
Alex Abad-Santos
Senior Correspondent
Latest articles by Alex Abad-Santos


Soapy, super-powered, and silly, X-Men ’97 is a Marvel masterpiece.


The most exciting player in college basketball, explained.


Her new album seems to have roots in her reception at the 2016 CMA Awards, but the country music establishment can’t stop Beyoncé.


The backlash over Beyoncé and the Chicks’ CMAs performance is really a fight over country music’s politics.


We’ve been trained to think of the royal family as a machine. Kategate upended that narrative.


The astrological phenomenon namechecked in new songs from Ariana Grande, Kacey Musgraves, and SZA, explained.


All the reasons the doctored image doesn’t make sense, and the absurd reason it does.

From Jimmy Kimmel to going to bed on time, the 2024 Oscars were a hit.


Maestro’s Oscar campaign has shown us the real Bradley Cooper: He’s a try-hard.


The good, the bad, and the Bene Gesserit of Dune: Part Two.