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2016 in entertainment and pop culture: the good, the great, the weird
The year is over and we're taking stock. What pop culture drew our eyeballs this year? Good, bad, weird, and otherwise. We're going to walk back through it all and look at it again to see what we missed or misunderstood, and what we didn't appreciate enough the first time. 'Tis the season for making lists.
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December 28, 2016
Our favorite pop culture of 2016
Beyoncé live, an innovative VR experience, two surprisingly sophisticated kids’ shows, and more
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December 28, 2016
The 11 best science fiction and fantasy novels of 2016
Say goodbye to a tough year with good books
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December 22, 2016
The 15 best movies of 2016
A throwback musical, an erotic Korean drama, and many unique and stylish coming-of-age tales top the year’s list
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December 21, 2016
The worst pop culture of 2016
The moments, movies, and memes that made us hold our noses and question our profession
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December 15, 2016
3% and The Thinning are this year’s best and worst take on dystopian meritocracy
It’s like the SAT, except it kills you
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December 14, 2016
This year, Shia LaBeouf became a new kind of interactive celebrity
How Twitter and live-streaming helped the controversial actor find redemption
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December 13, 2016
How One Direction stayed the world’s biggest band even after it stopped existing
Thank goodness we had 1D in 2016 even though we didn’t
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December 7, 2016
The pre-2016 entertainment that got us through 2016
A roundup of our favorite older things to watch and hear this year
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December 5, 2016
Tumblr trends for 2016: at least the teens had a nice year
They spent it in an entirely different universe
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