Original Features

Big returns, genre moves and records by reliable legends mark the year's best.

"One minute he was there and the next he was gone," the bassist's friend recalled.

From reworked traditional songs to drunken laments to that Christmas favorite.

Perfect for a year-end playlist.

Perfect for a year-end playlist.

Some are bad poetry, while others spark head-scratching confusion. Still others are just plain wrong.

Sometimes overnight successes take a while...

Short movies are fine; but long movies are great.

See what movie ruled the box office the year you graduated.

Six decades after his assassination in Dallas, a look at songs with references to the fallen president of the United States.