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Beauty Still a Beast at the Box Office
It’s Belle and Beast’s world. The rest of the movies in theaters this weekend? They just live in it. Disney’s live-action remake of Beauty and
Would You Adopt 16 Kids?: Facing Darkness Film
What would you do if someone dropped a child off at your house in hopes that you’d adopt? What about five children? What about 16?
Culture Clips: Do Video Games Undermine Young Men’s Will to Work?
The unemployment rate for men in their 20s has been rising for about 15 years now. Yet, curiously, a higher percentage say that they’re happier
Chuck Berry’s Cultural Legacy
It’s been said that rock is dead. While that subjective statement is impossible to prove, what’s certain is that the man often named “the father
Beauty and the Beast Settles In at No. 1
What did the No. 1 slot at the box office tell Disney’s Beauty and the Beast? Be our guest. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast scored
Vodcast: Navigating Beauty and the Beast
Disney’s live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast has a lot going for it, at least on paper: It’s a new, updated version of a beloved
Culture Clips: The Vexing Conundrum of Social Media
Ah, social media. Can’t live with it, can’t live without it. Seems like there’s a bit of truth in that old, unfunny saying I just
Sorry, WikiLeaks. The CIA Doesn’t Need Our TVs to Get to Know Us
The CIA can spy on us through our televisions and phones. At least that’s what a huge cache of leaked documents recently published on WikiLeaks
Kong King of the Box Office
Hollywood’s largest primate didn’t monkey around this weekend. Kong: Skull Island stomped, smashed and roared its way to the top of the box office heap,
Scarlett Johansson and Not Natural Things
In a recent interview with Playboy magazine, actress Scarlett Johansson was talking about her second marriage—now her second former marriage—and she offered up a now
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