1 Comment · Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Step aside, Ricky Gervais. There’s a new pair of Globe hosts in town as comedy queens Tina Fey and Amy Poehler take the reins during this year’s Golden Globes (8 p.m. Sunday, NBC).
0 Comments · Wednesday, January 2, 2013
As holiday hiatuses come to an end and new seasons/series are picked up, here are a few picks on what to watch in early 2013.
0 Comments · Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Television gets a bad rap for being the
poor man’s medium. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a lot of weak and
culturally regressive programming out there, from The Bachelor to Huckabee.
But because of its accessibility and popularity, fads on television
often represent greater cultural trends.
0 Comments · Wednesday, December 19, 2012
'Twas the week before Christmas, and on the small screen,
TV options appeared few and far between;
The DVR’s ready to record some new shows, And provide a distraction from winter woes.
by Jac Kern
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Jac's favorite recent pop culture and Internet findings
Move over, Coco-T, I have a new idol from reality
television land. Joan Koplan from AMC’s new show, Small Town Security,
is a gem. The docu-series follows a family-owned private security
company headed by Joan, the "Chief" and her husband, "Captain" Irwin
Koplan. Joan sought super-stardom her entire life, but ended up settling
as a wife and security officer when her Hollywood dreams hit a
dead-end. In Small Town Security,
Joan is a foul-mouthed, porn-loving, cigar-chomping fireball, complete
with a devilish sidekick, Lambchop the Chihuahua. It sounds ridiculous, which it is, but it's about time reality TV acknowledged its own absurdity. Catch up on episodes here. Congrats, Joan, you're a celebrity to at least one person!Combining the Earth's greatest elements: Beyonce, Snuggies and killer video
editing, this masterpiece by Ton Do-Nguyen
is one of the best Internet bits I’ve seen in a while and, considering my
digital consumption, that’s saying a lot. Check out his version of “Love on
Top,”
and compare to Beyonce’s original here (yeah, it’s spot-on, too). Don't worry, Bey gives her
blessing.
Finally, a guide to getting your Glamour Shots on-point.
Some people knew about Chick-fil-A’s Christian
background before last week, including RuPaul’s Drag Race alum, Willam Belli (and anyone who ever tried to get some waffle fries on a Sunday).
Let’s revisit this dragtastic look at chicken politics, with a dash of Wilson
Philips:
Celebrities are just like us! New York photographer
Danny Evans waves his magic Photoshop wand over photos of famous people to make
them look normal and frumpy. Two words: Fat Kanye.There’s a point in every person’s life when it
seems like everyone else is reproducing. For some, digital baby books on
Facebook can serve as a constant reminder of mortality or send a woman’s
biological clock into overdrive. Or maybe you’re just like, “Hey, I’d rather
not see a newborn covered in birth goo at 9 a.m.” Regardless, most of us can
agree that babies in newsfeeds need to be stopped. Enter unbaby.me, a Chrome app that replaces all
Facebook kid photos with those of cats. While kitties are the default, users
can change their preferences to replace tiny human pics with photos of anything
more pleasant.
I love me some Lena Dunham and Girls, but this
spoof by PeterFrankMike is too good.
Something tells me the ladies would appreciate the satire. Besides, don't most famous people have famous parents? And for the record, I would totally watch Boys.
0 Comments · Wednesday, May 23, 2012
I read an article once that said you should
never date (or eventually marry) someone you can’t travel with, and as
far as advice goes, that’s in the same ballpark as shacking up before
putting a ring on it — another warning I ignored on my trek down the
altar.
0 Comments · Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The trend of cool, new bands naming their groups something
so generic and random it’s impossible to Google is all well and good,
but can we at least all agree that if you give your band such a moniker,
you cannot bitch about other people using the same phrase or word to
sell shit?
0 Comments · Wednesday, April 11, 2012
A group of young women balance life, love
and work as they try to make their mark on New York City. Sound
familiar? But where Carrie and Co. represented an embellished fantasy of glamorous, high-powered, sexualized New Yorkers, HBO’s Girls offers a more realistic view of entering adulthood as a 21st century female.
How slavery continues to thrive in modern America
1 Comment · Wednesday, May 27, 2009
When people consider human trafficking or modern slavery, many conjure images of teenage girls held captive in brothels in Thailand. Kevin Bales, president of Free the Slaves, who’s an authority in human trafficking, has interviewed young women there.He previously described to CityBeat how he secured the “services” of two sex slaves in Thailand. He wanted to learn more about their situation but would never be permitted to conduct an interview.