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Were they cursed or was it a tragedy? Exploring the Glee Curse and why we seek conspiracy in celebrity deaths

October 10, 2026 Mariah P

   If you are not familiar, Glee is a comedy/drama TV show created by Ryan Murphy that ran from 2009-2015. With six seasons, plenty of episodes, and 40-minute durations, this show was centered around a Glee club at McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio. The Glee Club is composed of

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When Performance Crosses the Line: Janet Jackson Super Bowl XXXVIII

October 7, 2026October 13, 2026 Jade Reynolds

On February 1st, 2004, over 89 million people tuned into the XXXVIII Super Bowl halftime show. During part of the performance, headliner Janet Jackson and guest performer Justin Timberlake sang “Rock Your Body”. Towards the end of the song, Justin Timberlake pulled part of her outfit, exposing her breast, which

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The Man Who Stole his Family’s Life Savings to Donate to a Twitch Streamer

December 5, 2024 Eddie Castaneda

You read the title correctly, a Chinese man was revealed to have donated a grand total of $550,000 to a single twitch streamer over the span of 2024. This money was obtained in various ways, most notably from using his family’s life savings and also theft. Why? The reasoning is

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The Tragedy of The Wizard of the OZ

December 5, 2024 Sophia Villa

As the new movie Wicked is premiering over Thanksgiving weekend, it is bringing back attention to the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. The Wizard of Oz is an American musical fantasy film that was an adaptation of the 1900 children’s fantasy novel. The story is about an imaginative teen

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Sarah Baartman and Kim Kardashian: Breaking the Internet or Cultural Appropriation?

November 13, 2024 Olivia Thiel

Photographs withstand the test of time to represent history; whether that be important people, ideas, scientific findings, etc. Photographs are tools to help teach us of the past so we can learn to not repeat our mistakes. Photographs can also be used for harm and hurt other people or cultures,

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Zach Bryan and Brianna Chickenfry: Their Love ‘Fried’ Out

November 13, 2024 Sophia Villa

BFFs is a weekly podcast that is hosted by Dave Portnoy, Josh Richards and Brianna “Chickenfry” LaPaglia that covers current events as content, such as pop culture, celebrities, influencers, and Tik Tok. They stream on several different social media platforms, such as youtube, apple podcasts, spotify, and amazon music with

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The Normalization of Stalking: A Case Study of Ron Galella

October 3, 2024 Zoe Yahrling

“Once you’re a celebrity, always a celebrity. You have to face it. You’re a celebrity, you’re fair game in public areas.” – Ron Galella Celebrities are perfect. At least, this is the intent of various PR teams and studios. A celebrity must maintain an unattainable level of beauty and perfection,

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Dancing with a Con Artist

October 2, 2024October 16, 2024 Mackenzie Jatta

In 2014, a German heiress by the name Anna Delvey moved from Germany to New York City and quickly worked her way into the exclusive circle of the Big Apple’s upper class elites. She quickly established herself as an up-and-coming New York socialite, and even created the Anna Delvey Foundation

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Are paparazzi crossing the ethical line and invading the basic privacy of celebrities?

October 1, 2024 Shelby

The “follow and ambush” style of paparazzi was created by Ron Galella in the 1950s and he was referred to as “Godfather of U.S. paparazzi culture,” “Paparazzo Extraordinaire,” and “King of Paparazzi.” Although the paparazzi does have a code of ethics, they walk on the thin line between their First

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The Love and Lust for Convicted Criminals

May 17, 2023May 8, 2023 Mint Bunhey

With the implementation of social media, and the intimacy we have into strangers’ lives, parasocial relationships have become common in today’s world. Everywhere you see articles and blogs about celebrities. Posts that ask what relationships they’re in, what they do on a day to day basis, asking intimate questions you

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