Melissa Locker

Culture reporter Melissa Locker shares her picks for mid-season TV series, including "This Is Us," "Homeland," "Beaches," "Jane the Virgin," and "Girls."

Update your Netflix queue beyond "Elf" and "Home Alone."

Culture reporter Melissa Locker talks about alternative holiday songs to get you through the next few weeks from David Bowie, Paul "Fat Daddy" Johnson, and more.

Enrich your scary movie diet with some progressive feminism.

Takeaway Culture Reporter Melissa Locker fills us in on the nominees for the 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

This week, culture reporter Melissa Locker gives us a break from the election cycle with round-up of new comedy specials from veterans and up-and-comers.

Pop culture geeks from near and far are gathering at New York Comic Con this weekend. 

On Monday, President Obama will throw a mini arts festival called South by South Lawn at the White House.  

Sure, you may not be directly affected by the recent announcement of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's divorce, but sometimes you just need a great, binge-worthy breakup movie.

This week, Takeaway Culture Reporter Melissa Locker gives us her picks for the television shows that have the best shots at getting an Emmy.

We've got your fall music preview with tunes from Angel Olsen, M.I.A. Wilco, Against Me!, Dwight Yoakam, Jack White, and more.

Takeaway Culture reporter Melissa Locker gives a round-up of alien movies and making contact with extra terrestrial life.

Go beyond Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon. 

Culture reporter Melissa Locker fills us in on the best shows currently on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and beyond.

Explore some of the well known, as well as more obscure, theme songs that were commissioned for the Olympics of the past.

As questions about spying, hacking, and secret emails enter the 2016 election, Culture Reporter Melissa Locker gives us her picks for the best Russian spy and hacker movies.

Comic-Con International will open a window into the Harry Potter spin-off "Fantastic Beasts," the new "Justice League" film, and a glimpse at Season 7 of "The Walking Dead."

Whether you're traveling or taking a day off at home, you may want to kick back and relax this summer with a podcast. With so many options, where do you even start? We're here to help.

Often a spring ritual, television cancellations come fast and furious whether or not the fans love the show or the critics hate it.

Country artists like William Tyler, Kacey Musgraves, Chris Stapleton, Margo Price, and Jason Isbell are taking a toned down, less glitzy approach to the top of the charts.