face,” which the song’s protagonist has hired a hitman to, um, remove); country (“Going Back to the Country”); and Gary Numan–style ’80s new wave (“Infatuation [With Your Gyration]”). Almost every track’s a keeper, and the (very) few that miss their marks are over before they wear out their welcome. It’s the band’s most consistently entertaining album since 69 Love Songs, and that’s quite an accomplishment.

Three members from indie rock heavyweights—Montreal’s The Stills and Toronto’s Broken Social Scene—joined forces to form the Canadian supergroup Eight and a Half.

Mad Men beauty Christina Hendricks covers our Spring Fashion Issue this month, revealing how playing saucy office manager Joan Holloway for five seasons has shaped her own personal life. Hendricks posed for a gorgeous photo shoot in L.A., and now we have an exclusive video that features Hendricks in all her glory. Check it out after the jump!

Actress and writer Jennifer Westfeldt makes her directorial debut with 'Friends With Kids.' Here, her costar Adam Scott talks to her about the challenges of making a movie.

This month, Lynn Collins beams up to Mars to save it from civil war in Disney’s space opera spectacular, 'John Carter.' But back here on Earth, the ascending actor is finally at peace.

With 'Mad Men' entering its fifth season, Christina Hendricks and Joan Holloway have found plenty of common ground.