Rooster Teeth announces shut down after 21 years
For many Millennials, Rooster Teeth represented the first major shift into digital-only entertainment throughout the mid-noughties. Its closure is a goodbye to a bygone era. Rooster Teeth, the digital-only production house that pioneered various internet shows in the noughties and tens, is shutting down after 21 years. Parent company Warner...
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Michael J. Fox at BAFTAs shows need for disability representation
The ‘Back to the Future’ actor left viewers in floods of tears after he made a surprise appearance on the BAFTAs stage. The best film award at this year’s BAFTAs received a standing ovation for two reasons. Besides the congratulatory cheers for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which nabbed the award along...
Olivia Rodrigo launches ‘Fund 4 Good’ initiative for women
Singer and songwriter Olivia Rodrigo has announced a new initiative called ‘Fund 4 Good’ which will work to ‘support all women, girls, and people seeking reproductive health freedom’. Olivia Rodrigo has unveiled a new initiative called ‘Fund 4 Good’ that will finance non-profit organisations championing girls’ education, supporting reproductive...
Opinion – Beyoncé’s new music is a nod to country’s Black roots
The Renaissance artist surprised fans with two new country singles this week. But the genre’s cultural roots prove her latest career move makes every bit of sense. Beyoncé has been dropping country themes since the launch of Renaissance in 2021. Most notable of these has been the recurring appearance of...
The case of Bobbi Althoff encapsulates how fickle internet fame can be
Becoming famous overnight is a common dream for many young people today. That said, longevity is never guaranteed and no one is spared from the hypercritical, fickle tastes of online audiences. Last summer, 26-year-old Bobbi Althoff shot to immediate internet fame as the host of The Really Good Podcast. Her...
Opinion – We deserve to know about Taylor Swift’s Jet
The singer has threatened to sue a student for sharing the take-off and landing details of her private jet. But the information is already publicly available, and so it should be. After student Jack Sweeney began sharing the whereabouts and routes of celebrity private jets online, he established a dedicated...
Is the bad PR surrounding lab-grown meat warranted?
The possibility of lab-grown meat landing on our plates in the near future has been met with mixed reactions. Now, widespread media campaigns are attempting to sway the public from even considering it. Removing meat from our diet has been proven to significantly lower our carbon footprint, but not all carnivores are willing to adopt a plant-based diet full-time or even partially. Hoping to solve this ethical dilemma, food scientists and...
Universal Music set to take songs down from TikTok
Millions of songs will be taken down from TikTok after talks over payment with Universal Music fell through. It means a wealth of material from huge artists will no longer be available. TikTok is once again facing controversy. This time, it’s over payment and music royalty rights. Universal Music, one of the world’s biggest music corporations, is gearing up to pull millions of songs from TikTok after it failed to...
Explicit Taylor Swift AI images cause legal panic
Last week, explicit images of Taylor Swift created using AI were shared across Twitter (X), with some posts gaining millions of views. The ensuing legal panic could have ramifications for the use of celebrity likeness, and AI images in general. Taylor Swift was the victim of AI image generation last week. Explicit, pornographic images were created without her consent and shared across X (formally Twitter) by thousands of users. The posts...
The reality behind the ‘tradwife’ lifestyle
Across TikTok, young women are expressing the desire to reject capitalism in favour of the 1950s housewife life being marketed to them. But as always with social media, there’s often more than meets the eye. Wake up babe, girl bossing is out and trad-wifing is in. Millennials may have been sold the corporate dream, told to girlboss their way to the top of company ranks, and force-fed female empowerment quotes in...
