Sensationalism in the media is not always intentional. When a celebrity or public figure is elderly or ill, drafts of obituaries are often prepared in advance. While this can be convenient, it can also lead to disaster when these drafts are released prematurely. Other times when the media kills...
This term refers to children with learning disabilities. It has become popular in education circles because of its non-derogatory meaning. By calling children with learning disabilities, twice exceptional children, the education system is trying to show that it has recognized them and it will make...
Alecia Beth Moore, best known by her stage name Pink, is an American recording artist who soared to fame over a decade ago. Pink busted on to the pop/rock music scene in April of 2000 with the Terence "Babyface" Abney produced debut album "Can't Take Me Home." The album quickly garnered Pink...
The iPad is a product from Apple designed as a thin digital tablet. It can play music, surf the web, display digital text. Users will be able to purchase ebooks for use on the iPad, similar to Amazon's Kindle. The iPad is meant to serve the function of a notebook computer without a keypad....
The Academy Awards were held Sunday, March 7, 2010. The highlights of the show included many highlights. The awards show kicked off with a shocker: a red carpet arrest by police after a man clambered over a 7 foot fence and police took him to the ground and the suspense maintained as statues were...
Rapper Eminem offers his first interview since October 2010 to Annie Reed, an East Hills Middle School 8th grader from Troy, NY. The fourteen year old landed the opportunity of her life so far February 3 when the Detroit megastar answered a series of questions for her first foray in journalism....
SNL cast member Kenan Thompson took to the stage at the 2010 CMT Music Awards in one of the show's best moments - reprising the Reba McEntire impersonation he does on Saturday Night Live. Reba McEntire also came on stage wearing the same dress and asking Kenan, "Aren't you embarrassed of yourself?"...
High fidelity (or hi-fi) is the gold standard of any audio or video enthusiast. Basically, it means that the images or sound are rendered with minimal background noise or distortion. The reproduction is “pure” or “faithful to the original” (hence the term, fidelity). Though hi-fi was first introduced...
On Sunday night at the MTV Video Music Awards, rapper and "America's Best Dance Crew" judge Lil Mama came onstage during Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' performance unannounced and uninvited. While Jay was ending his final "Empire State of Mind" verse, Mama came up from her seat in the crowd onto the stage....
Rap star Kanye West took to his blog last night and issued an apology to country star Taylor Swift after interrupting her acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. "I'm sooooo sorry to Taylor Swift and her fans and her mom," West wrote. He also took a moment to praise Swift, and wrote...
