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EPISODE · Dec 30, 2022 · 29 MIN

2022 in culture: Bad Bunny, the Slap and more

from Headlines From The Times · host Gustavo Arellano, Denise Guerra, Kasia Broussalian, Ashlea Brown, David Toledo, Mario Diaz, Mark Nieto, Mike Heflin, Kinsee Morlan, Jazmín Aguilera, Shani O. Hilton, Roberto Reyes, Heba Elorbany, Nicolas Perez, Helen Li, Mikael Wood, Glenn Whipp, Suzy Exposito, Ryan Faughnder, Will Smith

This year, Beyonce blessed fans with her album, “Renaissance,” the Daniels — Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert — released the surreal trip of a movie “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” and Bad Bunny released banger after banger after banger.And those were just some of the brightest cultural moments that we couldn’t stop talking about. 2022 had its dark side, too — who could forget Will Smith’s slap or the racist rants of Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West?Today, we review both the highs and lows of Hollywood, music, culture and more. Read the full transcript here.Host: Gustavo ArellanoGuests: L.A. Times pop music critic Mikael Wood, film and television critic Glenn Whipp, music reporter Suzy Expositoand film business reporter Ryan FaughnderMore reading:For global phenomenon Bad Bunny, Puerto Rico remains his playground, battleground and museThe top 10 Hollywood fiascoes that defined 2022 for the entertainment businessReview: Beyoncé's ‘Renaissance’ is a landmark expression of Black joy (and you can dance to it)What happens to ‘Emancipation’ after the slap? 

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So much happened culturally in 2022 that we needed three L.A. Times reporters to explain just some of it. Bad Bunny? Rihanna? Dave Chappelle? We talk about that, and more.

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