Jay Leno’s Garage on CNBC is heating up
Jay Leno Garage Airs Wednesday September 29 at 10PM ET/PT on CNBC Episode 602 features Tim Allen, Brad Garrett, Brad Paisley & Ron Capps Additional superstar friends on this season include Tiffany Haddish, Kelly Clarkson, Mark Cuban, Ashton Kutcher, Michael Strahan, Margaret Cho, Trevor Noah, Kevin Bacon, Rick Ross, RayContinue Reading
If DC joined Marvel Civil War, which side would they pick?
There are some interesting discussions online about this topic. If the DC Universe introduced a superhero registration act like in Marvel’s Civil War, where would the major heroes and villains line up? • /r/DCcomics On the surface, it would appear that Batman, who wears a mask, would side against registration, whereasContinue Reading
How are radio plays and streams measured?
There are only two companies that control the majority of the radio airwaves: iHeartMedia (formerly Clear Channel) and Sirius XM. They work in tangent with performance rights royalty collections agencies like ASCAP and BMI to ensure plays are tracked and artists are paid. They do this by both digital monitoringContinue Reading
How the MCU transformed these actors’ lives
I feel like everyone answering forgot about Robert Downey Jr. It’s true that he was famous long before Iron Man. He started acting in 1970, and by the 1980s, he reached his first career peak acting alongside the Brat Pack. In the 1990s, his career hit a tailspin as heContinue Reading
25 Years Later – RIP Tupac Shakur
The photo of Tupac Shakur before being gunned down in Las Vegas qualifies as several levels of dark. The photo was taken September 7, 1996 after a Mike Tyson fight at the MGM Grand by then-29-year-old photographer Leonard Jefferson. He tells the story of taking the photo in Complex, whichContinue Reading
Dirty secrets of social media
When social media first popped up, we all used it to connect with friends and family. Over time, it developed into a place to showcase your talents to a broader community and build an audience. Money soon followed, and social media became the new Hollywood. Internet personalities are the newContinue Reading
Underrated live singers
Musicians often sound different on an album versus in concert. Sometimes they can be disappointing, but I’ve been lucky to see some great live performances. One of the most underrated bands was Linkin Park. Chester Bennington’s voice was just as great (if not better) in a giant stadium as inContinue Reading
How does pop culture relate to media?
This is 100 percent a homework question. “Explain by citing examples” is what a teacher says to young students who don’t already know how to write. I don’t have to cite anything, as I’m not here to help you cheat through school. Cheating on homework is a part of popularContinue Reading
20th century movies with CGI that holds up today
When we think of CGI, it’s easy to think about all those graphics-intense sci-fi movies like Starship Troopers (which I think aged far better than Star Wars) It uses the same mix of CGI, miniatures, and animatronics that Jurassic Park did for its dinosaurs. That made everything blend well, asContinue Reading
The antihero in popular culture
Can you use notoriety in a positive sense? Let me tell you the story of Christopher Wallace, aka The Notorious B.I.G. He branded his body of work as notorious to the point that his Biopic was called Notorious. Biggie broke through into the mainstream in the early 1990s, and hisContinue Reading