Category: Pop Culture

• Emma Watson: “They didn’t think I should act…”

  Imagine a world without actress Emma Watson. I don’t think anyone would like that world very much. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Emma Watson discusses how some of the people in her life lead her to believe she shouldn’t continue acting after the Harry Potter franchise was over. “For a while I kind of…

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  August 2, 2013

  Pop Culture

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• Kelly Clarkson’s Jane Austen Gold Ring Fiasco

  Once upon a time, Kelly Clarkson bought British writer Jane Austen’s gold ring at a Sotheby’s auction. For over £150,000 ($228,000 USD). That’s a large amount of British pounds there! However, the odds don’t seem to be in Kelly Clarkson’s favor with this ring. The UK’s Culture, Communications and Creative Industries Minister Ed Vaizey placed…

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  August 1, 2013

  Pop Culture

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• Simon Cowell is Going to be a Father?!

  This morning I learned that 53 year old grouch Simon Cowell, X Factor judge and former American Idol judge, is going to be a father. And that’s not the best part. The mother of his child is his friend Andrew Silverman’s estranged wife, Lauren Silverman. Yes. You read correctly. Simon Cowell got his friend’s wife…

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  July 31, 2013

  Pop Culture

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• Amanda Bynes Sets Fire to Elderly Woman’s Driveway

  Amanda Bynes has graduated from calling people ugly and throwing bongs out of windows. She is now an arsonist. Amanda Bynes is being detained for setting an elderly woman’s driveway on fire in a Thousand Oaks, California retirement community. A neighbor saw what was going on and called the cops. Bynes was spotted with a…

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  July 24, 2013

  Pop Culture

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• RIP Cory Monteith: 1982-2013

  I still can’t get over the shock. This morning I was mindlessly scrolling through my Instagram feed when I stopped on a collage of photos from peoplemag. The photos were of Glee star Cory Monteith. I read the description to learn that they were posted in memory of him. What? Cory Monteith is no longer with…

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  July 14, 2013

  Pop Culture

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• Rockaway Beach

  Now that the Fourth of July festivities are over, and I can actually stay awake long enough to edit pics and video, here’s a glimpse of how I spent my holiday. Yup. I hit the beach with my friends Kristell, Gina, and Niketa for Independence Day!! Rockaway Beach is located in Far Rockaway. It’s not…

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  July 8, 2013

  Pop Culture

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• Ruben Studdard Resurfaces for ‘The Biggest Loser’

  Just a few months ago, a few college friends and I were commenting on the fact that Ruben Studdard basically disappeared from the Hollywood scene after his one hit “Sorry for 2004.” That song is so old I don’t even remember the lyrics that well. So much for winning American Idol in 2003. Apparently Ruben…

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  July 1, 2013

  Pop Culture

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• Westboro Baptist Church Calls Taylor Swift a Whore

  Where do I even begin with this? Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas has made plans to picket Taylor Swift’s concert at the Sprint Center in Kansas City on August 3rd, 2013. Why? Because according to a press release from the church, “@TaylorSwift13 works her ‘girl next door’ country-singer shtick, while hopping from one young…

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  June 29, 2013

  Pop Culture

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• ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Film Has a Director and Release Date!

  Woohoo!! Even though I have only finished the first book of E.L. James’ trilogy, I am excited for the progress towards the production of this film. Last week we learned that the film will be directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson. You may not recognize her name but you might recognize her husband, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, from Angus,…

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  June 28, 2013

  Entertainment, Pop Culture

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• Brangelina Wedding Guest List Concerns

  Like any bride, Angelina Jolie wants her wedding to be perfect. So perfect that she would ban some of Brad Pitt’s friends from the wedding. Jonah Hill, Quentin Tarantino, and Philip Seymour Hoffman are among the people she wants to ban. George Clooney is getting a warning next to his name. A source told The…

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  June 25, 2013

  Pop Culture

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