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Megan Moroney Sings a Message About Messy 20-Something Life: It’s OK.
The rising country star writes about disastrous love and learning big lessons with charm, wit and solid hooks. Her new LP, “Am I Okay?,” is due Friday.
By Holly Gleason
The rising country star writes about disastrous love and learning big lessons with charm, wit and solid hooks. Her new LP, “Am I Okay?,” is due Friday.
By Holly Gleason
This stylish sci-fi series, on Apple TV+, stars Rashida Jones as a grieving woman with an unexpected new companion.
By Margaret Lyons
Hear tracks by Shaboozey, Sabrina Carpenter, Kendrick Lamar and more.
By Caryn Ganz
Cassandra Jenkins had been ready to quit music in 2020 when a record she was unsure of releasing became an unexpected hit. Then, she had to figure out how to follow it up.
By Grayson Haver Currin
Both “Fearless” and “1989” spent 11 weeks atop the Billboard 200, but the 11-week reign of “The Tortured Poets Department” has been uninterrupted.
By Ben Sisario
Billie Eilish, Charli XCX and Lorde are among a group of young women who are revealing, in their music, the pressure they have felt to look thin.
By Lindsay Zoladz
A longtime “Freaks and Geeks” fan reconsiders what it means to be one of the cool kids.
By Mike Dawson
The former “Glee” star turned a childhood fascination with game shows into a TV gig. “I could do it forever,” she says.
By Kathryn Shattuck
This month’s picks include a superhero adventure, a dark fantasy tale and films based on beloved television series.
By Dina Gachman
After playing two very different lead characters in a horror franchise, she reflects on what it took to pull off the roles, as well as what’s ahead.
By Kellina Moore
Juvenile’s “Back That Azz Up” was a 1999 hit that brought twerking and New Orleans bounce into the mainstream. Here’s the story of how it became a sensation.
By Jonathan Abrams
Listen to songs by Martina McBride, Destiny’s Child, Kelly Clarkson and more.
By Caryn Ganz
The much-delayed case was halted indefinitely to determine whether the judge should recuse himself after meeting with an uncooperative witness.
By Joe Coscarelli
His second album, “God Said No,” delves into a breakup with all its complications, transformed into pensive alt-R&B.
By Jon Pareles
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The Glastonbury Festival’s coveted “Legend’s Slot,” at 3:45 p.m. Sunday, was hers and she said she was ready for the “most extraordinary party of my career.”
By Alex Marshall and Ellie Smith
Rhaenyra acts on a risky hope that cooler heads might prevail. But are there really any cool heads left?
By Sean T. Collins
With Andy Cohen, Hillary Clinton will do shots and Oscar-winners gush about reality stars — all savvy promotion for Bravo’s outrageous TV universe.
By Shivani Gonzalez
The actress stars in the new “Beverly Hills Cop” movie, but off-camera, she’s reading several books at once and streaming both YouTube and the Criterion Collection.
By Leigh-Ann Jackson
With two new albums from members of Fifth Harmony out now, a look back at other pop singers who took off on their own.
By Lindsay Zoladz
Hear tracks by Camila Cabello, Wilco, Xavi and others.
By Jon Pareles
A bunch of major titles are leaving for U.S. subscribers this month, including films by George Lucas and Ang Lee. See them while you can.
By Jason Bailey
A fantastical series about the very short-term 16th century queen Lady Jane Grey takes historical liberties in the name of reclamation — and fun.
By Chris Vognar
The hit FX series about an upstart Chicago restaurant loves the pressures of tight quarters and close shouting. The new season serves up plenty more.
By Margaret Lyons
In a moment of success for newcomers like Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan, is there still a path to becoming a true cross-platform pop superstar?
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The singer’s over-the-top sincerity and expressiveness were once seen as irredeemably uncool. In the new documentary “I Am: Celine Dion,” they have become her superpowers.
By Lindsay Zoladz
Irene Taylor, director of the new documentary “I Am: Celine Dion,” talks about the decision to include a grueling scene of the pop star in crisis.
By Annie Aguiar
Listen to Lorde tell her side of the story on a surprise remix with Charli XCX and more new songs.
By Lindsay Zoladz
The long-awaited fourth season of the cult-favorite German thriller takes place in 1931, with the Nazis not quite in power.
By Mike Hale
Ncuti Gatwa shined as the 15th Doctor. But the long-running show feels at a crossroads as it concludes its latest season.
By Maya Phillips
After more than seven decades onstage, the gospel and soul great decided last year that it was time to retire. Then she realized she still had work to do.
By Grayson Haver Currin
The singer’s latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” now has the second-most weeks at No. 1 of any Swift album.
By Joe Coscarelli
The pop songwriter’s sixth album is in some ways her most daring release yet. Improbably, it also yielded her best opening week.
Episode 2 pit brother against brother, in more ways than one. The two actors, identical twins, talked about the intensity of that climactic fight scene.
By Sean T. Collins
Aemond knows those assassins got the wrong prince. He says he feels flattered. He had also better watch his back.
By Sean T. Collins
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In a three-decade career, he’s developed an impressive range without forgetting how to have fun.
By Beatrice Loayza
“Maybe I can engineer it where I work with him, and then he makes me a drink and a bowl of pasta,” the “We Are Lady Parts” actress said.
By Kathryn Shattuck
The Showtime series gives audiences an intimate look inside real relationships. Its couples are still navigating the aftermath.
By Julia Jacobs
Lorde adds guest vocals to Charli XCX’s “Girl, So Confusing,” a song that muses on the complexities of female friendship, and helps create something revelatory.
By Lindsay Zoladz
Hear tracks by Mavis Staples, Jamie xx featuring Robyn, Rakim and others.
By Jon Pareles and Lindsay Zoladz
Hear a pick from each of the band’s first 10 albums.
By Caryn Ganz
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