For then-10-year old child star Gayla Peevy, not only did she score with the catchy tune, she also got her wish. The 1953 novelty hit, written by John Rox, rocketed up the pop charts and led to a fundraising campaign to buy Peevy...
Speaking about the video that led her to become a vegan and animal activist, Hendrix said: “I watched an undercover fur video of PETA and I had never seen one before. My reaction was so visceral I doubled over. I felt like someone had kicked me in the stomach…and I started sobbing...
An absent Biden gets heartfelt shoutout Ryan Teague Beckwith Harris began her speech by taking the torch from Biden, who did, in the end, pass it, but not without some drama along the way. “To our president, Joe Biden, when I think about the path that we have traveled t...
As racial tensions escalate, campuses are seeing a surge in enrollment and a new brand of African-American activism.
Ms. Swift, who started in country music has crossed over to pop and you would be hard-pressed to find an artist in the last 50 years who has had more success. Her Eras Tour show lasts over 3 hours and covers her entire catalog through the years, throw in the fact that it has been...
After experiencing hostile segregation during a trip to Washington D.C., Lead Belly did just what a great blues singer would do: wrote a song about it. Like an early ancestor to viral media, it spread awareness of the privileged elite and their racist practices. Due to the song's politica...
but with the group chorus scheduled to be recorded first, nothing could happen until all 46 stars had arrived in the studio. Jones had correctly reasoned that if he did solos first, the big names wouldn’t stick around for the chorus. But soon the clock struck midnight… then one… then...
Why did John Keats write 'To Autumn'? Why was Beowulf written? Why didn't Emily Dickinson get married? Why did Geoffrey Chaucer become a poet? Why did Neil Gaiman write Coraline? Why did Gwendolyn Brooks become a poet? Why does Mary Shelley refer to Coleridge and Prometheus in Frankenstein...
" and the "Oceans" franchise.He's also an accomplished producer, having nabbed an Academy Award for producing the Best Picture-winning "12 Years a Slave." Outside of work, he's a passionate environmental activist and is well-known for his relationship history, which includes marriages to ...
To take an example : the Arab Spring movement. It started online. The online protesters did two things : first, they helped spread the message, as well as spread the anger. And second, they helped others understand they were not alone, that their anger was not one-off, but shared. And...