July 2014 Culture Articles
- One Country Is Giving Kids a Music Education That U.S. Children Could Only Dream Of
- 12 Important Life Lessons We Learned From Children's Books
- The First Trailer for 'Into The Woods' Is as Beautiful as We Could Have Hoped For
- One of Rap's Rising Stars Just Released an Amazing Cover of the 'Arthur' Theme Song
- What Went Wrong With This Summer's Blockbusters?
- This Young R&B Singer Is Doing Something Nobody Else Is in Hip-Hop
- What Attending a Summer Concert Is Actually Doing to Your Ears
- Christopher Nolan's New 'Interstellar' Trailer Is Even Better Than We Imagined
- There's One Number Every Hollywood Executive Needs to See This Summer
- Watch a Three-Year-Old Prodigy Lead an Entire Russian Symphony Orchestra
- Kim Kardashian's Wildly Successful Mobile Game Proves What Nobody Wants to Admit
- 8 Important Films That Explore What It Really Means to Be Indigenous
- This Amazing Boys A Capella Group Just Got a Huge Boost From Shakira
- Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj and Jessie J Just Released the Greatest Pop Collaboration of the Year
- What Famous Disney Characters Would Look Like in Real Life
- The 13 Things You Absolutely Must Know From This Year's Comic-Con
- Behold, the First Trailer for 'The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies'
- 11 Ways the Music Industry Makes It Impossible for Indie Artists to Succeed
- ‘The Leftovers’ Is Redefining One of TV's Most Enduring Symbols
- The Scientific Reasons We Should Teach Music to Kids in School
- The First Teaser Trailer for 'Mockingjay' Is Here at Last
- The First 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Trailer Promises an Action Movie of Epic Proportions
- Here's Your First Glimpse of the New Wonder Woman
- Here Are the New Faces You'll Freak Over When 'Game of Thrones' Kills Them
- Meet the Man Who Has Snuck Into 50 Music Festivals in the Past 5 Years
- Why Robyn Is Still the Undisputed Queen of the New Pop Music
- This Photographer Perfectly Captures How It Feels to Be a Teenager
- 23 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About 'Clueless'
- How a Pretzel Burger Is Bringing a Favorite '90s Band Back Into the Spotlight
- Eye-Opening Photos of People Surrounded by a Week's Worth of Their Own Trash
- Tina Fey and Rachel Dratch's 1999 Two-Woman Comedy Show Is All Kinds of Genius
- Meet the Brave Transgender Musician Who's Tearing Down Bias in Her Home Country
- A Major Music Festival Is Cracking Down on an Idiotic Modern Trend
- One Country Just Elected the World's First Metalhead President
- Hollywood's LGBT Characters Are Doing More Harm Than Good
- The Culture of Molesting Women at Concerts Has Officially Gotten Out of Control
- Beyoncé 50 Shades of Grey: Watch the YouTube Trailer Here
- The First 50 Shades of Grey Trailer Is Just as Steamy as You Imagined
- Science Has Good News for People Who Sing in the Shower
- Everyone Is Decidedly Creeped Out by Woody Allen's New Movie
- If You Like Sia’s New Album, Check Out Her Amazing Versions of These Major Pop Songs
- One of America's Most Elite Colleges Is Offering a Class on 'Game of Thrones'
- How the "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" Soundtrack Changed Music History
- 8 Trips Across America Inspired By Great Literature
- The First Official Trailer for 'Dear White People' Is Here and It Is Hilarious
- The Next Big Country Duo Is Here, and They're Tearing 'Bro Country' Apart
- Gorgeous Photographs of Historic Theaters Recall a Time Before Netflix
- This Is the Poster for the Latest 'Toy Story' Movie, and It Looks Epic
- Benedict Cumberbatch's 'The Imitation Game' Trailer Has One Major Flaw
- "Weird Al" Yankovic's Glorious Viral Video Streak Just Ended — Here's the Definitive Ranking
- This Courageous Woman Is Changing the Way the Fashion Industry Defines 'Model'
- This Video Shows Why 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Could Be the Most Exciting Action Movie Of the Year
- This Brilliant Young Songwriter Is the Genius Behind Some of the Biggest Pop Songs Ever
- How 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' Explains the Animal Rights Movement
- If Your State Had a 'Game of Thrones' Sigil, This Is What It Would Look Like
- Meet the Obscure Band Behind One of the World's Most Popular Songs
- One Underground Rapper Has Launched a Vicious Attack on Iggy Azalea
- This Incredible Lost Footage of a Young Kanye West Rapping Is Going Viral
- Three Huge Record Labels Are Preparing to Take a Lot of Money From Their Artists
- Meet the Brilliant Indie Rocker Who's About to Break Pop Music Wide Open
- The Bizarre Story of Why This Japanese Artist Was Jailed For Photographing Her Vagina
- Elaine Stritch's 12 Best Pieces of Advice for Creative People
- This Hipster's Ridiculous Music Video Is Everything That's Wrong With Gentrification
- Marvel Is Making a Big Change to Captain America
- This Is What the Media's Vicious Double Standard Has Done to Ke$ha
- The Novel That Could Change How Republicans Think About Immigration
- Jenny Lewis' New Video Is Exactly What Feminism in Music Should Look Like
- Weird Al Just Topped His Best Work With This Lorde Parody
- Archie Andrews, Comics Mainstay, Dead at 73
- This Is the Song of the Summer — But You Won’t Hear It on the Radio
- This Artist Recreated His Childhood Doodles as Digital Illustrations 20 Years Later
- 25 Incredible Photographers You Should Follow on Instagram Right Now
- 33 Lyrics Proving Tom Hanks Is Secretly the Most Important Man in Hip-Hop
- What Every Internet Movie Critic Owes to Roger Ebert
- How the False Rape Accusation Against Conor Oberst Could Hurt Victims Everywhere
- 16 Short Films That Launched the Careers of Famous Directors
- This Is the Latest Bizarre Viral Male Fashion Trend
- 12 Asian Writers Who Should Be Taught in Every High School
- Sam Smith Is Revolutionizing Pop Music in One Very Important Way
- 11 Frida Kahlo Quotes That Will Inspire Any Young Artist
- Weird Al Yankovic Is Back to Remind Us That He Is King of the Internet
- Meet the Young Woman Who's Bringing Grit Back to Country
- We Now Know How Archie Will Die
- This Metal Band Just Signed a $1.7 Million Recording Contract — And They're Only in 8th Grade
- One of the Greatest Rock Bands of Our Generation Is Set to Release a New Album
- This Pop Superstar Is About to Show Americans What Japanese Culture Really Looks Like
- These Are the 3 Ingredients Behind the Hit Pop Songs of 2014
- Why the American TV Industry Will Never Understand the Glory That Is 'Orphan Black'
- John Legend's New Video With Laverne Cox Shows There's No One Way to Be Beautiful
- 13 Summer Web Series that Are Totally Worth Watching
- There Were More "Fucks" in 'Wolf of Wall Street' Than Sales of Robin Thicke's New Album in Australia
- A Music Archive Just Uploaded 13,000 Classic Live Concert Videos to YouTube. Here's What to Watch
- 9 Music Blogs Every 20-Something Should Read
- What on Earth Went Wrong With Kickstarter?
- The One Thing Keeping 'Orange Is the New Black' From Being the Most Feminist Show on Television
- The First Trailer for 'Unbroken' Is Everything We Could Have Hoped For
- How One Hilarious Meme Is Taking Down the Very Worst of Hip-Hop Lyrics
- And the 2014 Emmy Nominees Are ...
- There's One Incredible Thing Missing From the New Moses Movie
- The 'Game of Thrones' Author Has One Thing to Say to the Haters Out There
- 13 Brilliant Albums You Can Listen to in the Time it Takes to Eat Lunch
- The Musician Behind Some of Your Favorite Hit Songs Is Finally Becoming Famous
- Why 'Transformers: Age of Extinction' Is the Most Successful Movie in Chinese History
- The Latest 'Mockingjay' Trailer Is Absolutely Haunting
- 15 Beautiful Literary Tattoos Inspired By Your Favorite Books
- 9 Musicians Who Have Taken Major Stands for Women's Right to Birth Control
- The First Trailer for Ridley Scott's 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' Is Here
- Beyoncé Just Gave Us the Best Reason to Love Her Yet
- How an Unknown Canadian Reggae Band Made the Hit Song of the Summer
- VIDEO: What Would You Do if Money Were No Object?
- No One Is Reading All of Those Bestselling Books
- Scientists Discover How Musicians' DNA Is Different From Everyone Else's
- This Man Has Recorded a Song Every Day Since 2009 — And He Finally Scored a Big Hit
- J.K. Rowling Just Released a New Harry Potter Story Online
- Taylor Swift's Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Is a Hopeful Rallying Cry for Musicians Everywhere
- You’ve Probably Never Heard of Savan Kotecha, but Everyone Has Heard His Music
- Everything We Know About 'Star Wars Episode VII' So Far
- 9 Damaging Sitcom Stereotypes That Need to Be Retired Immediately
- The Newest Trailer for the Controversial Murder Mystery 'Gone Girl' Is Here
- Ariana Grande and Iggy Azalea Just Made Music History
- Watch the First Trailer of André 3000's New Jimi Hendrix Movie
- What to Watch, Read and Listen to This Fourth of July Weekend
- Music's Most Subversive and Unpredictable Band Just Broke Up
- Everything We Know About 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'
- 25 Patriotic Things to Watch on Netflix to Make You Feel Like a Real American
- The Worst Part of Robin Thicke's Controversial New Album: It's Not Just Creepy
- Meet the Remix Maestro Who's Made a Better Version of All Your Favorite Songs
- Lana Del Rey Is a Huge Step Backwards for Women Everywhere
- The Television Industry Has No Idea How to Handle Great Sci-Fi
- Nicki Minaj Just Sent a Powerful Message on Behalf of Female Artists Everywhere
- Scientific Studies on Animals Reveal Just How Much Music Shapes the Natural World
- 14 Brilliant Films You Can Watch in the Time It Takes to Eat Lunch
- How Four of Music's Biggest Players Created a Pop Star Out of Thin Air
- The First Trailer for 'St. Vincent' Is Here and It Includes Bill Murray at His Finest
- This Animated Film Explains Exactly What Music Does to Your Brain in Under 2 Minutes
- This Artist's Religious Paintings of Kim Kardashian Are Making A Lot of People Furious
- 9 Works by Indigenous Writers That Should Be Taught in Every High School
- Meet the Brilliant Female Indie Artist Who Just Rocketed Into the Mainstream