Dungeons & Dragons has had a cult like following for decades. It was founded in 1974 by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, who were once devout Christians. However recent plots are becoming more and more progressive. This means creating diverse characters, including ‘queer’ ones. This direction is a deliberate one as lead rules developer Jeremy Crawford has revealed at a recent…
Huge fans of The Simpsons will be happy to to hear that there is a new animated show from the same creator, Matt Groening. The Netflix show is called Disenchanted and will be set in Medieval Times. Set in a castle, it will feature characters including an elf, a demon, and a drinking princess. A statement from the online…
Reality star and former Olympian, Caitlyn Jenner, has recently revealed the political considerations that she has been undertaking. She has spoken about politics often. As a well known Republican, she claims she would rather have a conservative government and convince them to be more liberal socially, than vote for liberal policies. Speaking on the radio with John…
Some characters have been revealed for the upcoming Warner Brothers film Fantastic Beats 2 causing great speculation. It has already been announced that Jude Law will be playing the loved wizard “Dumbledore,” as a young man in the film. Confusingly, this movie is both a sequel to Fantastic Beasts and a prequel to the Harry…
For my fellow nerds, here are five different possibilities of orders to watch the Star Wars movies in: 1. Episode Order – I, II, III, IV, V, VI According to George Lucas, this is the correct way to watch them. However, is it really the best way? If you watch the prequels first, then the whole Darth…
Sesame Street has been a beloved and iconic television show for over 40 years. They have always taken a stand that has promoted diversity among its puppets as well as their human counterparts, and they are known for teaching our children basic skills necessary for mastering preschool as well as teaching them lessons on how…
Katy Perry has been starring in her own version of Big Brother. The pop star has been streaming live footage of her life day and night from Friday June 9 until Monday June 12. The footage has shown her with and without make up, speaking with her therapist, hosting dinner parties, having movie nights, and so…
Zack Snyder’s contributions to the DC extended universe have been mercilessly criticized. He is known for his dark, cartoony settings and abundant lens flares. While pretty much all DC films since Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy have been disappointments to many fans, some argue that Zack Snyder is single-handedly to blame. Enthusiasts ridicule Snyder for…
It appears that the gloves are off again between two of the biggest pop stars in the world right now. Taylor Swift and Katy Perry have been allegedly ‘feuding’ for years now. There have been various reports about why – one explanation was that Perry had stolen a dancer of Swift’s. For some reason, that…
The new “Wonder Woman” movie has caused a lot of controversies since it is the first comic book movie centering on a female character and directed by a woman. The actress herself, Gal Gadot, is causing a stir on her own. The actress is actually Israeli and speaks English with an Isreali accent. Lebanon has…
It has been a long time between drinks for the Carringtons of the hit show Dynasty, and to many people’s delight, the show is back. The reboot of the highly popular show of the 1980’s is about to hit screens, this time with a few differences. The show ran from 1981-89, basically the whole decade and really…
Ever since Avril Lavigne’s split with Nickelback lead singer Chad Kroeger in 2015, it is pretty rare that a story floats around with her name involved. But its existence isn’t the only thing surprising about the news forming around the Canadian popstar. For the past decade, fans have been speculating that the original Avril Lavigne…
Beauty and the Beast starring Harry Potter‘s Emma Watson has had a lot of attention. One reason is because it was the first Disney film to feature a gay character. An Alabama cinema even banned it from being screened for this reason. Another element that is grabbing attention is what did NOT appear in the film.…
To commemorate President Donald Trump’s 125th day in office, The Simpsons once again left us hysterically entertained as they lampooned Trump with a new short this Friday. In the short, the premise is that the president is trying to be nice to former FBI Director James Comey. Trump is seen in bed with books surrounding him,…
Kendrick Lamar’s fourth studio album, Damn., dropped on Good Friday this year. Immediately following its anticipated release, many theories formed as to possible hidden messages of the album. Based on Kendrick’s fictional death in the first track, his devote Christianity, the “M” of Damn. stylistically appearing to be devil horns, hints in “The Heart Part…
As the years go by, traditional labels in the music industry mean less and less. A prime example of this is Chance the Rapper, who not only got his fame through releasing free mixtapes through the self-made collective SAVEMONEY, but swears by this method. Making his money exclusively from merchandise and tours and not from…
It seems no matter what Jimmy Fallon does or says, he remains unforgiven for his September 2016 interview with then Republican candidate, now President Donald Trump. The nature of the interview was quite upbeat and friendly. The part that so many people objected to, was when he tousled Trump’s hair. The reaction was incredible, with many…
Famous political filmmaker, Michael Moore, who made accurate predictions throughout the presidential campaign last year, has been working on a film. Titled Fahrenheit 11/9, the name of his new film has two meanings. It is a play on his earlier film Fahrenheit 9/11 about the Bush presidency and the chaos that followed September 11 – which…
This month spawned the release of Maryland rapper Logic’s third studio album, Everybody. These days, it’s challenging to come across a new hip-hop album that doesn’t have SOME allusion to social injustice and the struggle against political oppression (this idea is further explored in the analysis of Joey Bada$$’s All American Bada$$). Needless to say,…
Being nominated for five Golden Globes and having won one of them, alongside 72 nominations on various award-giving bodies with 51 wins, there is no doubt that actor Bill Murray, really is a great actor. He gained his first exposure on Saturday Night Live in 1977 and have currently made 73 episode from 1977-2016. He…
Fifty years and Academy nominations and awards ago, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, and Robert Duvall were friends that got each others’ backs. These three men were enjoying life without thinking about the future too much. None of them ever thought they’ll all prosper and reach what they have reached now. It all started in 1958 when…
Logic’s second studio album, The Incredible True Story, follows fictional characters Quentin Thomas and William Kai as they adjourn to Paradise, a literal planet capsulizing the fulfillment of humanity’s environment. While they fly, they listen to The Incredible True Story, making comments on society as a whole in the process. The concept of Everybody (released…
The MTV Movie Awards is known for celebrity feuds and interesting outfits, but this year it stood out for an other reason: celebrating the LGBTQ community and breaking down gender stereotypes. Best Kiss The Best Kiss Award has usually gone to a heterosexual couple, but not this year. Moonlight stars Ashton Sanders and Jharrel Jerome took it home…
President Donald Trump achieved the impossible in November, celebrities from Oprah to Caitlyn Jenner, are now seeing the possibility of moving into the White House as a real possibility. The latest star to throw his hat in the ring is in none other than former wrestler and actor The Rock. That is right movie star Dwayne…
Caitlyn Jenner has achieved a lot in one lifetime, Olympic success, a multitude of children, a reality TV show, and now it seems she is considering running for office. Since coming out as trans, Jenner has faced a lot of questions about her personal politics. Especially since she is a Trump voter who has conservative…
Ridley Scott has a new Alien film that he is currently promoting, but he also has a stark warning about the prospect of meeting real aliens. Scott does not believe the coming together of intergalactic creatures would have a happy ending. In a recent interview with AFP, the famous director warned about a possible alien meeting:…
We heard it all before. Celebrity look-alikes are something we see every day. Nothing new, next, turn the page, pass. Most often than not, these tactics are planned and engineered to help the look-alike land a job or something. You never know, right? If that’s the case, then what does this story have that makes it…
The brilliant John Oliver gave us a great take on Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s roles in the White House. Many people think that Ivanka and Jared will be moderate influences on the conservative President Donald Trump. Kushner has been given a huge job of revamping the federal government, tackling the opioid crisis, and more.…
Terry George’s The Promise, released to American audiences this week, is about a tense love triangle during the Armenian genocide. Christian Bale, playing a reporter of the Associated Press, sat with The Daily Beast recently to promote the film. Neither Bale nor the reporter could get around the startling parallels of Ottoman tyrannical leadership and…
Now that some dust has settled around Kendrick Lamar’s fourth studio album, DAMN., it is time to set it in a more analytical light. The album, of course, tackles topics such as being a king among kings, duality in right and wrong, and duality in what’s “cool.” Kendrick returns with his trademark unparalleled storytelling capability,…
The world was rocked by many events in 2016. One of those events was the death of the one and only pop icon Prince – losing him at the relatively young age of 57 shocked the world. He had just been around the world on a whirlwind tour. He seemed in good form. The death of his…
The hashtag #SpicerSpinsMoviePlots came about after several blunders made by White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer during the throes of his job. His job-titled defense of President Donald Trump’s speeches, unedited moments, and candid appearances have brought him to his knees in front of millions on national television with personal meltdowns over truths and the…
These days, it is challenging to come across a new hip-hop album that doesn’t have SOME allusion to social injustice and the struggle against political oppression. More often, it’s not even that subtle. Numerous artists (Kendrick Lamar, J.Cole, Vic Mensa) have conceptualized entire projects on this idea. So when Joey Bada$$ released his album title—All…
Last Friday, Kendrick Lamar dropped the highly anticipated album DAMN. Within hours of its first listeners, fans started creating theories about the hidden messages of the album. One of these theories, however, was so detailed it couldn’t be fake. Or so was believed. The theory goes like this: Damn., dropped on Good Friday, would be…
Let’s play a little game. We’ll call it Versus. The rules are simple: we pit the two craziest people alive against one another in an all-out Twitter comparison to see if you can choose which bottle of crazy the statement belongs in. The rules are simple: read the tweet, then choose which person you believe…
Ever notice how many Hollywood films feature villains that seem to have something in common? They often have a foreign accent – think James Bond. However there is another significant feature that the movie business often associates with ‘bad guys’ and that is to have some sort of skin disorder, imperfection, or disease. Think about…
Caitlyn Jenner, 67, has spoken out about her reassignment surgery. Caitlyn, formerly Bruce came out as transgender just two years ago with a stunning cover shoot for Vanity Fair. With huge scrutiny Caitlyn Jenner knows how curious the media and general public is. She has written about her surgery in her memoirs, called The Secrets of…
For Louis CK, liars are like Gabriel Iglesias’ levels of fat: there’s “he lied once,” “he lies sometimes,” “he’s a liar,” and “lying sack of sh*t.” In other words, there’s “I forgot,” “lack of trust,” “no trust,” and “never will trust.” Guess which one he called President Donald Trump? Then, Louis CK went on to explain…
The world-famous actress has stepped out in a long line of people who have called out Ivanka Trump on her hypocritical, and silent, stance on women’s rights. While Ivanka was attempting to insinuate that she was “working behind the scenes” with the likes of Planned Parenthood and other organizations who hold women’s rights in high esteem,…
23-years-ago, ice skater Nancy Kerrigan was the victim of a brutal attack right before a tournament. The incident brought her world wide fame and she is now once again in the media spotlight. Kerrigan has been cast in this season of Dancing With The Stars. Kristi Yamaguchi told the former ice skater to ‘break a leg’ during the…
Since his September, 2016 release date from prison, Gucci Mane has—needless to say—been grinding. He not only released his 10th studio album, The Return of East Atlanta Santa, but he released the title and a solid TBA on an 11th. What truly has followers on the edge of their seats, however, is his announcement of…
Liza Minnelli has been in love several times in her 71 years. It has now been reported that she has left her home town of New York to be with piano player Michael Feinstein in LA. Feinstein is not only an entertainer, he is also gay and married to long-time partner Terrence Flannery. This is…
Since his 2016 release from prison, countless conspiracy theories have been pitched circulating Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane. Fans immediately noticed something was off about GuWop—he returned 50 pounds thinner, his hair and beard had grown out, his teeth were pearly white, and it seemed as though he had purposely altered his fashion, mannerisms, and speech.…
Here are the best songs about politics or political events: 1. ‘Imagine’ – John Lennon 2. ‘Ohio’ – Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young 3. ‘What’s Goin On?’ – Marvin Gaye 4. ‘Strange Fruit’ – Billie Holiday 5. ‘Fight The Power’ – Public Enemy 6. ‘Revolution’ – Beatles 7. ‘Holiday’ – Green Day 8. ‘Killing In…
Remember the Fox Network show Utopia that was on a few years ago? Yea, no one does. Because it went off the air relatively quickly — nobody watched it. Well, not nobody. I will cop to having watched two or three episodes, and I can attest to the fact that it was awful. I…
Arnold Schwarzenegger seriously trolled one Facebook user who decided to mock the Special Olympics and the athletes competing. In what Schwarzenegger referred to as a “teaching moment,” he successfully stood up for those with intellectual disabilities. It all started with Schwarzenegger posted the following video to his Facebook. The caption for the video read, “These…
The first trailer for the live-action adaptation of “The Little Mermaid” has been released, and it looks absolutely enchanting. However, this little mermaid is not the one from the beloved Disney film, it is from the original book. The movie, based on the book by Hans Christian Andersen, may not have Sebastian or the amazing…
Ebony Banks is not only a senior at Alief Hastings High School in Houston, she is also a superstar that is currently battling stage 4 Cancer. One of her biggest dreams was to meet the, bigger than life mega star, Beyonce Knowles. Well, with a little help from her friends, she got to do just…
Last week, actor John Goodman got his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. Actor Jeff Bridges reprised his role of “The Dude” from the 1990s classic The Big Lebowski for the event. John Goodman shows how to be a true star on the #HollywoodWalkOfFame pic.twitter.com/pNsEShoCnk — wayneley (@wayneley) March 15, 2017…
In the year 1740, French author Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villenueve wrote La Belle et la Bete, and we all know that it turned out to be one of the most famous fairy tales of all time. What we don’t know is that the author’s inspiration behind the story is a real life couple that lived a…
