Tag: Pop Culture

U.S. & World News

Britney Spears obtains freedom

Alex Budzynski

By Grace Hamilton, Staff Writer Britney Spears is free. On Friday, a Los Angeles judge dissolved the conservatorship that has dictated the pop icon’s life for almost 14 years. After a very public mental health crisis in 2008 following her divorce and losing custody of her two sons, a temporary conservatorship was set up and made permanent in the same year. Jamie Spears, Britney’s father, was given legal control over her estate, financial affairs and her. In 2019, however, he stepped down as her personal conservator, and the position was filled by a care professional. The extensive control of the … Continue reading Britney Spears obtains freedom

U.S. & World News

Rapper and Physicist feud over flat Earth theory

By: Henry Eden ~Staff Writer~ For Americans well-versed in the world of pop culture, it is no mystery that some of the most entertaining and polarizing celebrities are often ones who have made their livings as rappers. We commonly see feuds break out more than once a year and follow the fights on Twitter, Instagram and even through subliminal messaging placed into the lyrics of their latest hit singles. It is rare however, that one chooses to go head to head with one of the world’s top astrophysicists in a debate that was officially settled almost 600 years ago by … Continue reading Rapper and Physicist feud over flat Earth theory

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A Review of 2015 Pop Culture

By: Emily Brennan ~Staff Writer~ We whipped. We “nae-naed.” We Netflix-ed but mostly chilled. We praised men for letting themselves go physically because now I guess we like the appearance of a 50-year-old dad body. Mass amounts of people called their ex’s at inappropriate hours of the evening thanks to Adele’s album, “25.” But really, thank you. Caitlyn Jenner was undoubtedly one of the biggest stories of the year in pop culture, advocating for the transgender community across the world and breaking the Internet with her Vanity Fair cover. Drake and Meek took over the Internet as well, firing saucy … Continue reading A Review of 2015 Pop Culture