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Can Taylor Swift’s “Delicate” music video be considered plagiarism?
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2016 saw unorthodox director Spike Jonze return to filmmaking since his Oscar-winning Her back in 2013 with a perfume ad giddily extolling primal free-spirited…
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Joke theft on Twitter isn’t a laughing matter
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Twitter is this wonderfully horrible hell-of-a-website where the delineations between being famous and anonymous do not matter at all. Through virtue of posting funny,…
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The world of gaming can be a very bigoted one
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Games Done Quick is a semiannual charity stream where speedrunners (gamers who compete to finish games as quickly as possible), pool their esoteric…
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Wiseau vs. Franco: Controversy over Golden Globes gaffs
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The Golden Globes took place this past week and among the most memorable moments — such as Oprah’s address about the #MeToo movement and…
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Reviewing without validity: what it means for movie critics
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Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut Lady Bird was a genuine ode to youthful idealism and formation which touched critics and audiences alike with its scrupulous…
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David Cross’ excuses aren’t a valid apology for racism
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Last month, comedian-actress-poet Charlyne Yi relayed the first time she met fellow comedian, David Cross a decade ago on Twitter and the account painted…
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Toxic Fanbases ruin things for everyone else
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We like to imagine that our personal opinions concerning what we love are organic and intrinsic to our privately designed scale of quality. Pure, honest and uninfluenced…
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The future world of Blade Runner 2049 is a disappointing one
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Speaking on what attracted her to write science fiction in the first place, multiple Hugo award winner Octavia Butler relayed it was mainly because…
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Picking your problematic celebrity favourites
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Stars have been categorized as “bad people” since we as a population could understand and eventually worship the concept of fame. Celebrities nowadays seem to be…
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South Park dumps Trump talk ahead of upcoming season
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On June 30, South Park co-creator Trey Parker made an announcement while speaking to the Los Angeles Times that surprised and unsettled me more…
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