January 2020 Culture Articles
- What impact does Shia LeBeouf's political art have in 2020?
- The director of 'Gretel and Hansel' on redefining horror movies for children
- 'The Assistant' wields loneliness to devastating effect
- The NFL is releasing a "visual album" of this year's Super Bowl halftime show
- Justin Bieber's YouTube docu-series reimagines the classic celebrity "tell-all"
- Popeyes' new merch looks a lot like Beyoncé’s
- The biggest indie rock gig of the year is a Bernie Sanders rally
- Diversity is just an empty buzzword in the music and publishing industries
- Vintage VHS tapes could be worth a fortune, thanks to the streaming era
- On its fourth anniversary, Rihanna's 'Anti' remains timeless
- American libraries are having a renaissance, thanks to millennials
- Grieving for Kobe Bryant, my imperfect hero
- Billie Eilish is the "DIY" star the music industry desperately needs
- The 2020 Grammys proved artists are the lifeblood of the music industry
- The futile, hypnotic quest of dumpster diving for gift cards
- How crime shows like 'Law & Order' skew our sense of police behavior
- Nancy Drew is...dead? A new comic celebrates the character's 90th birthday in a macabre way
- SparkNotes is the only social media account I care about
- 9 Sundance Film Festival premieres to get excited about
- Netflix's 'The Circle' isn't dystopian, it's real life
- Michelle Carter and the complications of true-crime dramas like “I Love You, Now Die”
- Taylor Swift's new documentary finds her giving up on the Sisyphean goal of likability
- Why did they kill Mr. Peanut?
- Netflix's new docu-series 'Cheer' celebrates Black queer athletes
- 'American Dirt' and the frustrating use of Mexican migrants as props
- Former Grammys CEO alleges sexual harassment and corruption within the Academy
- Let's face it, music festivals have gone soft
- David Lynch's Netflix short is what happens when artists are given no restrictions
- Cynthia Erivo is shaking up Stephen King's white world
- I took my rabbi to see 'Uncut Gems'
- The perplexing power of Pete Davidson
- Netflix's 'Killer Inside' struggles to make sense of Aaron Hernandez's complicated past
- The Safdie brothers' new short film with Adam Sandler is a sneaky middle finger to the Oscars
- Odell Beckham Jr. could face jail time for slapping a cop's butt
- 'Mindhunter' is the latest casualty of the streaming era's breakneck pace
- Whitney Houston's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is too little too late
- James Bond can have a little diversity, as a treat
- Can Baby Yoda save Build-A-Bear?
- Billie Eilish will provide the theme music for the next James Bond movie
- Spike Lee's appointment at Cannes is a long time coming
- HBO's 'The Outsider' might be the perfect suspense show
- Britney Spears is opening her first art exhibition
- Celebrity cruises are somehow more popular than ever
- The 2020 Oscar nominations confirm that awards don't matter
- Cardi B running for Congress would actually make a lot of sense
- The 'Lizzie McGuire' reboot might have been too good to be true
- There were over 1,000 things to watch on TV last year
- How streaming lets artists game their way to No.1
- Could AI reshape the movie business?
- Did Frank Ocean just teach us what Prada stands for?
- Justin Bieber's battle with Lyme disease exposes the gnarly reality of celebrity life
- Mac Miller's new album 'Circles' to be released posthumously
- Alex Trebek is the true #JeopardyGOAT
- Password sharing could cost streaming companies like Netflix millions
- Michelle Obama is launching a reality show on Instagram about first-generation college students
- 'Joker' is poised to sweep awards shows even though 'Hustlers' is right there
- Can stoners save 'Cats'?
- We've officially reached peak podcast
- The Harvey Weinstein criminal trial has begun. Here's what to expect
- The Golden Globes were political, plodding, and not much fun
- Gwyneth Paltrow's new Netflix series 'The Goop Lab' is as terrifying as it sounds
- Dr. Phil's son has the most bizarrely decorated house in L.A.
- Is the 'Friends' frenzy finally over?
- SZA's new album is coming in 2020. Here's everything we know so far
- Apple just hired the executive responsible for HBO's TV domination
- Martin Scorsese confronts his mortality in a new interview about 'The Irishman' and more
- Despite allegations of sexual misconduct, Kevin Spacey is still making creepy videos
- All of the music, movies, and books entering the public domain in 2020
