If you’re not a zoomer, MrBeast may be the most famous person you’ve never heard of. The famous YouTuber is now in Australia, spurring awe and delight with his major prize giveaways.
Seeing the light − at the movies.
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People might go to the movies to escape reality. Yet Barbie and Ariel choose to live in the world their audiences inhabit − and, in doing so, decide to die.
What hides behind the entertaining nature of your favourite talk shows?
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Sylvie Genest, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Believed to be mere entertainment, talk shows can become human dignity-crushing machines. The consequences of the degrading techniques used can be devastating for the victims.
Former President Donald Trump poses for his booking photo at the Fulton County Jail on Aug. 24, 2023.
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Former President Donald Trump’s mug shot is in line with the traditional mug shots that arrested people first took in the mid-1800s and early 1900s, a police photography expert explains.
‘The Unmasking of Batgirl,’ story from Detective Comics, April 1972.
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Comic book depictions of superheroines as politicians illustrate how sexism weakens democracy and why comics history is relevant to contemporary politics.
‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ comes out in theatres on June 30. The fifth in a series over 42 years, many of its originating ideas are taken from 19th-century racist archaeology. Will this iteration be different?
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The final Indiana Jones movie is coming out June 30. The fifth in a series over 42 years, many of its ideas are taken from 19th-century orientalist and racist archaeology.
Jewelry of the kandake Amanishakheto from a pyramid at Meroe.
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The way many Americans think about racial identity today is hard to map onto the complex history of ancient Egypt and ancient Nubia.
The cast of Seinfeld (from left to right): Michael Richards, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Jerry Seinfeld.
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The 90s sitcom featuring Jerry Seinfeld influenced the type of cinematic television we are so familiar with nowadays.
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Alla Pugacheva during a 2014 awards ceremony honoring the pop singer with the Order For Merit to the Fatherland.
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In opinion polls over the past two decades, she’s routinely selected as one of the most popular Russians – often appearing second only to Vladimir Putin.
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.
Young parents often look for the name that will be as unique as their kid.
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Politics have never been that far away from the Eurovision Song Contest. Since its inception, the annual event has reflected the political culture and geopolitical realities of Europe.
The caped crusader is back in another dark outing that speaks to this cultural moment.
Within a month of its release, South Korea’s ‘Squid Game’ has become Netflix’s most-watched original, breaking the record previously held by ‘Bridgerton’.
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Just because Asian content is currently trending, doesn’t mean anti-Asian racism and discrimination aren’t. Let’s support Asian people in accessing mental health services.
With little else to draw from, people turn to science fiction when thinking about the Space Force.
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Science fiction has often had an inspirational and positive relationship with space endeavors. But the new US Space Force is struggling with a pop culture public relations problem.
As seen in ‘Alien vs. Predator,’ Hollywood alien movies can be read as depicting Black people as monsters to be feared.
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Anti-black violence exists against the backdrop of the political and cultural dehumanization of Black people. How did this happen and where do we go from here?
Action-packed police procedurals can often give audiences the false impression that violent crime excuses the excessive use of force by police.
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Professor in U.S. Politics and U.S. Foreign Relations at the United States Studies Centre and in the Discipline of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
Honorary (Senior Fellow) School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne