Month: February 2016
When the Oscars Were Interesting (In the 90s)
It’s hard to pinpoint when, exactly, the Oscars became so intolerably dull. Was it after Björk’s swan dress? After Ellen bought everyone in the audience [Read More…]
Britney Drives Final Nail into Justin Timberlake’s Coffin
As one-half of the America’s sweetheart duo that was Britney and Justin from 1999 to 2002, the former knows that the worst possible way to [Read More…]
Kill Your Friends: The American Psycho of The Music Industry
It’s hard to imagine a time when music went through a process as painstaking as needing to involve the uncaring and often unlistening ear of [Read More…]
Like Taylor Swift, Lena Dunham’s Brand of Feminism Is All About Self-Promotion
While we might be a generation more jaded than any other that preceded us, it is incredible that so many are still unable to see [Read More…]
Chi-Raq’s Corniness Negated By Tongue-in-Cheek Greek Play Structure
When it comes to Spike Lee, the message has always been the same: black lives matter. Long before it became “trendworthy” in the wake of [Read More…]
The New Girlfriend: Part The Danish Girl, Part Almodóvar
When it comes to pop culture’s recent obsession with the plight of a cross-dressing man or trans woman (one always leads to the other it [Read More…]
“Work”, Revealing That When All Else Fails, Rihanna Always Turns To Drake
The promotion and release of Rihanna’s eighth album, ANTI, has been fraught with many issues. For one, Tidal (the worst idea ever) prematurely released the [Read More…]
Taylor Swift Attempts Fast & Furious Feminism With $250K “Donation” to Kesha
After Taylor Swift’s extremely disingenuous “feminist” Grammy acceptance speech, perhaps the pop “chanteuse” is trying her best to make good on her claims of being [Read More…]
Kanye West’s Unhinged Mental State Further Exhibited by Scrapping a Version of “Highlights” That Featured Madonna
Kanye West’s ever-veering trajectory toward ’07/’08 Britney Spears has not only been proven by leaked audio of his backstage rant while performing on SNL last [Read More…]
This Is Not A Test: Missy Elliott & Tweet Have A New Song Together
In 2002, a year of evident sexual revolution in music (kind of like the filmic one of 1992), Tweet and Missy Elliott released one of [Read More…]