The Struggles of Being a ‘Neither’ in the Entertainment Industry
I have been a US citizen for more than 35 years. I emigrated from India to the US – legally...
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Harry & Megan: It’ll Never Last
“A so-called celebrity is a celebrity only so long as he or she is living out an interesting narrative, or...
Experiencing the World as Miss Universe Morocco
On my way home, the taxi driver told me about the football (soccer if you are American) game he had...
Is There Really Anything Taylor Swift Can’t Do?
Taylor Swift is the greatest entertainer of the millennium. So far, anyway. But, with only 977 years to go, it...
Top Gun Maverick: Hollywood Sells Nationalism as Social Service
“Revvin’ up your engine Listen to her howlin’ roar Metal under tension Beggin’ you to touch and go Highway to...
Philosophers Weigh in on the Use and Abuse of Power
Wars are nasty affairs that destroy people, property and, so long as they last, any hope of perceiving even minimal...
Will Smith’s Real Offense at the Oscars
At the 2003 Academy Awards ceremony, host Steve Martin, a white comic, made a not-so-funny gag aimed at Jennifer Lopez,...
Will Russian Ballet’s Soft Power Survive the Ukraine War?
The soft power of Russian ballet survived the two world wars, Joseph Stalin’s terror and Holodomor, the Cold War boycotts,...
Why Hasn’t He Been Canceled?
Why has Michael Jackson not been canceled? Think about it. In 2021 alone, male entertainers, including Chris Noth, Armie Hammer...
The Sex Tape That Rode the Zeitgeist
Does anything capture the cultural changes of the late 1990s as perfectly as the sex tape? Turning what was once...
