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Girls growing up in very different circumstances navigated the possibilities and pitfalls of the 1960s and early 1970s in very different ways.
Composer John Williams conducts at the Walt Disney Concert Hall opening gala, Oct. 25, 2003, in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Composer and conductor John Williams has shown for more than 60 years how music can take movies to new heights.
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For Australians, it’s a love story, so baby just say “yeah-nah”.
Lorne Michaels holding one of his Emmy Awards in 2022.
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The show has served as the nation’s laugh track for decades. Who will take over when he retires?
U.S. Sen. John Kerry grills representatives from the cable industry during a 1990 hearing on consumer protections.
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Like their cable predecessors, streaming companies have lured customers in with low rates and promises of a better viewing experience. Now they’re cashing in.
Esther Rolle, right, and John Amos starred in the pathbreaking 1970s Black sitcom.
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Norman Lear brought the first nuclear Black family to prime-time television in 1974.
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Most movies tend to minimise or exaggerate insomnia symptoms. Insomnia is also rarely depicted as an illness that can be treated.
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What did Australians do online in the 1990s? Shared bioinformatics data, made cyberfeminist zines, cruised the information superhighway …
Language is an ecological phenonemon which responds and evolves with environmental change just as much as environments change with language.
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Language is adaptive, self-balancing and evolves with environmental change. Understanding this may be the key to developing more nuanced climate change discourse.
In a March 2023 episode of ‘Accused,’ a teacher tries to help his student navigate the hurdles of getting an abortion.
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Though abortion is appearing in more plot lines, many programs still aren’t accurately depicting what the reality of abortion access looks like in America today.
Spider-Man Miguel O’Hara, who first appeared in the 1992 comic series ‘Spider-Man 2099,’ was the first Latino superhero to assume a starring role.
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Latino characters have traditionally been underrepresented in mainstream comics. But Spider-Man’s backstory makes him the perfect superhero to be recast as a minority.
The xenomorph from Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic, Alien.
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A new book explores the enormous Alien franchise spawned by the 1979 film.
Gordon Lightfoot was one of Canada’s most renowned folk singers.
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Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot passed away on May 1. His legacy includes songs that memorialize tragic shipping disasters and the 1968 Detroit Uprising.
A Pennywise clown cosplayer attends the Dia de Finados celebrations in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Our research shows that coulrophobia, or fear of clowns, is mainly triggered by being unable to understand their facial expressions.
AKA performing in 2015, at the height of his fame.
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A cold-blooded shooting is a common trope in gangsta rap - but a disturbing new development in South African hip-hop.
People enjoying Christmas decorations in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Research shows that religious people who actively participate in religious gatherings tend to have a more positive experience of Christmas, with expectations largely fulfilled.
Kamo Mphela performs at the First Annual South African Amapiano Music Awards in 2021.
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The beats are fresh but the performances are second rate and lacking star quality.
An endemic means that COVID-19 is still around, but it no longer disrupts everyday life.
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As COVID-19 transitions from a pandemic to an endemic, apocalyptic science-fiction and zombie movies contain examples of how to adjust to the new normal.
Beyoncé on stage in South Africa in 2018. Her new album is called Renaissance.
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With Renaissance, Beyoncé is again shaping pop culture, honouring black disco pioneers and Africa’s rise.
Many critique Disney adults as being victims of exploitation because Disney merchandise and trips to the parks come at a steep price.
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People are increasingly identifying less with religious tradition and are looking for meaning and identity in the things they love most.