In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. At one point, ...

2007’s Disturbia was a modern reimagining of the Alfred Hitchcock classic Rear Window. The idea of remaking one of Hitchcock’s best movies may not sound like a good one on paper, but director D. J.

Cowritten by Chris Brown and produced by Brian Kennedy, the song became her fourth Hot 100 No. 1. By Gary Trust “It’s safe to say that Rihanna is the premier artist of the second half of the decade, ...

Swap out James Stewart’s character, L.B. Jeffries, with a young troubled teen under house arrest and the result is “Disturbia,” a “Rear Window” for the 21st century. “Disturbia,” directed by D.J.

“Disturbia” (Paramount): In a warmup to his summer blockbuster “Transformers,” Shia LaBeouf starred in this sturdy teen thriller that borrowed its basic plot from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rear Window”: a ...