Some years, a handful of songs dominate our playlists, festival stages and social media trends. In others, the playing field feels a lot more level, greatness more evenly distributed. The last 12 ...

The 77-year-old artist has spent her career observing others. Now, with the documentary “Pretty Dirty: The Life and Times of Marilyn Minter,” she becomes the star. By Thessaly La Force At 77, Marilyn ...

Music is different from film and TV. It’s emotional in a way that makes “objectivity” feel faintly ridiculous, and in the 21st century there’s no longer a shared monoculture to fall back on. So ...

The top country songs of 2025 prove that the next generation has arrived, and we're not just talking about the artists. Important songs from this year broke on streaming platforms or social media ...

Since 1960, the Beatles—four fabulous lads from Liverpool, England—have remained the greatest rock and roll band in the history of music. How John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo ...

The Season 34 finale of “Dancing with the Stars” is here! The dazzling three-hour Nov. 25 episode will be the show's most demanding finale of all time. The season's five remaining couples will perform ...

Author James Patterson is among those who believe Marilyn Monroe could have been murdered. The bestselling mystery writer, whose upcoming book The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe: A True Crime Thriller, ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

James Patterson has a theory about Marilyn Monroe's death. The prolific author, whose upcoming autofiction The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe: A True Crime Thriller touches on the life and death of the ...

In these 100 songs, you’ll hear lusty dubstep, quietly subversive electronic pop, regional rap bangers, alt-country odysseys, ubiquitous chart-toppers, and much more. We were drawn to songs this year ...

“Stranger Things” coming to an end doesn’t just mean saying goodbye to some of your favorite characters… it means saying goodbye to one of the best soundtracks in all of television, and the first part ...

The acclaimed author, whose 250 books sold half a billion copies, casts an eye on the actress’s still-mysterious death. By Joe Pompeo James Patterson believes Marilyn Monroe was probably murdered. “I ...