Entertainment

Music

Bestselling bands of the '80s, then and now

Portrait of American rock band Bon Jovi backstage before a performance, Illinois, early March, 1987. Pictured are, from left, David Bryan, Tico Torres, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Alec John Such.

Made in the USA: American artists rule Spotify at home and abroad

Kendrick Lamar on stage during his Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show.

America’s nostalgia economy lifts sales of music, games and more

PlayStation game discs on display at a game store.

The luckiest US states to gamble in

A map of the United States rendered in gold foil.

Taylor Swift’s 'Showgirl' era sparks major sales for brands

Taylor Swift on stage at the 67th annual GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles, California.

Celebrities

Selena Gomez just proved accessibility is the new luxury: Are brands listening?

Selena Gomez wearing a white halter top shimmery gown holds a bottle of her fragrance, "rare" sitting on a white couch in front of beige walls at her perfume launch.

8 celebrities whose real names would totally surprise you

Natalie Portman photographed during the premiere of Apple's "Fountain of Youth" premiere at the American Museum of Natural History in New York on May 19, 2025.

Celebrities

31 celebrities you may not know are nonbinary

Actor Emma D’Arcy attends the U.K. premiere of 'House of the Dragon' Season 2 in June 2024 in London, England.

Celebrities

9 celebrities who have been sued for personal injury

Gwyneth Paltrow sits in court.

Celebrities

Sustainable fashion trends at the Oscars

Kendall Jenner during the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 12, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California.

Movies

Movies

The best movies of 2025 so far

Kathleen Chalfant poses with the Orizzonti Award for Best Actress in 'Familiar Touch’.

How the ‘billionaire lifestyle’ at a Park City, Utah, mansion fueled a new movie by the creator of ‘Succession’

enis (Cory Michael Smith), Randall (Steve Carell), Jeff (Ramy Youssef) and Souper (Jason Schwartzman), from left, dressed in orange jackets in the show Mountainhead.

Movies

Biggest box-office bombs of all time

John Travolta in scene from the film 'Battlefield Earth’.

Movies

Best films turning 50 in 2025

Jack Nicholson in a scene from the film 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest’.

Labor Day on screen: 5 unsung films that dramatize American workers‘ history

Black and white image of Spring Byington, unidentified man, and Jean Arthur in a scene from the film 'The Devil And Miss Jones', 1941.

Music

Made in the USA: American artists rule Spotify at home and abroad

Kendrick Lamar on stage during his Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show.

Taylor Swift’s 'Showgirl' era sparks major sales for brands

Taylor Swift on stage at the 67th annual GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles, California.

Casinos where Billboard’s most influential musicians have performed

The Strip skyline in Las Vegas with advertising billboards including Lady Gaga, neon lights on iconic hotels and casinos after sunset.

Music

Best albums of all time by Black artists

Kendrick Lamar performs during the Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 9, 2025.

We’ve long known that music eases pain. Now, science is proving it.

Chemotherapy patients listening to music during a treatment session.

TV

TV

Complicated friendships can affect well-being—just take it from these 5 pop culture duos

Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute, and Steve Carell as Michael Scott in Season 3 of “The Office.”

TV

5 narcissistic pop culture characters—and what experts say about them

Heidi Montag and boyfriend Spencer Pratt Reality TV celebrities at a 2009 event.

TV

10 of the most talked-about TV series of 2025

Tina Fey poses for press at SNL50: The Homecoming Concert event.

TV

TV shows with the best finales in 2024

A fireman on the floor in a burning room.

TV

11 iconic mother figures across TV history

Lucille Ball at home with her son Desi Arnaz Jr., 1953.

Movies

Major accidents that happened on the set of a film

American actor Tom Cruise, as Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell, in a promotional portrait for 'Top Gun', directed by Tony Scott, 1986.

Movies

25 best true crime documentaries

New recruits at a training session in Brooklyn in a scene from 'Crime+Punishment.'

Movies

25 best documentaries about musicians

TV

Longest-running 'Weekend Update' hosts on 'SNL'

Movies

10 essential documentaries on the opioid crisis

TV

8 things medical TV shows get wrong

Movies

50 best mockumentary movies

John Lennon from the rock group The Beatles looks at his reflection in a mirror in a still from director Richard Lester's mockumentary 'A Hard Day's Night,' with actor Anna Quayle standing behind him.

Movies

100 movies that became TV shows

Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels getting their hair cut in a scene from the film 'Dumb & Dumber', 1994.

Movies

25 best religious movies, according to critics

Actor Deborah Kerr holds a candle in a scene from the 1947 film 'Black Narcissus.'

Music

Year in review: 25 biggest songs of the year