America’s Sweetheart No More: Revisiting Britney Spears’ 2000 VMA Performance
Behind the scenes during the shoot for the “Lucky” music video in 2000, a moment captured by Britney Spears’ assistant and friend Felicia Culotta. FX/TNS...
My Top 10 Tracks of 2024
(From left to right) Top Row: “Eternal Sunshine” by Ariana Grande (vinyl & signed CD), “The Tortured Poets Department” by Taylor Swift, “Brat” by Charli...
The Trend of Online “Gotcha Rhetoric”
Online abuse, harassment and hate towards women has soared in the days since the U.S. election. Dreamtime/TNS With the dawn of...
Weekly Features Staff Favorites – “Carrie: The Musical”
After seeing “Carrie: The Musical” at Moraine Valley, I became completely infatuated with the “Carrie” franchise. Something about the “Carrie” story always piqued my interest....
My Highlights and Initial Thoughts of The Grammy Nominations List
Beyoncé launches her hair care line, Cécred, in February 2024. Cécred/TNS On Friday, Nov. 8, the nominations for...
Oasis’ Resurgence and the Gallagher Brothers’ Reconciliation
“Don’t Believe the Truth” CD The Xavierite After a decade-and-a-half’s separation, the English rock band...
“Harlequin”: The Companion Album to “Joker: Folie à Deux” in Review
The “Harlequin” standard vinyl with a poster from the record jacket The Xavierite On Sept. 27, Lady Gaga’s accompanying...
Hidden in Plain Sight: Diddy Red Flags We Initially Missed
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs' $100 million default judgement in sex assault lawsuit has been set aside. Javier Rojas/Zuma Press Wire/TNS Ever since rapper Sean...
How Body Image Standards Haven’t Improved Over Time
Tony Little as a young bodybuilder in St. Petersburg. Tampa Bay Times (2011) As we have advanced...
Queerbaiting: Let’s Mind Our Own Business
A “Saltburn” poster ...