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Year In Culture 2016

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    Vulture Insiders Name Their Favorite Pop-Culture Moments of 2016“I thought Kanye was going to be a spotlight hog, but he impressed me with his ability to let the others take over.”
    By Mia Leimkuhler
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    29 Very Black Things That Happened on TV in 2016Beyoncé’s Super Bowl performance, Atlanta’s Juneteenth episode, and so much more.
    By Dee Lockett
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    Generation X Lost Too Many Touchstones in 2016We said good-bye to a lot of greats this year, period. But Gen-Xers in particular bid farewell to countless greats who defined their childhoods.
    By Jen Chaney
  4. How Batman Helps Me Survive My Mental IllnessA remarkable graphic memoir, Dark Night: A True Batman Story, got me thinking.
    By Abraham Riesman
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    2016: The Year in Asian-Americans Fighting Back in Hollywood2016’s conversations around representation saw Asian-Americans talking to each other, without the filter a white audience necessitates.
    By E. Alex Jung
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    The 13 Best Concerts of 2016Bruce Springsteen, Adele, Kanye, and more provided the year’s best live music.
    By Dee Lockett
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    The 17 Breakthrough TV Performances of 2016Millie Bobby Brown, Sterling K. Brown, Riz Ahmed, and more.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Matt and Jen Discuss Their Picks for the Best TV Shows of 2016Plus, a Vulture Podcast conversation with Rectify creator Ray McKinnon.
    By Jen Chaney, Matt Zoller Seitz, and Gazelle Emami
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    The 10 Best Musical TV Moments of 2016From The Americans to Vinyl, the year’s very best TV music.
    By Sean T. Collins
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    The 10 Best New TV Shows of 2016From American Crime Story to Speechless, the best rookie shows of the year.
    By Jen Chaney
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    What TV Did America Watch in 2016?Plus, the show that does surprisingly well with rich people.
    By Josef Adalian
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    The 10 Most Important Late-Night TV Moments in 2016From Samantha Bee’s anger to Jimmy Fallon’s hair mussing.
    By E. Alex Jung
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    The 10 Best Music Videos of 2016Beyoncé, David Bowie, Kanye, and more produced the year’s most lasting images.
    By Dee Lockett
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    The 10 Best Art Books of 2016From an illustrated Salvador Dalí dinner-party cookbook to tales of modern artist rivalries.
    By Rachel Corbett
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    2016: The Year of TV BubblesThere have always been TV niches — there are just more of them now.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
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    The 10 Best Comic-Book Covers of 2016From the simple to the mind-bending.
    By Abraham Riesman
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    The 10 Best Comedy Podcasts of 2016Funnel laughs through your earbuds with standouts that include The Read, With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus, and My Favorite Murder.
    By Tolly Wright
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    93 Culture Creators on What They Loved in 2016 Those in the know tell us about their favorite TV shows, music, movies, books, performances, and more.
    By The Editors
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    The 10 Best Video Games of 2016It was a fine year for big-budget blockbusters, e-sports entries, and indie games alike.
    By Joshua Calixto
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    The 13 Best Horror Movies of 2016Starting and ending with witches.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
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    The 20 Best Comedy Sketches of 2016Including breakout clips from Saturday Night Live, Portlandia, Inside Amy Schumer.
    By Jesse David Fox
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    The 10 Best Podcast Episodes of 2016Just another “Best of 2016” list featuring Beyoncé.
    By Nicholas Quah
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    Deadpool Was 2016’s Most Important Super-MovieWill Hollywood learn the right lessons?
    By Abraham Riesman
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    The 10 Best Podcasts of 2016Including financial insecurity, dunk histories, and a couple of true-crime series — including an unfairly criticized returning classic.
    By Nicholas Quah
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    The 10 Best Comic Books of 2016It’s been a supremely weird year for comics and their creators.
    By Abraham Riesman
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    Jen Chaney’s 10 Best TV Shows of 2016Our TV columnist picks the strongest of the year, plus some deserving runners-up.
    By Jen Chaney
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    The 10 Best Stand-up Comedy Specials of 2016Hannibal Buress, Ali Wong, Bo Burnham, and more.
    By Jesse David Fox
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    The 10 Best Books of 2016No. 1: The Underground Railroad.
    By Christian Lorentzen
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    The 10 Best Art Shows of 2016What art and which artists had inklings we were entering a paradigm shift?
    By Jerry Saltz
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    The 10 Best Songs of 2016No. 1: Frank Ocean.
    By Craig Jenkins
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    The 15 Best Albums of 2016No. 1: Blond(e).
    By Craig Jenkins
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    The 10 Best Movies of 2016 — and 6 MoreThere were too many great films this year to include in a mere ten best list.
    By David Edelstein
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    The Best Film Performances of 2016It would be much easier to make a Worst Performances of 2016 list than one that could do justice to all the terrific ones.
    By David Edelstein
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    The 10 Best TV Episodes of 2016Narrative innovation was on full display this year, including in a throwback entry from a revived classic.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    The 10 Best TV Shows of 2016Including a pair of O.J. stories and an online-only passion project.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz