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Culture Clips: Show Dogs Comes to Heel
For a movie that’s made all of $7 million, Show Dogs has certainly sparked its fair share of controversy, including (obviously, if you’ve been following
Show Dogs Controversy Hits the Mainstream
Controversy surrounding the kids’ movie Show Dogs ratcheted up another notch today. The National Center on Sexual Exploitation has issued a statement on scenes involving
About Show Dogs …
We’ve recently gotten feedback on Facebook and Twitter regarding our review of the movie Show Dogs. I was the one who reviewed the pic, so,
Deadpool Burbles To Victory
A cornucopia of superheroes gathered at the local multiplex this weekend, squaring off in some sort of weird, meta, battle royale-like clash. In one corner,
Pope Francis, Superstar
We’ve seen plenty of crossover stars in the year’s biggest films already: Black Panther stars Chadwick Boseman and Danai Gurira are featured in Avengers: Infinity
13 Reasons Provides a Teachable Moment (for Netflix)
When Netflix unveiled the first season of 13 Reasons Why last spring, the streaming service knew the show would be buzzy. It might not have
Culture Clips: Are You Getting up for the Royal Wedding?
I pride myself on knowing what’s happening in the world and culture. But I had a funny exchange with my wife last week. We were
The Clanging Cringiness of Musical.ly
We’ve all heard about Facebook and Instagram, YouTube and Twitter. Certain apps and social media platforms are as ubiquitous as, well, the smartphone you’re probably
Infinity War Spends Infinity at No. 1
I’m beginning to wonder whether Disney somehow snagged an Infinity Stone—perhaps Doctor Strange’s Time Stone. After all, Avengers: Infinity War seems to be repeating history
Spotify vs R. Kelly
So Spotify just did a thing. According to their new public hate content and hateful conduct policy, they’ve chosen to take R. Kelly’s music off
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