Billy Beane

A rising art form in popular culture today is none other than the American musical theatre. An array of factors have emerged and collided over the past decade to bring what was once a niche staple of American culture to the forefront of the media and culture around the world. The sum of an evolving variety of music genres within the form, an increased interest and engagement by A and B list celebrities, an increasingly globalized Western culture, among other influences have allowed for the…

Cara, I’d have to agree with you about how sad it is that young girls feel the need to conform for society even though their family members are trying to teach them to be themselves. I think that social media sites, tabloids and other popular media sites have taught young adolescent girls that if they look, dress, and act a certain way (and even weigh a certain amount) then they will be accepted. So, they spend more of their time trying to conform and less time trying to find their sense of self…

victor shollenberger Sexual fluidity and attraction is a hard subject to touch on. This idea is very new in the grand scheme of things. So since it is such a new idea, people don’t really know where to fall with this new idea. There are so many little niches for all different types of people. The people who this article is about also come from all walks of life. So to say it simply people are confused on what to say to people of this ideology, and on how to react to this conversation of sexual…

For music lovers, the debate of who is better between Beyonce and Rihanna is consistently argued. Both of these women are well known in the music industry. However, society feels the need to put one over the other. This should not be the case because both are great in their own right. Regardless of if the debate is a contrast of their come up, style, or success, Beyonce and Rihanna are both great artists. Beyonce is known to be one of the greatest artists of this time. It is argued that…

Kristen Stewart made a name for herself with Twilight when she was just a teenager.Since then, the LA-born actress She made some success that ordinary people cannot reach：wealth,frame and critical acclaim. Now with the Twilight behind her,K's life as a constant focus of the media is a little less pervasive.She is enjoying her carefree days--disentangled from Twilight and Snow White and the Huntsman and the attendant dreary carousel of headlines,she refocused on being an actress.The girl is…

The mainstrem press is filled with deviant behavior from many celebrities, there is always someone in the spot light about breaking a type of social norm, usually being something sexual. Miley Cyrus for example has been in the mainstream press for several reasons, most of which are sexual and or racist. Miley Cyrus has adopted black culture in her perfomances and musical artistry, and she has over sexualized a lot about herself and said culture.This behavior is deviant for many reasons. One of…

Miley Cyrus singing for ‘Freeheld’ Miley Cyrus can be a lot of things, but if there is one word that would describe her, it would be fearless. Many of times this 22-year old singer has made the people raise their brows because of her actions and well, outfits. We haven’t gotten over with her jaw dropping, almost naked set of wardrobes from the recently concluded VMA – indeed a stent made the very Miley Cyrus way. This character of her made her fit to sing one of the songs in the upcoming…

It’s early in the morning, 7 am to be precise. The sound of percolating coffee can be heard from the kitchen, as its eye opening aroma begins to fill the air. Once again, I find myself in my daily routine, searching for something to keep me entertained. I sit down at the kitchen table and open my laptop. My eyes are still crusty from a wishful night of good sleep, as I type in my Facebook user name and password. A cigarette hangs from my lips and I take the first puff, as if needed to awaken my…

For this assignment, I chose to diagnose Demi Lovato. Ms. Lovato is a singer, songwriter, and actress, who started her career as a young actress in Barney and Friends. Later she starred in the Disney Channel hit show Camp Rock where she released her debut single “This is me”. I didn’t start listening to her music until just a few years ago, and I have grown to love Demi’s music. The lyrics in a lot of her songs have deep meanings and sometimes ironic inferences. This is what led me to look…

Every day when a person wakes up they make choices. Some people have to get dressed and think about how they are presenting themselves and what people think about them, while others simply do not care. Mostly, it is people of the upper class that stresses about this issue. In particular, celebrities are always challenged to look and act a certain way. Whenever they do not it typically draws plenty positive emotions and negative emotions from their fans. However, society tends to take what they…