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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Joseph C. Lin ## Joseph C. Lin *  Jul 16, 2015 ### [See How Much Every Marvel Movie Has Made So Far](https://time.com/3959830/marvel-movies-money/) Ant-Man's July 17 release will only further Marvel's box office impact [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Jul 15, 2015 ### [Shanghai Disneyland Will Have a _Tron_ Ride That Will Blow Your Mind](https://time.com/3958699/shanghai-disneyland-tron-ride/) You'll finally be able to ride a Lightcycle *  Jul 13, 2015 ### [See 5 Roles You Didn't Realize Patrick Stewart Voiced](https://time.com/3954363/patrick-stewart-voices/) Take a look at some of the iconic Star Trek and X-Men star's lesser known roles as he ... [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Jul 10, 2015 ### [This is the One Photo of Ron Perlman(s) At Comic-Con You Need to See](https://time.com/3954067/ron-perlman-comic-con/) There are dozens of him... dozens! [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Jul 10, 2015 ### [See Which Celebrities Voice Which Characters in _Minions_](https://time.com/3951341/minions-cast-voice-actors/) Minions, the third installment in the Despicable Me franchise, serves as a prequel to ... [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Jun 19, 2015 ### [Meet the Emotions of Pixar's _Inside Out_](https://time.com/3924847/pixar-disney-inside-out-emotions/) Learn more about the stars who bring the new film's emotions to life [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Jun 18, 2015 ### [See Concept Art for Pixar's _Inside Out_](https://time.com/3925527/pixar-disney-inside-out-concept-art/) Take a look at how Pixar brought emotions to life [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Jun 15, 2015 ### [See Celebrities and Their Lego Figures](https://time.com/3920146/lego-celebrities-movies/) Take a look at how Chris Pratt's Jurassic World character Owen Grady and other characters loo... [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Jun 12, 2015 ### [J.K. Simmons to Join Cast of Disney's _Gravity Falls_](https://time.com/3918960/gravity-falls-jk-simmons/) The Academy Award-winning actor will lend his voice to an integral character on the show [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Jun 11, 2015 ### [See A Brand New Trailer For Disney's Next Animated Film _Zootopia_](https://time.com/3918076/disney-zootopia-teaser/) An unlikely pair of animals team up to star in Disney's next film [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Jun 10, 2015 ### [See Exclusive Art Inspired By _Jurassic Park_](https://time.com/3914791/see-exclusive-art-inspired-by-jurassic-park/) With Jurassic World coming to theaters on June 12, take a look at some amazing art inspired b... [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Jun 5, 2015 ### [Watch Tom Hanks in the Trailer for _Bridge of Spies_](https://time.com/3909836/bridge-of-spies-photos/) Bridge of Spies comes to theaters on Oct. 16 [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Jun 4, 2015 ### [35 Celebrities That Look Completely Different With Beards](https://time.com/3898489/celebrity-beards/) In honor of Stephen Colbert's 'Colbeard,' see how different your favorite celebrities can look with ... *  May 24, 2015 ### [The 10 Best _Game of Thrones_ Theme Song Covers](https://time.com/3894017/best-game-of-thrones-theme-song-covers/) From floppy drives to electric harps, see some of the most unique and creative renditions of the ope... *  May 6, 2015 ### [Meet the Man Behind _Sesame Street_'s Big Bird](https://time.com/3848558/sesame-street-big-bird-caroll-spinney/) Caroll Spinney is the legendary puppeteer behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/joseph-c-lin/","name":"Joseph C. 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