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Musical Musings 2017: Adam Holz’s Year-End Picks
We sometimes get emails that take us to task for “hating” what we review. To an extent, I get that. There’s lot to critique, and
Pop Culture’s Complicity in Sexual Harassment
Complicity. The word sounds vaguely menacing. Even if we’re not quite sure what complicity means, it sounds … bad. To be complicit, Merriam-Webster’s dictionary says,
What Parents Need to Know About Facebook’s Messenger Kids App
Facebook is coming for your children. On December 4, 2017, Facebook announced a new app targeted at 6-to-12-year-olds called Messenger Kids. The world will never
Culture Clips: Time’s Person of the Year Is a Hashtag Movement
Each December, speculation builds about who Time magazine will select as its Person of the Year. That tradition that dates back to 1927, when Charles
Truth About the Truth or Dare App
OK, let’s start with Truth, shall we? Many of us have probably played a game of Truth or Dare at some point in our past,
Coco Tops the Box Office Again
Thanksgiving is long gone. But at the movies, we’re still dealing with leftovers. With Hollywood pivoting toward awards season, no major movies were released wide
Game Goods 2017: Bob Hoose’s Year-End Picks
We all know that it’s a pretty common thing these days to see families playing video games together. Games can be interactive, fun, and even
Culture Clips: Do (Late Night) Nice Guys Finish Last?
I watched about five minutes of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert the other night. That was as much as I could take before Colbert’s
Why “This is Us” is Sweeping the Nation
Over the last two seasons, NBC’s This is Us has become must-see TV for many a viewer, many of whom watch the show with a
Audiences Go Cuckoo for Coco
Leave it to a movie about dead people to inject a little life into the box office. Coco, Pixar Studio’s latest visual feast, carved up
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