Category: Pop Culture
Cynthia Lennon: Did She Deserve Better?
The premature and unfortunate death of Cynthia Lennon (once Cynthia Powell) on April 1st from cancer leads one to further ponder the tragic nature of [Read More…]
Dreaming of Selena 20 Years Later
Twenty years ago today marked the murder of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, best known simply as Selena. After being a part of a family-filled group called Selena [Read More…]
Cate Blanchett’s Reaction to Interviewer’s Question Is A Larger Indication of the Gap Between the Famous & Non-Famous
There’s never been a shortage of irritable interview subjects in the world of entertainment (see: “Welcome to Bangkok.”). But something about the most recent example, [Read More…]
Looking Back at the Golden-Hearted Whore of Pretty Woman 25 Years Later
When Pretty Woman first came out, the concept behind the story was not technically shocking. Films about prostitutes had already been done to death by [Read More…]
Chloe Sevigny Takes a Woody Allen Stance Against Los Angeles
It’s a war as old as the mid-twentieth century. The belief that New York is superior to Los Angeles has been propagated for decades, ever [Read More…]
Dolce and Gabbana Continue to Attract Celebrity Invective In Wake of IVF Comments
In a celebrity-backed smear campaign started by Elton John in the wake of Dolce & Gabbana’s comment, “We oppose gay adoptions. The only family is [Read More…]
Amy, Amy, Amy: The Mania Continues With New Documentary About Winehouse
July 23rd will mark the fourth year since Amy Winehouse’s untimely death at the cursed age of 27 from alcohol poisoning. The “commemorative” items that [Read More…]
Why Do We Love Sociopaths?: A Look at the Most Prominent Examples in TV
Some of television’s most beloved characters in recent history have 1) all been white men and 2) all exhibited sociopathic tendencies. The three most overt [Read More…]
Liz Lemon vs. Leslie Knope
In the battle between representative quirky women, there has always been a war between 30 Rock‘s Liz Lemon and Parks and Recreation‘s Leslie Knope. While [Read More…]
Jared Leto Cutting Off His Hair As Big a Deal as When Keri Russell Did It On Felicity
When you have a signature hairstyle as a celebrity, people tend to get very up in arms when you decide that it’s your hair, goddammit, [Read More…]