'Billions', like a lot of TV series, frequently "rips from the headlines"; this time it might've gotten them in trouble.
How the reaction to a piece about how 'Friends' holds up illustrates some of the worst tendencies of pop culture analysis on the Internet.
Everyone knows the story how Napster changed the music industry, but new documentary 'How Music Got Free,' takes an interesting approach.
The 2019 'Watchmen', much like 'The Last Jedi', got a certain segment of fans very, very angry but taking brave risks, and questioning assumptions, is what great art is supposed to do.
The highly successful Oscar marketing campaign for 'Anora' cost three times the cost of the movie itself, but how and why?
30 years ago, Oliver Stone delivered 'JFK', one of the best edited movies in history, that on the one hand is almost wholly untrue while on the other hand hugely entertaining.
There are still those films that push buttons and keep us all talking, so let's look at 5 controversial ones the prove it.
Internal company documents show that Monsanto’s ‘intelligence center’ worked to discredit and investigate the singer and others.
For as popular Chappell Roan has become, she's faced an increasing amount of criticism and Anthony Fantano has come to defend her.
The St. Lunatics are suing their once labelmate/friend Nelly over past royalties on his groundbreaking album Country Grammar. Is it too late?
Houston Astro's star outfielder Alex Bregman just announced that he's firing his agent, at least in part, due to a recently announced documentary on their sign stealing scandal produced by LeBron James' media company.
In these days of culture wars, it appears that the definition of the word "censorship" has been defined down considerably. With the latest example involving the removal of… a single Bob Dylan song from YouTube.
'Deep Throat' is quite possibly the most famous pornographic movie of all time and is angling for a 50th anniversary cinema return, but that raises a litany of questions that need considering.
Two major cultural happenings, at least not related to COVID-19, have taken place in the first half of July 2020: 'Hamilton' debuted on Disney+, and a massive culture-wide debate has been had over "cancel culture." So naturally, the two have intersected.
'I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not' does a good job of laying out the entire story of the controversial figure, and letting you decide.
'We Need to Talk About Cosby', the new 4-part documentary from W. Kamau Bell, just might have created a new template for how to tell the complicated and extremely uncomfortable stories of the most significant #MeToo offenders.
Gone are the days when the number one concern of womankind was ditching the vacuum. We have a bigger problem in 21 Studios' conventions, TED-talk style YouTube videos, and 21 University ("It's like Netflix, for men").
Anthony Fantano addressed a long growing issue in music; there's just entirely too much music being released these days. Is he right?
'Moonlight' is probably best-known for that now infamous Best Picture debacle, but it deserves much better than that. More than anything else, it tells the type of story that movies that compete for, and win Oscars, very rarely tell.
After a two-week national debate about what the lyrics actually said, the matter has been settled by Springsteen’s longtime manager Jon Landau, who co-produced the iconic 'Born to Run.'
Apple TV+ faces backlash as it pulls The Hunt due to plagiarism claims. Find out what sparked the controversy and what’s next.
Renewed conversation has sparked some new insights into exactly why bands are dead (or dying) in the modern music industry.
Anora captivated the industry, not only with its story but also through an unprecedented Oscars marketing campaign that cost $18 million.
Bruno Mars is suing Miley Cyrus over what is probably her biggest song to date, "Flowers." Did she basically steal his previous song?
