Category: Pop Culture
Madonna’s V Magazine Interview Reminds That Being Cancelled Means Different Things to Liberals and Conservatives
If anyone knows a thing or two about being “cancelled” long before it was the norm, it’s Madonna. And, based on her “sordid” past riddled [Read More…]
What We Talk About When We Talk About Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s Branded Love for Tiffany’s
It’s a delicate subject. Speaking “ill” of Beyoncé (but we must remember that even the “gods” are capable of frailty). Jay-Z, not so much. You [Read More…]
Madonna Reinvigorates “Bitch I’m Loca” with a Remix in Support of Her Musicians on Musicians Cover with Maluma
“Bitch, I’m—uhhh!” It sounds a lot like a throwback to the moments in “Erotica” when Madonna sings in ecstasy, “I’ll teach you how to—uh uh [Read More…]
Jared Leto Being “Teargassed” In Rome: Karmic Retribution for House of Gucci?
Truth be told, a lot of casual passersby have been “teargassed” in their day. Shit, if you were in any French city at the height [Read More…]
Kim Kardashian on SNL: Familial Betrayal is a Tale as Old as the Bible
When one is a member of the Kardashian-Jenner juggernaut, it becomes harder and harder to stay relevant in the headlines. After all, is there anything [Read More…]
Wasted Latex: Madonna’s Brush With The Matrix
Madonna is known to casually drop bombs in interviews over the past few years in a manner that’s all very, “Oh what, you didn’t know?” [Read More…]
Make Money First, “Do Art” Later: Madonna’s Madame X Theatre Tour Gets the Concert Video Treatment
The more time has gone on, the more Madonna can rely on self-referential material. Not only to reinvigorate it and apply it to the present, [Read More…]
Britney Taking Up the Ashley O Mantle with Nine Inch Nails
It’s been pointed out a number of times at this juncture that Britney Spears’ conservatorship nightmare eerily mimics some of the key plot points of [Read More…]
The Continued Alignment of Diana and Britney: Controlling Britney Spears and the Trailer for Spencer
While one might merely chalk it up to coincidence that the full-length trailer for Pablo Larraín’s Spencer should be released right around the same day [Read More…]
Bob Ross and the Late Twentieth Century Commercialization of Art
The 1980s, in many ways, was the decade responsible for establishing the modern obsession with commercializing art (see: Patrick Nagel). As such, it can be [Read More…]