As fast as "Old Town Road," which has over 16 million views on YouTube and over 35 million plays on Spotify, hit the country charts, Billboard decided to remove it, labeling the initial charting as “a mistake.”
Let’s talk about the phrase “that movie could never be made today.” And what it really means. It’s said a lot by movie commentators, armchair tweeters, and others, about the daring, shocking, and “non-politically correct” works of the past, and their obvious superiority to the works of the present.
The story of Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire financier and sex offender, is a topic of great interest for many reasons; one of those being a "list" that's been making the rounds around Twitter.
'Billions', like a lot of TV series, frequently "rips from the headlines"; this time it might've gotten them in trouble.
Genius claims to have found more than 100 instances of Google stealing lyrics through their unique system to catch infringers.
There have been quite a few social-media freakouts in the last couple of years and this Vaughn/Trump one is yet another backlash to the backlash, in search of an original backlash.
There has been an unprecedented reckoning about policing in America, and its one that's begun to trickle down into popular culture. Now, it appears 'Paw Patrol' is facing the wrath of the cancel culture... or is it?
One of the classic "Captain America" Harley-Davidson choppers that appeared in the counterculture icon, 'Easy Rider,' is up for auction. But its authenticity has been called into question.
While Netflix's May December has been well-received by critics and has garnered awards attention, it's also stirred up some controversy.
There have been many reasons thrown around for why Netflix has posted it's first subscriber loss in over a decade, but there's one gaining attention that's been for, well, just about everything: "wokeness."
The 2021 edition of the Golden Globes was a debacle in all sorts of ways, and while they correctly called out the Hollywood Foreign Press for one major issue, they completely ignored an equally large scandal surrounding the association.
In recent times, there's been a separate category of boycott that's become quite ubiquitous. It comes as part of the never-ending backlash against "wokeness," and while its been loud and numerous, it hasn't been very effective.
The veteran actor Neal McDonough isn't typically part of viral news stories, but that's exactly what happened when an interview began re-circulating about how he was "blacklisted."
Hidden in the fine print, record labels can track what you listen to, change what artists you follow, and potentially even control your music streaming remotely.
An additional report was just published that revealed over 700 additional artists who lost their master recordings in the 2008 Universal Studios warehouse fire.
The week that the GameStop story was in the news streams skyrocketed for six different movies that deal with finance and Wall Street. With the biggest winner being 'The Big Short.'
It was all an elaborate hoax aimed at promoting their new album. Chuck D detailed everything on a recent appearance on Talib Kweli's 'People's Party' podcast.
It's practically inevitable that Hollywood will jump at the chance to exploit the tragedy of the January 6 insurrection to make a blockbuster movie, and there's some impulses that I hope they avoid...
We're back catching up about what's new in the art world, discussing whether the "Coachelification" of Art Basel is a good thing, and Baltimore Museum of Art's pledge to purchase art solely from women in 2020. Then we catch up about Kanye West and Jesus Is King, Joker, the Martin Scorsese and Disney+ controversies, and recent album drops.
The leaked video of the recent destruction of hundreds of Gibson Firebird X guitars has garnered a response from the struggling manufacturer.
How the reaction to a piece about how 'Friends' holds up illustrates some of the worst tendencies of pop culture analysis on the Internet.
While record labels and musicians seem to have found a model to earn without delaying many releases, the film industry seems to be of two minds. With one of those minds leading to a complete ban of Universal movies from AMC Theaters.
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").
Legendary King Crimson guitarist, Robert Fripp, is currently in dispute with David Bowie’s estate over the manner in which he is currently credited for his work on two of Bowie's albums.