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Entertainment + Culture

Twelve Things in American Culture No One Thinks About

Unique Americana in the Modern Day United States *Note: Americana refers cultural heritage of the United States in this piece and American refers to the demonym for United States residents in this case. One unique thing about the United States is the diversity in culture, religion, race/ethnicity and thought. Diversity in political opinion is so American that every group that disagrees with each other accuses the other … Continue reading Twelve Things in American Culture No One Thinks About

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Nine Releases to Lookout for in 2018

Music, Television, and Film Drops Look Promising in 2018 We have finally neared the end of another decade in 2018. The next two years will send us off into the 2020’s with a bang. What will the world of media and entertainment look like? We will have a world without Olivia Pope, a more matured Issa Rae, Blue Ivy’s preteen years, Migos’ fourth, fifth and … Continue reading Nine Releases to Lookout for in 2018

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We Don’t Need R. Kelly’s “Trapped In the Closet,” We Have DeStorm’s “Caught”

In recent weeks, I have opened the YouTube app on my iPhone each week just to watch DeStorm Power’s “Caught,” an R&B web dramedy. Similar to R. Kelly’s “Trapped In the Closet,” which the artist released from 2005-2012, DeStorm’s “Caught” begins with an intense brawl when DeStorm’s girlfriend, played by fellow YouTube personality JaNina catches him with his side chick. Throughout each one minute episode, … Continue reading We Don’t Need R. Kelly’s “Trapped In the Closet,” We Have DeStorm’s “Caught”

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Keke Palmer Introduces ‘Lauren’ in the Visual EP

Keke Palmer unveils herself as in her new visual EP Lauren, premiering exclusively with Billboard today. “Of course, I’m not my characters and so for my EP, I felt like because this is them getting to see it through the true me, where I’m coming from and how I’m feeling, I feel like it was perfect to title it my birth name Lauren,” the 23-year-old … Continue reading Keke Palmer Introduces ‘Lauren’ in the Visual EP

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