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Guest Post – Do the Oscars Really Matter?
Today’s guest post is from Charley Reed, who does public relations work of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He’s also the guy I turn to when I need critical analysis of pop culture issues such as...
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Pop Culture Charley – Handicapping the Oscars
Charley Reed has done enough guest blog posts here that I’m no longer going to consider him a guest poster. Instead, I’m going to put his great commentaries on pop media culture under the heading...
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Oscar Nominations 2014: Brühl snubbed, Hustle gets acting nominations in all...
Oscar nominations were announced bright and early this morning, with several surprises in what is widely considered to be one of the tightest fields in years. Gravity and American Hustle led the...
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Lots going on to ask questions about! What happened to the staff photographers at Sports Illustrated? They all got let go. All photography at the magazine will now be done by free lancers. How did...
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
Why did it take so long for Quaker Oats to abandon Aunt Jemima as a pancake brand? Aunt Jemima has a new name: the Pearl Milling Company. Quaker Oats announced it would drop the name Aunt Jemima last...
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Movies on Twitter: Representation, Nimona Rescued from Disney, & Respect for...
I know, I know, this is my third consecutive post on movies, and the next one is likely to be about movies, too. Little obsessed with them lately. We’ll get back to exciting media corporate mergers...
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A triangle of everything I have to say about the Oscar’s screaming banshees….
Really pleased by this year’s Oscar nominees, having been to a surprising number of the nominated films. But what I’m most excited about is seeing some excellent “small” movies getting nominated for...
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Gerwig can’t overcome double whammy of directing a female-centric comedy
Gerwig (left) and Robbie, pictured at the Golden Globes, missed out on best director and best actress respectively. Click photo to go to BBC story. Getty Images Greta Gerwig has directed three films...
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Everyone’s Gone To The Movies: 2024 Oscars Edition
Some thought’s from last night’s Oscar broadcast. People often tell me I see connections between movies that no one else does. For example I think that Rober Zemeckis’ Contact and Ridley Scott’s...
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New algorithms help animators with coiled hair for Black characters
One of the issues that has long been a problem for diversity in entertainment media is that creatives often have not been trained or had the tools to effectively portray people of color. A new...
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