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1980s

Ryan Murphy Is Selling the $18 Million Beverly Hills Home He Bought From Diane Keaton

He bought the house for $10 million nine years ago.
By Morgan Halberg

What’s Going on With Taylor Swift’s Instagram Account?

Are Taylor Swift's baby pink Instagram posts hinting at a new sonic direction—or just leading fans on a wild goose chase?
By Helen Holmes

‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 Will Pay Tribute to the Golden Days of the American Mall

For its third season, 'Stranger Things' will envision a past in which the mall is still thriving.
By Helen Holmes

HBO’s ‘The Deuce’ Paid Tribute to Nan Goldin and Her Iconic Photography

By Helen Holmes

Fired Tesla Workers Still Praise ‘Big Brother’ Elon Musk After Stock Stunt

By John Bonazzo

’80s Style and Even More Wigs: ‘The Americans’ Costume Designer Spills on Season 6

By Emma Fraser
Gran Fury's Silence = Death, 1987.

The 1980s: When the Line Between Art and Branding Blurred

By Margaret Carrigan
April Palmieri, Valentine’s Day Repose, 1982. Pictured: Katy K and John Sex in the window of Fiorucci.

MoMA Exhibition ‘Club 57’ Salutes the Art of the East Village

By David D'Arcy
Tom Petty performs onstage during the Songwriters Hall Of Fame 47th Annual Induction

Tom Petty’s 2017 Tour Summed Up in 5 Songs

By Ron Hart
Photo Credit: Julieta Cervantes

Graphic Depictions of Torture in Broadway’s ‘1984’ Cause Audiences to Faint and Vomit

By Sarah Fortinsky
Lacey Chabert and Jonathan Patrick Moore in Christian Mingle.

Weekend Stream: ‘Christian Mingle’ Unintentionally Funnier Than Most Rom-Coms

By Darian Lusk
Christy Luna.

How Florida Police Are Using Twitter to Solve a Decades-Old Kidnapping Case

By John Bonazzo
The Cure

How America Fell in Love With The Cure

By Ron Hart
Duran Duran

Nothing Captured the MTV Revolution Better Than Duran Duran’s ‘Rio’

By Bryan Reesman
A picture taken 20 May 1986 in New York shows the Statue of Liberty and the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in the background. (

This Glorious Video of 1980s New York Is the Best Thing You’ll Watch Today

By Lawrence Lewitinn
Patrick Adams

Legendary Producer Patrick Adams Has Priceless Advice for Aspiring Artists

By Justin Joffe
George Orwell's "Animal Farm" depicts a farm run by a collective leadership of pigs.

‘Animal Farm’ Perfectly Describes Life in the Era of Donald Trump

By Jonathan Russo
Chaz and Roger Ebert.

How a Movie Review Site Is Using Women Writers to Protest Trump

By John Bonazzo
NEW YORK - MARCH 24: Donald Trump poses for a picture with two fans while he signs copies of his new book "How To Get Rich" March 24, 2004 at Barnes and Noble in Lincoln Center in New York City. (Photo by Peter Kramer/Getty Images)

Business Is Booming After Trump Inauguration—In Anti-Fascist E-Books

By Brady Dale
The Trump era is being compared to George Orwell's famous dystopian novel.

Sales of George Orwell’s ‘1984’ Have Skyrocketed in Wake of ‘Alternative Facts’

By Sage Lazzaro
Beastie Boys.

The Punk History Behind the Beastie Boys’ First Album, ‘Licensed to Ill’

By Ron Hart
10 years!!!!

The Definitive Ranking of Taylor Swift Songs

By Dana Schwartz
John Stumpf, chairman and CEO of Wells Fargo, testifies about the unauthorized opening of accounts by Wells Fargo during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 20, 2016

1980s Savings and Loan Scandal Regulator on How to Jail Big Bankers

By Michael Sainato
Paul Simon.

How Paul Simon Introduced American Pop to World Music With ‘Graceland’

By John Kruth
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