Rap shut out from Billboard‘s Top 40 for the first time in 35 years
The lack of rap hits comes amid a reported decline in hip-hop’s market share.
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Stephen King’s Entertainment Weekly column was the best worst thing
In the 2000s, the craftsman’s off-the-cuff back-page commentary, “The Pop Of King,” was a uniquely fun, frustrating read.
Microsoft mum about ICE co-opting Halo imagery
Some of Halo‘s actual designers find it “abhorrent” and “despicable,” however.
St. Denis Medical gets sharper—and funnier—in season 2
NBC’s throwback mockumentary returns with confidence.
Dictionary.com can’t really define its “Word Of The Year,” 6-7
“[We’re] all still trying to figure out exactly what it means,” the online dictionary admits after announcing its 2025 Word of the Year.