Contributor: Adam R. Holz

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I walked in to screen Mel Gibson’s latest film, The Beaver (which opens in limited release today). After all, here’s a man who shot to stardom inhabiting iconic characters practically doused in testosterone: Mad Max, L …

On paper, Mel Gibson’s latest “comeback” film sounds like a bad joke: A depressed and despairing middle-aged father tries to stave off mental illness through … a beaver puppet? On the screen it’s much more serious than that.

Nearly 25 years after the Beastie Boys first fought for their right to party, this influential rap trio is still banging the same drum.

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker are back for more automotive mayhem … with Dwayne Johnson in hot pursuit. That can only mean one thing: “More ‘splosions! More ‘splosions!”

Britney Spears joins forces with two other pop divas, Ke$ha and Nicki Minaj, to remix one of her Femme Fatale tunes. The result is less than the sum of its parts. (Or maybe it’s more.)

For the third year in a row, Disneynature is serving up a sumptuous wildlife documentary in recognition of Earth Day. This time around: fur and fangs and feline family bonds.

In the R-rated romantic comedy High Fidelity, record store owner Rob Gordon (played by John Cusack) ponders this chicken-and-egg conundrum: What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, …

Without even trying, Lady Gaga just naturally ruffles feathers. “Judas” is what happens when she does try.

Insisting that neither Jesus nor rock ‘n’ roll can help her now, Gossip Girl’s Taylor Momsen decides to stop searching for salvation and instead stew in her own debauched deeds.

Dave Grohl and Co.’s return to the Foos’ grinding garage-grunge roots … and deliver yet another dose of lyrics that are mostly cloaked in inscrutable melancholy.

Occasionally here at Plugged In, we’ll take some heat for being too hard on entertainers and pop culture. And I think I understand why: It’s because we spend a lot of time looking at and thinking about the influential folks in our society whose ideas, …

What happens when the young rabbit who’s supposed to be the new Easter Bunny decides he’d rather go to Hollywood to be a drummer than deliver chocolate and eggs to the world’s children?

Britney Spears continues her musical journey from girl to woman to carnal automaton who is now, more than ever, only interested in one thing.

You’d think Mr. Brown would be on his best behavior these days. But you’d think wrong. He’s dead set on once again convincing the world that he’s a “bad man.” Um, Is that Justin Bieber’s voice we hear on Track 8?

Pitbull teams up with Ne-Yo and Nayer to offer some sensual suggestions about how to spend the night if you don’t think you need to bother with tomorrow.