The Pop of King

The Pop of King was a regular column published in Entertainment Weekly from July 2003 to January 2011. Stephen King was the writer of the column.

Columns

2003

• "The Tao of Steve," August 8
• "Always, They Come Back," August 22
• "Listen Up," September 19
• "In My Book, It's No Contest," October 3
• "No Pain, No Fame," October 24
• "Do Movies Matter? (Part 1)," November 14
• "Do Movies Matter? (Part 2)," November 28
• "Don't Go to Sleep," December 5
• "Movies That Matter," December 28

2004

• "You Don't Know Jackson," February 13
• "The Rating Game," March 5
• "The Passion of Alicia," March 19
• "Enquiring Minds..." April 9
• "Head-Bangor's Ball," April 30
• "It's Alive! Alive!," May 21
• "Lines to Live By," June 11
• "A Kingdom That Didn't Come," July 9
• "Now Hear This," July 30
• "The Four-Star Follies," August 20
• "Paint It Black," September 17
• "Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar," October 10
• "Pet Peeves of 2004," October 29
• "A Dozen Thanks," November 19
• "2004: The Year in Music," December 10
• "2004: The Year in Books," December 17
• "2004: The Year in Movies," December 24

2005

• "Crying Wolfe," January 21
• "The 14 Lessons of 24," February 18
• "The Worst Ads on TV," March 4
• "No Stars, Sorry," March 25
• "My Fever Pitch Obsession," April 8
• "Prime Downloads," April 29
• "My Summer Hit List," June 3
• "Extra Bite," June 17
• "The Sideshow Has Left Town," June 17
• "Long Live the Dead," July 8
• "My Manifesto," July 29
• "Kick-Back Books," August 12
• "Lost's Soul," September 9
• "My So-Called Admirer," September 30
• "the Fright Stuff," October 28
• "Lights in a Box," November 18
• "Music to My Ears," December 2
• "Scene It," December 16
• "Book Report," December 23

2006

• "Just Askin'," January 20
• "Frey's Lies," February 10
• "Mistakes Were Made," March 3
• "Analyzing Oscar," March 10
• "Confessions of a TV Slut," March 31
• "My Morning People," April 28/May 5
• "Summer Hits & Misses," March 12
• "The Summer Book Awards," June 2
• "Ready or Not," June 16
• "The Princess and the Paparazzi," July 14
• "The Terror Diet," August 4
• "Setting off a Wire Alarm," September 1
• "The Wonder of It All," September 29
• "Graceless and Tasteless," October 6
• "Hail to the Spoken Word," November 11
• "2006: My Top 10 in Music," December 8
• "2006: My Top 10 Books," December 15
• "2006: My Top 10 Movies," December 22

2007

• "24: So Good It's Scary," January 5
• "Ready or Not," February 1
• "The Seret Gardiner," February 12
• "A Modern Fairy Tale," February 23
• "All In Good Fun," March 16
• "How to Bury a Book," April 5
• "On Predicting Violence," April 20
• "No No No Easy Road," April 27
• "Uncle Stevie's Gotta Have It!," June 29
• "Goodbye, Harry," July 13
• "The Joy of Looking," August 10
• "J. K. Rowling's Ministry of Magic," August 17
• "The Great Escape," September 21
• "A History of Violence," October 12
• "Cool and the Gang," November 16
• "Top Tunes of 2007," December 7
• "Best of '07: Movies and TV," December 13
• "Best and Worst Songs," December 26

2008

• "Books With Batteries -- Why Not?," January 18
• "The Celeb-ing of the President 2008," January 21
• "Your Movie and Concert Hall Hell," February 20
• "The "Art" of the Blurb," May 21
• "Videogame Lunacy," April 3
• "My Real Top 20 Songs," May 7
• "Playing Against Hype," May 30
• "My Favorite Year 1999," June 20
• "Horror Movies: Why Big Studio Releases Are Rare to Scare," July 3
• "Stephen King's Guide to Movie Snacks," July 26
• "How TV Ruined Baseball," August 13
• "The Hunger Games," September 8
• "Why I Love Prison Break," October 12
• "Who Says Real Men Don't Read?," October 13
• "The HD Candidates," October 24
• "Thanks and No-Thanks," November 14
• "10 Best Books of 2008," December 6
• "10 Best Discs of 2008," December 7
• "10 Best Films of 2008," December 12

2009

• "Wishing and Hoping," January 23
• "Torture and 24," February 13