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Cry, Cry, Cry: From George Jones to Brad Paisley, the biggest weepers ever

From a Dwight Yoakam protégé to an Australian singer-songwriter proficient in outlaw twang-rock

From a young singer who blends pop hooks with alt-rock, to a blues guitarist with a gift for torch songs

From an old soul inspired by Freddy Fender to a vocalist who channels the best of Nineties female pop-country

From a country-folk prodigy with an affinity for Appalachia to a soulful, smooth operator from Louisiana

From a Kentucky singer-songwriter produced by Sturgill Simpson, to a London duo with a flair for mesmerizing harmonies

From a Berklee grad with a knack for ballads to a crooner inspired by Reba and R&B

From a country-soul chanteuse to a hard-stomping band of Southern rockers

From a Texas songbird with a sly sense of humor to a Tennessee singer proud of his drawl

From a soulful vocalist who evokes John Mayer to the fiddle-playing protégée of Jack White

From a goth-folk chanteuse discovered by Social Distortion’s Mike Ness to an acerbic DIY singer-songwriter

From a country-pop singer for the Snapchat generation to a heartland rocker with Texas cred

From so-unbelievably-sucky sequels to one of the most toxic superhero blockbusters ever, Peter Travers picks the cream of the year’s cinematic crud

From killer comedic turns to Oscar-worthy emoting – these were the actors who gave us the greatest movie moments of the year

From app-connected portable vaporizers to gigantic, gorgeous grinders, what to get the smokers on your holiday list

From survivors to Saviors, the Governor to Negan – the greatest heroes, villains and everything-in-between of AMC’s hit zombie-horror show

From incendiary tragedies to indie musicals, Martin Scorsese to ‘Manchester by the Sea’ – Peter Travers picks the year’s top films

From Samantha Bee and John Oliver raging against the machine to the greatest hip-hip sitcom ever, the year’s small-screen winners

Beyoncé owned our world, Drake lit up the dance floor, and Rae Sremmurd got their John Lennon on

From the only female kaiseki chef to a punk rocker who traded drum sticks for veggie burgers, a look at the coolest kitchen-runners in America

17 of the most offensive and dumb Twitter, Facebook and Instagram fails

From Carrie Underwood’s tire slashing to Johnny Cash’s sucker punches, count down the best tunes about getting even