Year-end season is normally all about positivity—publications pick their favorite albums and songs from the previous 12 months, and then we all argue over placements and omissions. “Where’s __?” is an ...

Every week, the Paste staff and contributors will choose their five favorite songs of the previous seven days, awarding one entry a “Song of the Week” designation. After taking time off for the ...

A lot has changed over the course of “Stranger Things” Season 5. Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) left previous fears and insecurities behind, Kali (Linnea Berthelsen) unexpectedly returned and — oh, yeah! — ...

We saw the impact of "Running Up That Hill" by Kate Bush after it appeared in season 4 of Stranger Things and now season 5 has some brand new needle drops that absolutely left us shocked. In fact, one ...

The final batch of “Stranger Things” episodes before the big finale is finally here, but have you really gotten Diana Ross’ ‘Upside Down’ out of your head yet? Well, maybe the latest playlist will ...

Securing the rights to use a song in film or TV is a challenging and expensive task — and the more iconic the song, the more challenging and expensive the clearance is likely to be. So when two of ...

Over the course of its five-season run, Stranger Things repeatedly found ways to resurrect Eighties culture, perhaps no more potently than through its many memorable needle drops. And the show’s ...

W hen Kate Hudson finally released a debut album in 2024 after years of hesitation, it launched the music career she always wanted — and led directly to one of her most challenging acting roles.

“It’s kind of gratifying because somebody else out there went through the same things that I’m going through putting this band together,” Jacques tells the Scene. “Are people going to like it? Are ...

“Song Sung Blue,” a movie about a Neil Diamond tribute act, seems like a hokey project for Craig Brewer, the director of such gritty dramas as “Hustle & Flow” and outrageous biopics as “Dolemite Is My ...

The first song took place when the Hawkins heroes were escaping the Upside Down and set the explosives at the Upside-Down version of Hawkins Lab, where Murray (Brett Gelman) took out a copy of ...

How did Miley Cyrus find herself writing a ballad for an “Avatar” movie? It’s all thanks to her Disney “legend-in-law,” director James Cameron. Last summer, Cyrus found herself waiting backstage at ...