February 9, 2012
There has been an upswing in royal fever on both sides of the Atlantic since last April. When Kate Middleton and Prince William got married, the British Royals were thrust into the spotlight for a generation who scarcely remember Princess Diana. Now that his brother is taken, Prince Harry has become one of the world’s ...
Tags: Anglophile,
First Cut The Harry Hunters,
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independent women,
Kate Middleton,
Popping Culture,
Prince Charming,
Prince Harry,
Prince William,
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royal wedding,
royalty,
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February 2, 2012
Remember that time when I was with my friends and I saw you playing pool with your friends and I was like, “Maybe I should talk to him,” and Rayanne was like, “Go talk to him,” so I walked over and your friends were all looking at me and I was like, “Hey,” and you ...
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A.J. Langer,
Angela Chase,
Claire Danes,
high school,
Jared Leto,
Jordan Catalano,
My So-Called Life,
nostalgia,
Popping Culture,
Rayanne Graff,
Rickie Vasquez,
teenage life,
television
January 26, 2012
For better or for worse, the popular franchise The Bachelor will come to Canada in the fall of 2012. Although it was only announced this past Monday, casting begins now. Let’s hope the one hunky man and his Canadian pick really fall in love and make it work — which would be contrary to the ...
Tags: bachelor pad,
beautiful women,
bikini,
comedy,
dating,
entertainment,
eye candy,
fairytale,
hot men,
landscapes,
love,
Popping Culture,
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representation,
romance,
scenery,
sex,
spin-offs,
stereotypes,
The Bachelor,
The Bachelor Canada,
The Bachelorette,
Twitter,
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vacation
January 19, 2012
Golden Globes audience was “shocked” when Meryl Streep dropped the s-bomb on live television Sunday night. She was about to read her acceptance speech, when she realized she had left her reading glasses at her table. The censor button cut in, stirring up a small controversy backstage. A rather condescending Access Hollywood interviewer asked Streep ...
January 12, 2012
Rihanna has been receiving a lot of flack for supposedly “simulating masturbation” in her latest music video for the song You Da One. Whilst I don’t find crotch-grabbing the most attractive thing in the world it is amazing the amount of attention it seems to be getting simply because Rihanna is a young woman. Men ...
January 5, 2012
Is romance dead? You would think so from seeing the prolific over-sexualization of women in music videos and gratuitous sex scenes on television and film. Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Beyoncé and Jennifer Lopez are only a few artists out of many that come to mind when I think of songstresses whose fashion motto is “barely ...
Tags: Angelina Jolie,
Antonio Banderas,
Beyonce,
Billy Bob Thornton,
censorship,
fashion,
Gone With the Wind,
Gossip Girl,
gratuitous sex,
Halle Berry,
Jennifer Lopez,
Joan Bakewell,
kinky sex,
Lady Gaga,
love,
Madonna,
media,
Monster's Ball,
movies,
music,
music videos,
Original Sin,
oversexualization,
passion,
pop culture,
Popping Culture,
raunchy,
relationships,
Rihanna,
romance,
sex,
sex scenes,
sex sells,
television,
The Notebook,
Wild Things
December 29, 2011
2011 was a year of uprisings, natural disasters and political change. It was also a year of absolutely cringeworthy moments in pop culture. Here is my top ten: 1. The Royal Wedding. Daily Mail pundits with their hands down their pants gasping to see whether the royal clothes horse had her hair up or down. ...
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baby-daddy,
Berezovsky,
celebrity,
Charlie Sheen,
Conrad Murray,
crime,
divorce,
Durban,
eavesdropping,
environment,
James Murdoch,
Justin Bieber,
Justin Trudeau,
Kate Middleton,
Kyoto Protocol,
media,
Michael Jackson,
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Peter Kent,
phone hacking,
phone tapping,
Pippa Middleton,
policy,
Popping Culture,
Prince William,
royal wedding,
Sinead O'Connor,
talking dog,
top ten lists,
trial,
viral video
December 22, 2011
Whether you are a Christian, Jew, Muslim, Buddhist, Atheist or still deciding, the thing that binds us all together at this time of year is a soul-shuddering hatred for certain Christmas carols — specifically the ones on repeat every time we step out of the house. But believe me, there are awesome Christmas songs out ...
Tags: Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas song,
Christmas,
Christmas Carols,
Christmas Is All Around,
Do They Know It's Christmastime,
Don't Shoot Me Santa,
Fairytale of New York,
Kylie Minogue,
music video,
Oh Come All Ye Faithful,
Popping Culture,
Santa Baby,
Silent Night,
What Are You Doing New Years Eve,
Wonderful Christmas Time
December 15, 2011
Considering the first episode of Pan Am involved a flight attendant (Laura, The Clever One) being recruited to work for the CIA, I hoped for lots of deconstruction of Cold War propaganda and such like. No luck. Kate (The Pretty One) runs away from her wedding in a less-than-compelling flashback sequence. This is meant to ...
Tags: 1960s,
American politics,
CIA,
Cold War,
Communism,
fashion,
feminism,
Pan Am,
politics,
Popping Culture,
television
December 8, 2011
Oscar winner Hilary Swank was recently slated for attending an event celebrating the rebuilding of Grozny, which happened also to be the 35th birthday party of Chechnian president Ramzan Kadyrov. The actress was supposedly invited by a Turkish real estate company along with other celebrities including Jean-Claude Van Damme, Seal and violinist Vanessa Mae. Swank ...
Tags: celebrities,
celebrity politics,
Chechnia,
Hilary Swank,
human rights,
Jean-Claude Van Damme,
politics,
Popping Culture,
Ramzan Kadyrov,
Seal,
Vanessa Mae