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Spoiler alert! The following contains details from Season 5, Episode 2 of "Stranger Things," "The Vanishing of Holly Wheeler." ABBA fever is sweeping Hawkins, Indiana. In what's sure to be an iconic ...

Performances in N.Y.C. This new revival, starring Lea Michele, Nicholas Christopher and Aaron Tveit, is a reminder why the erratic yet rewarding show has endured all these years. This new revival, ...

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The baton that has passed from one hip-hop hit to another for more than three decades has been dropped. Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s hit single “Luther” departed the Billboard Hot 100 following rule ...

This is the first episode of a new series on All Songs Considered, hosted by NPR Music critic Ann Powers and editor Daoud Tyler-Ameen. Most of what you hear on All Songs is focused on new music, but ...

Singer Kenny Loggins demanded that his song be removed from a meme President Donald Trump posted on Saturday. In a statement shared with Variety on Monday, the musician slammed Trump for using his ...