Why Gen Z Is Willing to Pay Big Money for Concert Tickets

Why Gen Z Is Willing to Pay Big Money for Concert Tickets

Ignacio Vasquez spent the last year saving money for tickets to Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter tour, which will kick off next month. Mr. Vasquez, 20, a full-time student from Modesto, Calif., was on the lookout for tickets to one of the tour’s five shows at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles for …

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2025 Grammys: Best and Worst Moments

2025 Grammys: Best and Worst Moments

The most awards at the 67th annual Grammys went to Kendrick Lamar, who swept the biggest song prizes with his Drake diss “Not Like Us” on his way to five trophies. But the story of the night was Beyoncé, who after losing album of the year four previous times, won …

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What Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2025

What Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2025

Jim Poniewozik Everybody Back to Work at Lumon Industries The dystopian thriller “Severance” premiered in 2022, telling the story of an alternative reality in which workers can have their brains surgically “severed” into two consciousnesses, one for work hours, one for off-work hours. Nothing has matched it since — including …

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Pop Musicians, Please Spare Me the Back Stories

Pop Musicians, Please Spare Me the Back Stories

The megahits of 2024 were inseparable from their back stories. And that was exhausting. Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” which racked up hundreds of millions of streams and helped propel him to the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, was the ferocious culmination of his battle, via quickly released singles, with …

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2024 Kids’ Choice Awards nominees announced

2024 Kids’ Choice Awards nominees announced

Nickelodeon revealed the nominees for the 2024 Kids’ Choice Awards on Tuesday. There are over 50 first-time nominees, including Halle Bailey, Reneé Rapp and Ryan Gosling. The awards honor fan favorites across 33 categories, including movies, TV, music, sports and more. Taylor Swift has the most nominations with six. She’s …

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