The top US culture stories of 2017: Get Out, rightwing comics and …

The influence of a president with a background in showbiz was felt in every corner of the cultural world in 2017, from politically inflected theatre to a revitalized late night comedy scene. The year also saw the downfall of many Hollywood heavyweights in a climate that gave those with less power the ability to …

Show Biz Chez Nous: Highs and lows of Quebec culture in 2017, from Rozon to Cohen. There were shocking allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct levelled against power brokers, and stunning tributes to a Montreal legend. Brendan Kelly, Montreal Gazette More from Brendan Kelly, Montreal Gazette.

How did pop culture look from inside the White House and the halls of Congress in 2017? After a year as Times reporters covering Washington, we recently shared our analysis with Patrick Healy, a deputy Culture editor and former political reporter. PATRICK HEALY For starters, let’s have fun: What’s …

2017 was a year when culture, rather than the arts as such, was centre stage after the collapse of the Stormont executive. But Belfast, Londonderry and Strabane’s bid to become European Capital of Culture 2023 also turned into a drama. Meanwhile, elements of Northern Ireland’s recent past were …

In the ’70s, the highly hyped and merchandized museum “blockbuster” exhibition arrived, and museum culture began to dance to the tune of “King Tut”. Trying to justify their existence amid the changing, post-’60s culture, as the less buttoned-down Baby Boomer sensibilities went mainstream, museums (or …

They drummed along with Spotted Rock on instruments they made themselves as part of their studies regarding First Nations culture. … “The one thing I want kids to take away from this experience was, as part of reconciliation, to show that we are also human beings and our culture is part of who we are and …

Louis appeared in the Observer and on the Noisey website employing his apparent uselessness as a selling tactic, while Niall was described as “unnervingly normal” in his Sunday Times Culture feature. For Liam, his shift away from his boyband past involved the cover of the Telegraph magazine and a …

That’s what Afropunk is. We have 40 million people that we reach online every week. It’s a celebration of our people, our culture, our music, our style, politics, activism – all of that.” Activism was woven into the fabric of Cooper’s life from an early age. Her parents were so politically involved that, in the 1960s, …