Responding to tragedy in song is an age-old American tradition. From slave spirituals to civil rights-era protest songs to the YG and Kendrick Lamar songs that soundtracked the last decade of Black ...

It has been almost ten years to the day since Gore Verbinski last directed a feature film, which is far too long a wait for one of filmmaking's most unique and innovative voices. Few directors have ...

Coming off of a rough 2025? Never fear – there are some easy ways to bring luck in 2026. Ok, these aren’t foolproof. But there are a number of superstitions, from eating grapes to wearing pink undies, ...

Feel-good songs feel like a bit of a rare breed nowadays. But back in the 1980s, feel-good songs were all the rage, and plenty of pop and rock hits from that decade topped the charts. Let’s look at ...

Of all the iconic Disney Channel shows from the early 2010s, I’ve long considered “Good Luck Charlie” to be one of the best. I’ll be honest: I rewatched the whole series a year or two ago and found ...

It is a country music cliché to have pick-up trucks in songs. But some songs about pick-ups are actually really good. These four country songs might be about pick-up trucks, but they are still big ...

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are back as Elphaba and Glinda for “Wicked: For Good,” Jon M. Chu’s latest film which adapts the second act of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman’s hit musical. Though ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s Wicked follow-up movie, Wicked: For Good, is new in ...

Gore Verbinski looks ready to shake things up at a time when theaters are packed with reboots, remakes, and never-ending franchises. The director, whose style shaped everything from the unnerving ...

Sometimes, a film’s title tells you a lot about what to expect in its narrative. It’s pretty clear that I Know What You Did Last Summer is about someone knowing, well, what someone did the previous ...