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Five Reasons Andy Warhol Is So Popular Right Now

10Dec

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Five Reasons Andy Warhol Is So Popular Right Now

Andy Warhol, like an image on one of his silkscreens, is multiplying. Suddenly, he is everywhere: in documentary series (The Andy Warhol Diaries on Netflix and Andy Warhol’s America on the BBC), in plays (The Collaboration at the Young Vic in London), and soon, at an auction house (his Marilyn Monroe painting goes on sale at Christie’s in May). Wikimedia So why the current obsession with the pop artist? We believe there are striking resonances with our contemporary moment that might be fueling the revival. Here are five of them: 1. War, death and disaster The early 1960s marked a time when, much like our own, Russian tensions were high and the media was awash with violent scenes of war (Vietnam was often considered a proxy war between the US and the USSR). Warhol’s Death and Dis...

The Story Behind ‘Star Trek’ Actress Nichelle Nichols’ And The Iconic Interracial Kiss

10Dec

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The Story Behind ‘Star Trek’ Actress Nichelle Nichols’ And The Iconic Interracial Kiss

On a 1968 episode of “Star Trek,” Nichelle Nichols, playing Lt. Uhura, locked lips with William Shatner’s Capt. Kirk in what’s widely thought to be first kiss between a Black woman and white man on American television. The episode’s plot is bizarre: Aliens who worship the Greek philosopher Plato use telekinetic powers to force the Enterprise crew to sing, dance and kiss. At one point, the aliens compel Lt. Uhura and Capt. Kirk to embrace. Each character tries to resist, but eventually Kirk tilts Uhura back and the two kiss as the aliens lasciviously look on. The smooch is not a romantic one. But in 1968 to show a Black woman kissing a white man was a daring move. The episode aired just one year after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loving v. Virginia decision struck down state laws against inte...

Effortlessly Youthful And Handsomely Hot, That’s Sam Underwood

10Dec

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Effortlessly Youthful And Handsomely Hot, That’s Sam Underwood

Even though he was born in Great Britain, the skinternational actor achieved fame for his work in the United States. After making his feature debut in the family film The Last Keepers (2013), Sam proved he was a keeper when he was cast as Zach Hamilton on the Showtime series Dexter (2013) starring Michael C. Hall. Next came a recurring role on the channel’s hit show Homeland (2013) with Claire Danes and Damian Lewis. But it was Sam’s topless turn in the small screen thriller The Following (2013) that had fans following his fine physique. In fact, Mr. Man followed Mr. Underwood to the AMC chiller diller Fear the Walking Dead (2017) just to see his shirtless form once more. We then said hello again to Sam’s sexy skin in Hello Again (2017). The musical movie features Cheyenne Jackson, Tyle...

10Dec

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Jurnee Smollett Is A Sexy Tease

Jurnee Smollett has come close to getting naked but has never fully shown off her smoldering smokestacks or her bell bottom. This New York City-born, five-foot, six-inch tall actress better resolve that right away because she's had more than enough time in the industry to do so. The sister of controversial former Empire star Jussie Smollett, Jurnee's adventure through Hollywood began as a kid with her appearing on Full House, Hangin' With Mr. Cooper and alongside Robin Williams in Jack (1996). At ten years old, her role as a young Creole girl in Eve's Bayou (1997) earned her a Critic's Choice Award, before her role in CBS' Cosby garnered her two NAACP Image Awards. After playing East Dillon Spirit Squad member we'd love to explore, Jess Meriwether, on Friday Night Lights, she took home an...

No Doubt, That Sanaa Would Go Into The Business Called Show

10Dec

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No Doubt, That Sanaa Would Go Into The Business Called Show

Sanaa Lathan is the product of a bi-coastal union between entertainment professionals: Stan Lathan, a television producer, and Eleanor McCoy, a Broadway actress. She made her big-screen debut in Drive (1996). It was only a bit part, but she followed it up with guest spots on Moesha, In the House, and Family Matters, all in the span of a few months. In 1997 Sanaa appeared on the sitcom Built to Last, which was unfortunately built to be canceled. After a stint on the short lived Al Franken sitcom LateLine, Sanaa took a brief turn in the Wesley Snipes vampire action picture Blade (1998). That in turn led to bigger and better roles in movies such as Life (1999) and The Best Man (1999). Sanaa first unleashed her massive round breasts to the world in Love & Basketball (2000) opposite Omar ...

What Makes The Show ‘Love Island’ So Successful?

31Mar

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What Makes The Show ‘Love Island’ So Successful?

Audiences can’t get enough of reality dating TV shows, including First Dates and Married at First Sight. But few programmes have been able to drum up the same level of excitement as Love Island, which returned this week after an 18-month break. You can listen to more articles from The Conversation, narrated by Noa, here. With viewing figures usually in the millions, Love Island, in particular, has become ubiquitous in British pop culture since its arrival in 2015. But beyond the apparent appeal of watching people go through the up and downs of finding love, what is the enduring attraction of this genre of reality TV? The gimmicks of shows like Love is Blind and the upcoming Netflix dating show Sexy Beasts, (in which participants wear animal prosthetics to mask their true appearanc...

A Feverish Legion Of Followers Struggle To Achieve Online Fame – Inspired By Kim Kardashian

10Dec

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A Feverish Legion Of Followers Struggle To Achieve Online Fame – Inspired By Kim Kardashian

When Kim Kardashian “broke the Internet” with her nude selfie, it was the stunt by a socialite who's an object of fascination in our celebrity-obsessed culture. While some deride her as being “famous for being famous,” I see someone who works intensely hard at what I’ve termed glamour labor. Glamour labor is a phenomenon of the Internet age. It means investing time and effort into editing the body and self to appear as fascinating and polished in person as in one’s highly scripted, filtered and manipulated online life. It means shaping the body (by going to the gym or the salon), while simultaneously crafting one’s online image – all to appear to have achieved an elusive ideal of attractiveness. Those who epitomize the ideal are rewarded by large followings (Kim Kardashian has more than ...

Don’t Believe What You See On Crime Shows – Psychopaths Can Feel Emotions And Can Be Treated

10Dec

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Don’t Believe What You See On Crime Shows – Psychopaths Can Feel Emotions And Can Be Treated

On any given day, millions of Americans curl up to watch their favorite crime shows. Whether it is “FBI” on CBS, “Dexter” on Showtime, “Mindhunter” on Netflix, “Killing Eve” on BBC, reruns of “Law & Order,” or any of a myriad of other similar shows, they draw huge audiences with their vivid portrayals of villains whose behaviors are perplexingly cruel. I’ll confess: I am part of that audience. My students even make fun of how much crime television I, a researcher who studies criminal behavior, watch. I justify some of my TV time as work, providing material for my undergraduate lecture course and for my seminars on the nature of the criminal mind. But I am also captivated by the characters in these dramas, despite – or because of – how unrealistic many of them are. One of the most com...

The “21” Club – Where Alfred Hitchcock Was A Regular

10Dec

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The “21” Club – Where Alfred Hitchcock Was A Regular

When one thinks of nightlife prior to World War II, images are conjured of late night haunts serving fare into the wee small hours of the morning and music playing till dawn. Nowhere epitomized being out and about on the town like New York City in the 1930's and '40's. It was a legendary moment in time. After a period of four years probation was repealed, King Kong carried Faye Ray up the side of the Empire State Building, Duke Ellington was performing nightly at the Cotton Club on 125th Street in Harlem, and two resourceful cousins named Jack Kriendler and Charlie Berns legitimized a speakeasy at 21 West 52nd Street and christened it The "21" Club. Although "21" had been raided more than once during prohibition, federal agents were never able to pin anything on Jack and Charlie. At the ...

Trouble With Insomnia – Or, What I Owe To Buffy

10Dec

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Trouble With Insomnia – Or, What I Owe To Buffy

I owe everything to Buffy, she burbled, holding Oscar tightly to her heaving bosom... Well, perhaps not everything. That would really be too much blame to lay at the feet of the diminutive vampire slayer. But the wonders and joys of Sunnydale and the supernatural, vampire infested universe created by Joss Whedon, has certainly done a lot for me. For starters it's allowed me to sleep at stressful points of my life for the last decade or so of it. For some people a hot milky drink does the trick during insomniac phases, for others counting sheep is what it's all about. (Why sheep? Why not velociraptors?) For me the white noise of a TV running quietly in the background is what allows me to sleep when nothing else will. But not just any old program will do. (Old editions of Countdown definite...