When Van Halen’s sixth album, 1984, arrived in stores on Jan. 9, 1984, it felt like a much-needed respite in a year that had already started under the heavy vibes of George Orwell’s dystopian novel of ...

Andy Serkis’ disastrous “Animal Farm” draws attention to the Orwellian movies we actually need. Orwell’s ideological impact maintains even now, precisely because he designed his masterful last work of ...

Those words — anodyne, generic — are comedy anti-matter. But they perfectly capture how weird it is that Ghostbusters has become a subject of controversy. If you were at all cognizant of pop culture ...

Happy anniversary to the classic Van Halen album, 1984. “House of Pain” was a song Van Halen played during their club days in the mid-‘70s, and the band performed part of “Girl Gone Bad” in the middle ...

Find all of our 1984 coverage right here. Tubular! By Billboard Staff The political and social disquiet of 1984 was reflected in a widespread sense that everything was up for grabs: gender identity ...

In a peak moment of pop monoculture, synthesizers pumped up songs and MTV forever changed how artists were seen. Here’s how — and why. Credit... Supported by By Jon Pareles Forty years ago, the ...

It is no mean feat to offer a new perspective on a familiar work. That, however, is what Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan, as joint creators of this new version of George Orwell's famous novel, have ...