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Destiny Hope Cyrus, better known as Miley, is a famous young performing artist who just recently labeled herself as a feminist. The question is; what characteristics make someone a feminist? Within the last couple of years, Cyrus has released some questionable music videos to the public while simultaneously calling herself a female supporter. Feminists are people who believe in equal rights, which Cyrus does agree with. However, what the singer fails to understand is that females are worth more…

beloved team could not win the World Championship. The most common and widely accepted cause for the Cubs’ failure is the Curse of the Billy Goat. Although the Chicago Cubs stunned America by breaking the Curse of the Billy Goat in 2016, it is still relevant because of its continued effect on the American public. In order to fully understand the Curse of the Billy Goat, the history of the Chicago Cubs…

Billy Bob Thornton’s Sling Blade is a brilliant Academy Award winning film that he not only directed himself, but was also the star actor. The movie was released in November of 1996 by Miramax Films, an American company known for independent and foreign films.1 Some other famous cast member includes country star Dwight Yoakam, and J.T. Walsh known from the film A Few Good Men. Sling Blade was an expansion of the short film that Billy had previously created called “Some Folks Call it a Sling…

Berry Gordy Jr was born on 28 November 1929 in Detroit. After a period as a professional feather-weight in the late Forties, Gordy was then drafted for service in the Korean War in 1951. Discharged in 1953, he married 19-year-old Thelma Coleman. Then in 1959, at the age of 30, Berry Gordy Jr. started a company called Motown based off a eight-hundred dollar loan from his family. Little did Gordy know that his automobile assembly line based music label would be starting a revolution. He wanted to…

In the 1950s, every Monday night nearly 16 million Americans throughout the country interrupted their daily schedules to tune in to the timeless family show, I Love Lucy. Lucille Ball and her crew explored the possibilities of television and its untapped potential that would forever alter America’s entertainment industry. Prior to Lucille Ball’s work, there were very few television shows in existence. The television business was risky, few people had a television within their home and even…

In “The STory of an Hour,” Mrs. Mallard, a quaint old woman, was informed that her husband had died in a terrible accident, in a manner so gentle as not to upset her and cause her heart to give out. The time period that this story was set in shows great contrast to how we live today, more so how the famous actor and songwriter Miley Cyrus does. Mrs. Mallard and Miley Cyris are so obvisouly in different time periods. The tradions and additdes are clearly different, but the idea of freedom still…

Music is a powerful thing. It produces feelings and has the ability to bring all people together. Music is also and outlet for people to express themselves and share a mutual idea or beliefs, whether it is through poetic lyrics or throbbing anthems. The artists today are not known for their music, but rather for how extravagant their outfits are and how many times their wealthy relatives can get them out of jail. How much money they have, or the newest relationship they are involved with every…

Daughter is a indie folk band from England and were formed in 2010. The well-known band has released one album, two EP’s and have played headlining tours around Australia, America and Europe. A new single ‘Youth’ was released and has played in many TV shows and advertisements around the world. The song ‘Youth’ is about growing up and the pain it brings along. It’s a scream of pain directed to adults who think young people have nothing to worry about and don't take young teenagers seriously. It…

Miley Cyrus came out with a music video "We Can't Stop". When this video cam out I was shocked at how much Miley had changed, she had cut her long hair to a weird hair style, it was short and had blonde highlights. As well as changing her hair she had started dressing very shockingly. She went from country to a diva, this change happened so suddenly that I believe most people were thrown into confusion. Miley hade turned to a the darker side. That I ever thought would happen. Miley reminds…

Miley Cyrus says "Hannah Montana" messed her up (-- removed HTML --) Miley Cyrus, 24, has grown up in the public eye and has recently come forward about how playing the title character in “Hannah Montana” messed with her head. Miley says the boundaries between her onscreen persona and her actual self became so intensely blurred that her "psyche was damaged." The reality of fame (-- removed HTML --) The singer sat down with CBS Sunday Morning and spoke candidly about how “being Hannah…