The Best of 2023
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Hot Stuff: The 10 best romance novels of 2023
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The 10 best songs of 2023
![Rachel Brosnahan and Oscar Isaac in Sidney Brustein's window; Leslie Odom Jr. in Purlie Victorious; Jessica Chastain in A Doll's House; Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford in Sweeney Todd; Daniel Radcliffe in Merrily We Roll Along](https://ew.com/thmb/5tDX46l5Jsz23pn95AGZGoigiTE=/364x242/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Best-Broadway-Shows-2023-1f2f53d18ecb46c1b0ecb0576929b931.jpg)
The 10 best Broadway shows of 2023
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The 10 best albums of 2023
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Best of 2023 (Behind the Scenes): How The Bear cooked up that impressive cast for 'Fishes'
![Jessie Mei Li from Shadow & Bone; Mallori Johnson from Kindred; Abbi Jacobson and D'Arcy Carden from A League of Their Own; Matt Czuchry from The Resident](https://ew.com/thmb/jJPzEnVdiMQT5ZQwNUL9_zQgQb0=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/BW23-best-TV-08aae7250ec24a75b8f7db19ad64bce4.jpg)
The 15 show cancellations that hurt the most in 2023
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The 20 best TV episodes of 2023
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Best of 2023: Breaking down Saltburn's most shocking moments from tub slurping to vampiric lovemaking
![Natalie Portman in May December; Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer; Lily Gladstone in Killers of the Flower Moon; Barry Keoghan in Saltburn; Mahito in The Boy and the Heron](https://ew.com/thmb/jjxULeDZ5Z9V3ddLnR4QvnZ6ZvI=/564x376/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/BW-Movies-2023-1b35d5b0211346bcb5fcc45a74bf34bd.jpg)
The 10 best movies of 2023 (and 4 worst)
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The 10 best TV shows of 2023 (and 3 worst)
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The 25 most shocking TV moments of 2023
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Best of 2023 (Behind the Scenes): The Summer I Turned Pretty team on Bonrad's season 2 beach scenes