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FOR the final column of 2025, I present my annual awards – aided and abetted, as ever, by the invaluable feedback you send my ...

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The ‘Superman’ writer-director took time out from head-honchoing the DC Universe to make us a killer year-end playlist.

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When Philly artist Amir Bey Richardson first uploaded his rap songs online in 2010, he was told his music was “too corny” to garner an audience.