Ab Juli 2003 schreibt King monatlich eine Kolumne für die letzte Seite dieser Zeitung:
"The King of Pop Culture".
Es wird behauptet, dass King pro Kolumne $5,000 bekommt, bzw. $60,000 pro Jahr.
"I think I'd like to be funny," said King. "In a short period of time, it grabs people more than anything else."
The August 8 issue of Entertainment Weekly (currently on sale featuring a Queer Eye for the Straight Guy cover) launches King's "The Pop of King" column, which will deal with popular culture. The first
outing reads more like Larry King's stream-of-conscious USA Today columns. He sounds off on movies (he loved Terminator 3; liked 28 Days Later; hated Antwone Fisher and The Life of David Gale), music (he hasn't much use for pop music but enjoys Eminem, AC/DC, Metallica, Steve Earle and the Dixie Chicks) and books.
King said he believes that 70% of books on both fiction and nonfiction bestseller lists are "dreck," including Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. Elmore Leonard is, he writes, "the great American writer... but that he was a lot better 10 years go." He champions Stewart O'Nan, Peter Robinson, Peter Abrahams and the early novels of Dennis Lehane. He also praises Donna Tartt's The Little Friend (at the expense of The Secret History) and states, "I also believe that a book that sells a million copies--as The Dogs of Babel, by Carolyn Parkhurst, may eventually do--is not automatically trash."
EW's managing editor, Rick Tetzeli, promises King's dissection of movies, books, TV, music and more "will be opinionated, surprising, current, and passionate." King defends his passion for pop culture. "These are things I actually care about," he writes. "Consequently I will not be cute, dismissive, patronizing, or indulgent. I may make you angry--I hope I do make you angry--but I will not waste your time."
--Kevin Howell
Issue #751, Feb. 13, 2004
King hat eine Kolumne mit dem Titel "You Don't Know Jackson" verfasst in der er Michael Jackson verteidigt.
Issue March 5, 2004
Enthält Stephen King's Kolumne "The Rating Game". Darin diskutiert er die Unbeständigkeit des MPAA motion picture ratings system.
Issue March 19, 2004
Titel: "The Passion of Alicia".
King schreibt über seine Erfahrung als er Mel Gibson's Film "The Passion of the Christ" gesehen hat und was für einen Effekt dieser Film auf jüngere Zuschauer haben könnte.
Issue #759, April 9, 2004
Titel: "Enquiring Minds...".
In dieser Kolumne erklärt King warum Amerika besessen ist von den Affairen der Berühmtheiten im National Enquirer Magazine.
"What in the hell makes the Enquirer so damned addictive? What's the secret of it's success?... I can tell you there's not just one secret but at least four..." -- Stephen King
Issue # 766, May 21, 2004
Titel: "It's Alive! Alive!"
King diskutiert drei grossartige Bücher, die er kürzlich gelesen hat.
"Each spring, some ill-tempered dodo will proclaim the novel dead. Don't you believe it. The Great American Novel is livelier than ever." -- Stephen King
Issue # 769, June 11, 2004
Titel: "Lines To Live By"
King diskutiert berühmte Filmenden.
Issue # ?, September 10, 2004
Titel: "Paint it Black"
Issue # ?, November 19, 2004
Titel: "The Pop of King: A Dozen Thanks"
King über "Hucakbees" und "Dawn of the Dead". u.a.
Issue # ?, Januar 21, 2005
Titel: "Crying Wolfe"
Eine Review von Tom Wolfe's neuem Buch;
ein paar Tips für die selbstverliebten Kritiker der Literatur.
Issue # 817-818, April, 2005
Titel: "The Pop of King"
Stephen King erzählt und nennt eine Songs, die man unbedingt herunterladen und anhören sollte.
Issue # ?, Juni, 2005
Titel: "The Sideshow Has Left Town"
After the ''not guilty'' verdict for Michael Jackson, the media should be found guilty of covering a freaky sideshow instead of genuine news.
Issue # 825, Juni, 2005
Titel: "Extras Bite"
Stephen King takes a look at some DVD extras -- See what he has to say about ''Meet the Fockers,'' the ''XXX'' sequel, and others.
Issue # 828, Juli, 2005
Titel: "Long Live the Dead"
Stephen King on the ''Dead'' quartet. The Pop of King reminisces about the past 37 years of George Romero's filmography.
Issue # 941-942, Juni, 2007
Titel: "Uncle Stevie's Gotta Have It!"
Our columnist on ''pop dope'' -- the movies, books, and TV he's really high on right now.
Issue # , Juli, 2007
Titel: "Goodbye, Harry"
Our columnist knows from writing his ''Dark Tower'' series that every story needs closure -- even if one ending can't please 'em all.
Issue # 980, Feb, 2008
Titel: "Stephen King: Your Movie and Concert Hall Hell"
EW's pop-culture columnist asked you to tell him about your worst experiences at a cineplex or music venue -- and you had lots to share!
Issue #995-996 Jun 06, 2008
Titel: "Playing Against Hype"
Buzz verses hype -- Stephen King promotes Andre Dubus III's ''The Garden of Last Days''
Issue #1001 Jul 11, 2008
Titel: "Horror Movies: Why Big Studio Releases Are Rare to Scare"
Master of Fright Stephen King reveals why the Hollywood behemoths are just not wired to deliver horror movie magic
Issue #1007-1008 Aug 22, 2008
Titel: "Stephen King: How TV Ruined Baseball"
Greed and networks' insistence on treating the national pastime as just another program -- and one airing at hours that make it impossible for kids to see -- is squeezing the joy out of prime-time games.
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