Pop culture

SpongeBob, Iron Man, and Call of Duty: Inside the US meme war against Iran

Video clips regarding Operation Epic Fury, released by the White House and the Pentagon, are packed with pop culture references, pulse- pounding music, and clips from action movies.

Smoke rises from what US Central Command (CENTCOM) says is an Iranian drone carrier that was struck by US forces, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, at an unknown location, in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on March 5, 2026.
"Golden," from "KPop Demon Hunters" wins Best Song Written for Visual Media during the premiere ceremony of the 68th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, US, February 1, 2026.

Israel and Iran won’t be center stage at the 68th Grammys

A general view of a Nashville area Starbucks that has been transformed into a Starbies pop up celebrating the release of Taylor Swift's new album "The Life Of A Showgirl" on October 03, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Taylor Swift leads charts as Israel's favorite artist, album, song of 2025

Tiferet Sigala (L) and Yarden Cohen.

Tiferet Sigala, Yarden Cohen: Giving space, community for Jerusalem’s teen geeks


Israeli keyboardist joins Todd Rundgren's Utopia reunion

"We looked at his stuff on the Internet and were all blown away by how talented he was and how confident he seemed," said Todd Rundgren

Israeli keyboardist Gil Assayas

'Black like Drake and Jesus': Comic Eric Andre makes waves in Tel Aviv

The comedy star bared it all – literally.

Comedian Eric Andre

Carolina Lemke in talks with Kim Kardashian

Bar Refaeli's eyeglasses brand wants to sign the supermodel for new ad campaign.

Bar Refaeli and Kim Kardashian

Ziggy Marley returning to Tel Aviv

Jamaican musician to play two shows in Israel this summer.

Ziggy Marley

When Ronaldo met the 'Shababnikim'

New HOT commercial features soccer giant and stars of hit show on haredim.

When Ronaldo met the 'Shababnikim'

De La Soul and Arrested Development to headline festival in Ra’anana

Both groups saw their greatest commercial success in the 1990s, but have continued producing music to this day.

The group De La Soul.

Music abounds up north

The spring edition of the Voice of Music in the Upper Galilee Festival takes place at the Pastoral Hotel at Kibbutz Kfar Blum, starting tomorrow and running through Saturday.

SINGER, VIOLINIST and violist Keren Tannenbaum will perform at Friday’s Strings Attached concert.

Omer Adam cancels US shows after visa problems

Israeli immigration lawyer: The process is stricter now, people often don't apply in time.

Omer Adam in concert

Red alert!

The Russians are coming – to a screen near you

A scene from Red Sparrow

Israel to play with 'Toy' at Eurovision

Kan teases promo clip of video for song contest.

Israel's 2018 Eurovision entrant Netta Barzila