Wonka’s post-credits scene and everything else to know before watching

Hugh Grant’s Oompa Loompa plays a flute in Wonka

Wonka, out in theaters starting Dec. 15, is the latest attempt to expand the story of Roald Dahl’s famed chocolatier. Maybe the origin story of how Willy Wonka started his chocolate factory isn’t a tale […]

To really celebrate its centennial, Disney should lay off the legacy

Halle Bailey with Ariel’s green fin and red hair singing while looking up from the bottom of the ocean in The Little Mermaid

Walt Disney Animation’s newest movie, Wish, is the culmination of the studio’s celebration of its own centennial. That project stretched throughout 2023, through projects like the short Once Upon a Studio, specialized merchandise drops centered […]

The 10 Best STAR TREK Seasons, Ranked

Kirk and Spock from the original Star Trek, Picard and Worf from The Next Generation, Captain Sisko from Deep Space Nine, and Pike and Una from Strange New Worlds.

For over 57 years, the Star Trek franchise has thrived, often against impossible odds and an ever-changing TV landscape. To date, there have been nine live-action series and three animated shows. That’s not even talking […]

The Best Hip-Hop Albums Of 2023

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Hip-hop in 2023 was largely a game of hard left turns and stylistic leaps of faith. From Doja Cat’s bridge-burning fourth album Scarlet to Lil Uzi Vert’s wildly experimental Pink Tape, hip-hop artists went out […]

Metro Boomin fully in on ‘Across the Spider-Verse’ soundtrack

Metro Boomin

Metro Boomin has a clear vision of how he’d want to design his own superhero character: not quite someone who’s incapable of being killed, but a figure with the fortitude to will himself back from […]

2024 Grammy nominations: SZA, Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo lead

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If the nominations for the 66th Grammy Awards make anything clear, it’s this: When music’s highest honors are handed out in February, the winner of the most-coveted prizes will be either a female act — […]

Grammy nominations predictions: Taylor Swift, SZA will lead

Grammy nominations predictions: Taylor Swift, SZA will lead

The competition for Grammy nominations is a little stiffer this go-around: After two years in which the Recording Academy selected 10 nominees for each of the top four prizes, the group is lowering the number […]