Pop Culture

North Korea cracks down on knowledge smugglers

The supreme leader wants to stop South Korean television shows from penetrating the Hermit Kingdom VIDEO

By Tim Sullivan, Associated Press Topics: aol_on, Video, From the Wires, North Korea, South Korea, International relations, Pop Culture

Doron Ofir used to man the doors. Now he's a notorious reality-TV casting director. You can thank him for Snooki

Rupert Russell Topics: Editor's Picks, Reality TV, Jersey Shore, snooki, Entertainment, TV, tv television, Pop Culture

The 8-minute track features an unlikely combination of Tyga, Justin Bieber, Psy and others VIDEO

Prachi Gupta Topics: Video, pop music, pop songs, mash-ups, Pop Culture, songs of 2012

Author Kathryn Lofton suggests the one-woman empire is a perfect synthesis of religion, capitalism and pop culture

Hawa Allan, LA Review of Books Topics: Television, Oprah Winfrey, LA Review of Books, Pop Culture, O Magazine