The Grammys will join the rest of the award show season tonight as it goes virtual for the first time ever. Originally set for January 31, the awards got pushed back six weeks as COVID-19 spiked again in Los Angeles…
The pandemic and the incessant lockdowns that have come along with it have meant that streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video have become absolute infallible saviours of boredom for those of us cooped up in the house most…
Five films to help you explore the world from home There is great excitement and restlessness that comes with watching movies about exploring a land that seems so foreign to the one that we call home, with films about travel…
Kpop has taken the world by storm in the past number of years. On a personal level, my younger sister is a massive fan of the group BTS, so I can see, first hand, the loyalty of their fan base.…
Memes have been a staple of popular culture since the rise of the global internet during the early 2000s, and the role the music meme has played in both the growth and evolution of the form cannot be understated. The…
The high cost of cheap entertainment The invention of the Internet has revolutionised the way we see the world in the last three decades, allowing its users to connect and access information no matter the distance. That has helped make…
Female celebrities have faced uncalled abuse, misogyny, and belittling by the press. So much that for years, numerous people have negative perceptions of these women. These perceptions were built off what they saw on a headline. Society’s obsession with celebrities…
Created and written by Lisa McGee, Derry Girls is an angst-ridden, two-season-spanning (for now) British sitcom following four girls and a wee English lad juggling their teenage lives while facing the bomb scares, political divisions, and religious segregation of Derry,…
London-born Michaela Coel has been on the rise in the television industry since 2014, and with her latest comedy-drama series, I May Destroy You – a much-needed exploration of modern-day rape culture which Coel wrote, executive produced, co-directed and starred…
Escapism: A double-edged sword Have you ever wanted to be somebody else, maybe become your favourite character in a movie or video game, or an Instagram celebrity living it large in Dubai? Who hasn’t? We all have these fantasies that…
