By Devin Dubon With the Academy Awards, which were held on March 4, came its expected share of controversy. This year’s Oscars hit record low ratings, with only 26.5 million people tuning in—a dramatic 20% drop from the previous record low. This was despite the many attempts made by the Academy to increase an already…
By Diana Rodriguez “…Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! (Except you Harvey, and all your wicked conspirators — I’m glad it’s going slowly – you don’t deserve a bullet) -stay tuned…,” American actress and model Uma Thurman posted this cryptic message on her Instagram during the holidays, but said she would take her time before sharing her story…
By Nathalie Del Valle The 75th Annual Golden Globes’ red carpet was filled with black gowns and suits representing the movement “Times Up.” The award show was unusually serious as many artists wanted to bring light to the recent sexual harassment allegations. Eight actresses brought along advocates with them to the show. Rosa Clemente brought…
By Daylin Delgado Despite the lack of female nominees in unisex categories—Natalie Portman and the nation are looking at you, Best Director—women stole the show at the typically festive Golden Globes Awards Show. The women almost exclusively wore black, except for the few who felt they just didn’t need to, and many of them left…
By Luis Mila “It’s 2018. Marijuana is finally allowed and sexual harassment finally isn’t.” says Seth Meyers, host of the Golden Globe awards this year. It comes to no surprise the war on drugs and social justice movements have been brought to light at yet another awards show. Similarly, political scandals were scrutinized and mocked…
By Devin Dubon 2017 has been a year filled with controversy and tragedy, mass shootings and suicide bombers, political upheavals both domestic and worldwide. Every month has seen dozens of new stories breaking and information being revealed, and the consequence of which is that they are quickly forgotten – receiving only a few days in…
By Abigail Rosales Since mid-October, sexual assault allegations have risen in the Hollywood world, as the famous celebrities we all know and love have spoken out about being harassed and assaulted. It all started on Twitter, on October 15th, when actress Alyssa Milano began the hashtag #MeToo and it began trending. The purpose of this…