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Here’s The Bigger Issue With J.K. Rowling’s Recent Release of ‘Magic in North America’
Author of the Harry Potter series J.K. Rowling has recently been under fire for publishing materials that some fans have interpreted…
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What do Donald Trump and the Real Housewives of New Jersey have in common? No, it’s not New Jersey Governor…
MoreThe Kanye West/Taylor Swift Saga Continues For All The Wrong Reasons
Kanye West and Taylor Swift were supposed to have buried the hatchet of their year-long spat that began in 2009…
MoreWhy Stacey Dash Is Wrong: Hollywood’s Whitewashing Tries To Paint Minorities Out
“Roles should not be dictated by race,” Stacey Dash said last Wednesday, in response to the casting (and following uproar) of Joseph…
MoreDespite Ratings Dip, ‘I Am Cait’ Is Important And Informative
Critics can and will rip on I Am Cait for many different reasons. Ratings for the show plummeted since the…
MoreBill Cosby’s Utter Fall From Grace: Why Just Him And Not Other Abusive Men In Entertainment?
As the Bill Cosby scandal continues to unfold, with the recent release of excerpts from a 2005 deposition of Cosby…
MoreThe Amy Schumer Controversy: ‘Washington Post’ Op-Ed Leads The Witch-Hunt
“This rhetoric isn’t just ugly. It contributes to a worldview that justifies a broken immigration system, mass incarceration, divestment from inner…
MoreYellow Journalism 101: Fox News Unashamedly Propagandizes Charleston Shooting
To anyone with a functioning brain and heart and the ability to spend five minutes undergoing even a cursory examination…
MoreHail To The Trump: Imagining The 2016 Republican Primary Debates
“The Republican 2012 primary debates” – if you’re in need of a quick, cheap laugh at the expense of our…
MoreThe Vicious Hypocrisy Of The Duggars: Deflection Of Responsibility At Its Finest
When the story about sexual abuse in the Duggar home recently came to light, I can’t say I was surprised.…
MoreThe Young And The Brainless: E!’s ‘Rich Kids Of Beverly Hills’ Provides Nauseating Glimpse At Children Of 1%
Every single frame in E!’s season 3 premiere of Rich Kids of Beverly Hills was completely insufferable, bursting at the…
More3 Clues A Celebrity Might Have That “Irish Spirit”
How can you tell if your favorite celebrities have that special Irish spirit flowing through their veins? The following clues…
MoreNeedless Sequels: How Did We Get ‘The Hangover 3’?
We’re living in an age of franchises. In a mad dash for continuity with higher returns, and armed with the…
MoreThe Changing Face of Science Fiction From ‘Star Trek’ To ‘Intersteller’
Science fiction is rebounding in popular culture. Like all genres, it has an ebb and flow, though science fiction seems…
MoreTransforming Actors: The Ultimate Oscar Bait
Foxcatcher, starring Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo – and a nearly unrecognizable Steve Carell – hit theaters recently. Having premiered at…
MoreIs The Science Of ‘Interstellar’ Right? The Science Fascinates, But The Fiction Doesn’t
Admittedly, I wasn’t the biggest fan of Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar. For an entertainment level, there really isn’t much too it,…
MoreThe Real Problem With Network TV
We are experiencing what critics and entertainment historians call The Second Golden Age of Television. What was once a maligned…
MoreWhat Does 'Birdman' Mean?
Birdman, the latest film by Alejandro González Iñárritu, is a black comedy that is locked inside of a puzzle. Iñárritu…
MoreWhatever Happened To The Fantastic Four?
One of the biggest pieces of news from New York Comic Con this year was Marvel’s confirmation of a rumor…
MoreSuggestions For 'The Teen Titans' Television Series
Warner Bros. is developing a series for TNT based on The Teen Titans, one of DC’s Comics’ most prestigious and…
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