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POP CULTURE
Band Aid's charity song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" enlisted everyone from Sting to Bananarama, but its efforts to help the Ethiopian famine didn't go exactly as planned.
The original “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” implied that you’d never have a merry Christmas again.
Willy Wonka is undoubtedly an eccentric man. But could he and his band of Oompa-Loompas be hiding a homicidal secret?
In 1989, the HBO anthology series 'Tales From the Crypt' resurrected a killer idea: a homicidal Kris Kringle.
Frank Frazetta redefined fantasy in the 20th century, one gloriously violent painting at a time.
From creepy, kooky family hits to indie success stories, Netflix has an impressive selection of comedies.
Timothée Chalamet contains multitudes, from his rapper alter-ego to an obsession with 'The Office.'
What do Kevin McCallister’s parents do for a living to afford the family such a lavish lifestyle?
The precocious pachyderm nearly made the cover. Then Pearl Harbor was attacked.
For 25 years, a segment of 'The X-Files' fans have been wondering about the creative origins of a country song that played in the background of a scene in season 6. Finally, they have their answer.
Shortly before 11 p.m. on Monday, December 8, 1980, John Lennon was gunned down in front of his New York City apartment building by an obsessed fan. This is the story of the days leading up to that tragedy.
Social media is changing language again.
A home on Sesame Street may have been affordable when the show premiered, but that's no longer the case.
John Krasinski and Rainn Wilson were more prone to giggle fits than the characters they played on ’The Office.’
Buddy the Elf tops his spaghetti with syrup, marshmallows, and Pop-Tarts. You can, too.
Now’s a good time—so good, so good, so good—to dig into the rich history of Neil Diamond's iconic tune.
From ‘Friends’ and ‘The Golden Girls’ to ‘Harry Potter’ and 'Star Wars,’ the best pop culture Christmas ornaments can work for every kind of fandom.
In 1998, Cher reinvented herself yet again—and forever changed the way hit songs were made—with “Believe.“