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The Joy of Watching Bob Ross
It can be tricky to find something “good” on TV. As a TV reviewer, I know that all too well. Oh, we can find plenty
What’s New and Streaming for Families for November 2020
It’s November already. The holidays are soon upon us and I, for one, have already ordered my holiday-friendly, candy cane-lined masks, with tinsel fringe and
The Plugged In Show, Episode 50: When Good Content Goes Bad: Does Anyone Really Want to See Hobbits Without Clothes?
I wish Amazon’s apparent intent to load up its new LOTR series with explicit content was the only example of this trend.
Baby Shark Has Big Bite of YouTube
The catchy children’s ditty/diabolical earwig has do-do-do-do-doo’ed itself all the way to the top of YouTube as its No. 1 video of all time.
Does Hollywood Want the Theater Industry to Fail?
You know how the symbiotic relationship between movie studios and U.S. theater chains work, right? To boil it down to its simplest terms, the studios
What Does City So Real Tell Us? That Reality is Complicated.
Few cities surpass the political theater of America’s so-called Second City.
The Plugged In Show, Episode 49: Ask Plugged In!
So take a listen to our latest episode of The Plugged In Show, where we divulge all the deep, dark (OK, not really) Plugged In secrets you’ve always been curious about.
Social Media Plus COVID-19 Equals … Depression?
new research suggests that using social media too much—especially now, during the coronavirus outbreak—can lead to both depression and what researchers call “secondary trauma.”
Introducing Plugged In YouTube Channel Reviews
We want to help you have a sense of what you might expect to find in the videos of the site’s most popular and influential content contributors.
The Plugged In Show, Episode 48: Horror Movies: The Genre That Just Won’t Die
You might think that in a year with as much real-life horror as 2020, audiences’ appetites for the theatrical variety might be dulled. But a quick glance at the movies released this month suggests otherwise.
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