David Aloi was born and raised in Buffalo, New York where it snows like all the time. He attended college at SUNY Geneseo and received his MFA in creative writing at CCA in 2009. David enjoys things like balloons, cereal, tea, and running fast.
By David Aloi
5 Reasons You Need to Start Watching Broad City ASAP
What Your Pick for Best Picture Says About You
Golden Globe Predictions 2014: Who Will Take Home the Gold?
How to Play Mafia: An In-Depth Guide to the Perfect Party Game
Another One Bites the Dust: One More SF Movie Theater Trades Charm for Luxury
Why We Make Best of the Year Lists
The Rise of the Apocalyptic Pop Anthem
Meet 4 Smart Teens Taking Over the World of Pop Culture
In Defense of Kim Kardashian
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You’re hella legit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11269\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 700px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/captain-phillips-gains-new-steam-with-win-at-ace-eddie-awards-20140208\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11269\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/12698450.jpeg\" alt=\"blogs.indiewire.com\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/12698450.jpeg 700w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/12698450-400x266.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Columbia Pictures\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>CAPTAIN PHILLIPS\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">If you had a pet, it wouldn’t be a kitten or even a cat, it would be a tiger, like a big yellow creature just roaming around your house eating your couch. Because that’s how brave you are. You drink a ton of water, like two liters in the morning, two for lunch, and two more before you put your jammies on. It’s how you keep yourself focused and in such good shape. Your friends look to you when they are having relationship issues because you are not only a natural born leader, but a mentor as well. An enormous sea keeping you from what you want? Boom! Like Moses. You don’t give up. You try to visit your grandparents as much as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11270\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 590px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2013/11/dallas_buyers_club_review_matthew_mcconaughey_is_great_as_ron_woodroof.html\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11270\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/131031_MOV_DallasBuyersClub.jpg.CROP_.promo-mediumlarge.jpeg\" alt=\"slate.com\" width=\"590\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/131031_MOV_DallasBuyersClub.jpg.CROP_.promo-mediumlarge.jpeg 590w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/131031_MOV_DallasBuyersClub.jpg.CROP_.promo-mediumlarge-400x285.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Focus Features\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>DALLAS BUYERS CLUB\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well you sure know how to raise hell. And good for you! There’s a time and place for that hell raising and you know it well. You rock / paper / scissors whenever a decision needs to be made. There’s luck and there’s fate. You won’t ask a stranger for directions, even if you dropped your iPhone down a sewer. Eventually, you figure, you’ll get to where you need to be. At one point in your life, you could eat a fat steak everyday, but now you’re opting for leaner meats and fishes. You want to retire in a place like Montana with a German Shepherd and a giant sky. You believe change to be not only the nickels in your pocket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11271\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://filmdoctor.co.uk/2013/10/28/film-doctor-what-are-sfx-and-vfx-with-the-team-from-gravity/\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11271\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/gravity_film_still_a_l.jpeg\" alt=\"filmdoctor.co.uk\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/gravity_film_still_a_l.jpeg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/gravity_film_still_a_l-400x225.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Warner Bros.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>GRAVITY\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When everyone else in the world is walking to work or to the gym or to the supermarket, you’re floating there. Like an inch off the ground and super hard to tell but still floating. You’re a dreamer. When you were a little kid and your mother tucked you in at night and closed the door behind her, you climbed out your window onto your roof and tried to kiss the moon. People tend to use the word \u003cem>adore \u003c/em>when it comes to you. But don’t let anyone assume you’re a pushover because that’s just not true. You can do back flips if it came to it. You could ride in an elevator all day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11272\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 650px\">\u003ca href=\"http://fullstart.com/knowledge/her-movie-depicts-future-mobile/\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11272\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/her-movie-review-1.jpeg\" alt=\"fullstart.com\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/her-movie-review-1.jpeg 650w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/her-movie-review-1-400x215.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Warner Bros.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>HER\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s the center of the room and then there’s you. No big whoop. Shy is cute and cute is hot. When it comes to Friday, you’d rather be tending to a midnight garden than riding the vodka train. You appreciate Phillip Glass and also actual glass, like mirrors. You can’t sleep without a humidifier, an air purifier, and a fan running all at once. You have a short fuse, but are working it out each day. You’ve seen every \u003cem>Nova \u003c/em>and only read newspapers. Jeans everyday is cool enough. You search for hidden meaning in every crossword puzzle. You dig shapes and design and can point out fonts on billboards. Love and pain, you believe, are fleeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11273\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 700px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.seattleite.com/silver-screen-riot-nebraska/\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11273\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/nebraska_0.jpeg\" alt=\"seattleite.com\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/nebraska_0.jpeg 700w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/nebraska_0-400x228.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Paramount Vantage\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>NEBRASKA\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You keep your living room light dim. When two roads diverge in a yellow wood, you flip a coin. You could go to the same restaurant and order the same BLT every night and be totally okay with that. The sound of a refrigerator humming makes you happy. You bleach your tee shirts. If someone calls you on the phone, you say “Yeah” instead of “Hello.” You stopped watching \u003cem>The Price is Right \u003c/em>when Bob Barker retired. 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You grew up somewhat conservative — pleated pants, parted hair, perfect lawn — but met some really interesting people in college and now see the world for what it is. You admire that Olympian for taking in those stray puppies because you would have done the same. You’ve kept several bonsais alive. You think coffee is cool, but tea is older. You smoke one cigarette a year and it’s usually around the holidays. Your lock screen code is “1234.” You fall asleep in rocking chairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11309\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 645px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/02/28/what-your-pick-for-best-picture-says-about-you-oscars/12-years-a-slave-4/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11309\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-11309 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/12-Years-a-Slave-4-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Fox Searchlight\" width=\"645\" height=\"363\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Fox Searchlight\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>12 YEARS A SLAVE\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You appreciate classical music and the way light hits your eyes in the morning. You enjoy biographies and stories of everyday people. Your friends see you as calm and collected, but know there’s always a fire burning within you. You definitely want children and you definitely want to give them the world. You rock the history questions on \u003cem>Jeopardy \u003c/em>and can recite the U.S. presidents in chronological order. You believe in some kind of higher power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11277\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 670px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.vice.com/pt/read/o-capuchinho-vermelho-em-wall-street\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11277\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/the-wolf-of-wall-street-official-extended-trailer-0_vice_670.jpeg\" alt=\"vice.com\" width=\"670\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/the-wolf-of-wall-street-official-extended-trailer-0_vice_670.jpeg 670w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/the-wolf-of-wall-street-official-extended-trailer-0_vice_670-400x266.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Paramount Pictures\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>THE WOLF OF WALL STREET\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You actually do kiss your mother with that mouth. 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And good for you! There’s a time and place for that hell raising and you know it well. You rock / paper / scissors whenever a decision needs to be made. There’s luck and there’s fate. You won’t ask a stranger for directions, even if you dropped your iPhone down a sewer. Eventually, you figure, you’ll get to where you need to be. At one point in your life, you could eat a fat steak everyday, but now you’re opting for leaner meats and fishes. You want to retire in a place like Montana with a German Shepherd and a giant sky. 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Like an inch off the ground and super hard to tell but still floating. You’re a dreamer. When you were a little kid and your mother tucked you in at night and closed the door behind her, you climbed out your window onto your roof and tried to kiss the moon. People tend to use the word \u003cem>adore \u003c/em>when it comes to you. But don’t let anyone assume you’re a pushover because that’s just not true. You can do back flips if it came to it. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10525\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/01/10/golden-globe-predictions-2014-who-will-take-home-the-gold/tina/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10525\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10525\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/tina.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: NBC\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/tina.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/tina-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: NBC\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Golden Globes are the best award show. Remember when Michael J. Fox announced \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/lmRhE8xBHpI\">Christine Lahti\u003c/a> as the winner of Best Supporting Actress in a Drama...and she was in the bathroom? What fun! What spontaneity! As Robin Williams jumped on stage to buy time while Lahti was “washing her hands,” the Golden Globes entered a new territory of chaos. Let’s face it: everyone’s asleep at the Emmys, everyone’s pilled up at the Oscars, and everyone’s hella drunk at the Golden Globes. More Moet! More Cliquot! More (at my party) Korbel! If there was a pool table, you \u003cem>know\u003c/em> J-Law would be dancing on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some educated guesses on who will be taking home the gold:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\"> \u003cstrong>MOVIES\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10474\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 614px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-10474 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/american_hustle_ensemble_-_credit_francois_duhamel-1024x597.jpeg\" alt=\"The cast of American Hustle\" width=\"614\" height=\"358\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cast of \u003cem>American Hustle\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Drama\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>12 Years a Slave / Captain Phillips / Gravity / Philomena / Rush\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Win: \u003cem>12 Years a Slave\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nCould Win: \u003cem>Gravity\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What the what is \u003cem>Rush\u003c/em>?\u003cem> \u003c/em>The true fight is between \u003cem>12 Years \u003c/em>and \u003cem>Gravity. \u003c/em>While the latter took us into the near future, the former showed us a complex and disturbing portrait of the past, with astounding performances to boot. If you didn’t see \u003cem>Gravity \u003c/em>in IMAX, then you didn’t see \u003cem>Gravity. \u003c/em>Chances are some voters got their copy in the mail and watched it on their flat screen, which is like, not cool man. And so \u003cem>12 Years \u003c/em>has the edge. Now seriously, what is \u003cem>Rush\u003c/em>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Comedy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003cem>American Hustle / Her / Inside Llewyn Davis / Nebraska / The Wolf of Wall Street\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Win: \u003cem>American Hustle\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003c/em>Could Win: \u003cem>Her\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it was up to me, \u003cem>Her \u003c/em>would win it all. The movie has lingered with me even up to this moment. \u003cem>American Hustle \u003c/em>came off to me as more of a cringe-worthy caper than a laugh-out-loud comedy, while \u003cem>Her \u003c/em>had me chuckling to myself at the absurdity and absoluteness of the near future. The buzz is still growing for \u003cem>Her \u003c/em>so maybe a screenplay award or some cool Oscar nods, but this Sunday, the HFPA will vote \u003cem>Hustle.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Director\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alfonso Cuaron / Paul Greengrass / Steve McQueen / Alexander Payne / David O’Russell\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Win: Alfonso Cuaron\u003cbr>\nCould Win: Steve McQueen\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again the race is on between \u003cem>12 Years \u003c/em>and \u003cem>Gravity\u003c/em>. I’m going with Cuaron simply because I’m not sure how the directing could have been any better in a movie so based on physicality. Weirdly, it was as though Cuaron was directing a stage play. Move your arm here. Lift your leg here. Cuaron was and is a master. What a crowded field this year! You know things are tight if Martin Scorsese can’t even get a nod.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Actress – Drama\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cate Blanchett / Sandra Bullock / Judie Dench / Emma Thompson / Kate Winslet\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Win: Cate Blanchett\u003cbr>\nCould Win: No chance, Sandra Bullock\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The performance of Cate Blanchett as the tortured title character in \u003cem>Blue Jasmine\u003c/em> was like no other performance I’ve seen this year or, truthfully, any other year I’ve been alive. To think that Sandra Bullock or any other actress could surpass the astounding Blanchett would be akin to giving the Best Apple award to an orange.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Actor – Drama\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chiwetel Ejiofor / Idris Elba / Tom Hanks / Matthew McConaughey / Robert Redford\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Win: Chiwetel Ejifor\u003cbr>\nCould Win: Matthew McConaughey\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, Chiwetel Ejiofor’s performance is groundbreaking and powerful. And yes, he deserves to win every award this year. But what does a world where Matthew McConaughey wins acting awards look like? Don’t you want to find out?!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Actress – Comedy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amy Adams / Julie Delpy / Greta Gerwig / Julia Louis-Dreyfus / Meryl Streep\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Win: Amy Adams\u003cbr>\nCould Win: Meryl Streep\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The smart money is on Amy Adams, whose side boob turned in the second most gravity-defying performance of the year in \u003cem>American Hustle\u003c/em>. But this isn’t the strongest category, as it is totally possible that none of these actresses get an Oscar nomination, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see an old favorite like Meryl Streep pick this one up by default like she did in 2010 for \u003cem>Julie & Julia\u003c/em> (which coincidentally also starred Amy Adams).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Actor – Comedy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christian Bale / Bruce Dern / Leonardo DiCaprio / Oscar Isaac / Joaquin Phoenix\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Win: Bruce Dern\u003cbr>\nCould Win: Leonardo DiCaprio\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the third year in a row Leo has been nominated for a Golden Globe and the 7\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> time since 2003, but he’s only won once. I wouldn’t be surprised if he snuck past sentimental and early favorite Bruce Dern for his second statuette. 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And come on, Scarlett Johansson’s throaty Samantha deserves an award all to her/itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\"> \u003cstrong>TELEVISION\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10475\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 614px\">\u003ca href=\"http://mashable.com/2013/08/12/breaking-bad-itunes-season-pass-complaints/\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-10475 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/01/url-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston in \u003cem>Breaking Bad\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Drama Series\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003cem>Breaking Bad / Downton Abbey / The Good Wife / House of Cards / Masters of Sex\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Win: \u003cem>Breaking Bad\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nCould Win: \u003cem>House of Cards\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Who doesn’t love a darling? This year, both \u003cem>Breaking Bad \u003c/em>and \u003cem>House of Cards\u003c/em> became the shows everyone talked about around the next day’s water cooler. Both shows defied and redefined what television can be. I can’t tell you how many times I fell on the floor during \u003cem>BB, \u003c/em>while with \u003cem>HoC \u003c/em>I only made it to the edge of my seat. And that’s why I’m giving this one to \u003cem>BB\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Comedy Series\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003cem>The Big Bang Theory / Brooklyn 99 / Girls / Modern Family / Parks and Recreation\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Win: \u003cem>Modern Family\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003c/em>Could Win: \u003cem>Parks and Recreation\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’d like to think the opposite could seriously happen. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Win: \u003cem>12 Years a Slave\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nCould Win: \u003cem>Gravity\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What the what is \u003cem>Rush\u003c/em>?\u003cem> \u003c/em>The true fight is between \u003cem>12 Years \u003c/em>and \u003cem>Gravity. \u003c/em>While the latter took us into the near future, the former showed us a complex and disturbing portrait of the past, with astounding performances to boot. If you didn’t see \u003cem>Gravity \u003c/em>in IMAX, then you didn’t see \u003cem>Gravity. \u003c/em>Chances are some voters got their copy in the mail and watched it on their flat screen, which is like, not cool man. And so \u003cem>12 Years \u003c/em>has the edge. Now seriously, what is \u003cem>Rush\u003c/em>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Comedy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003cem>American Hustle / Her / Inside Llewyn Davis / Nebraska / The Wolf of Wall Street\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Win: \u003cem>American Hustle\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003c/em>Could Win: \u003cem>Her\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it was up to me, \u003cem>Her \u003c/em>would win it all. The movie has lingered with me even up to this moment. \u003cem>American Hustle \u003c/em>came off to me as more of a cringe-worthy caper than a laugh-out-loud comedy, while \u003cem>Her \u003c/em>had me chuckling to myself at the absurdity and absoluteness of the near future. The buzz is still growing for \u003cem>Her \u003c/em>so maybe a screenplay award or some cool Oscar nods, but this Sunday, the HFPA will vote \u003cem>Hustle.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Director\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alfonso Cuaron / Paul Greengrass / Steve McQueen / Alexander Payne / David O’Russell\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Win: Alfonso Cuaron\u003cbr>\nCould Win: Steve McQueen\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again the race is on between \u003cem>12 Years \u003c/em>and \u003cem>Gravity\u003c/em>. I’m going with Cuaron simply because I’m not sure how the directing could have been any better in a movie so based on physicality. Weirdly, it was as though Cuaron was directing a stage play. Move your arm here. Lift your leg here. Cuaron was and is a master. What a crowded field this year! You know things are tight if Martin Scorsese can’t even get a nod.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Actress – Drama\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cate Blanchett / Sandra Bullock / Judie Dench / Emma Thompson / Kate Winslet\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Win: Cate Blanchett\u003cbr>\nCould Win: No chance, Sandra Bullock\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The performance of Cate Blanchett as the tortured title character in \u003cem>Blue Jasmine\u003c/em> was like no other performance I’ve seen this year or, truthfully, any other year I’ve been alive. To think that Sandra Bullock or any other actress could surpass the astounding Blanchett would be akin to giving the Best Apple award to an orange.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Actor – Drama\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chiwetel Ejiofor / Idris Elba / Tom Hanks / Matthew McConaughey / Robert Redford\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Win: Chiwetel Ejifor\u003cbr>\nCould Win: Matthew McConaughey\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, Chiwetel Ejiofor’s performance is groundbreaking and powerful. And yes, he deserves to win every award this year. But what does a world where Matthew McConaughey wins acting awards look like? Don’t you want to find out?!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Actress – Comedy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amy Adams / Julie Delpy / Greta Gerwig / Julia Louis-Dreyfus / Meryl Streep\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Win: Amy Adams\u003cbr>\nCould Win: Meryl Streep\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The smart money is on Amy Adams, whose side boob turned in the second most gravity-defying performance of the year in \u003cem>American Hustle\u003c/em>. But this isn’t the strongest category, as it is totally possible that none of these actresses get an Oscar nomination, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see an old favorite like Meryl Streep pick this one up by default like she did in 2010 for \u003cem>Julie & Julia\u003c/em> (which coincidentally also starred Amy Adams).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Actor – Comedy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christian Bale / Bruce Dern / Leonardo DiCaprio / Oscar Isaac / Joaquin Phoenix\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Win: Bruce Dern\u003cbr>\nCould Win: Leonardo DiCaprio\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the third year in a row Leo has been nominated for a Golden Globe and the 7\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> time since 2003, but he’s only won once. I wouldn’t be surprised if he snuck past sentimental and early favorite Bruce Dern for his second statuette. My vote, however, would be for Joaquin Phoenix who blew me away in \u003cem>Her\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Screenplay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>12 Years A Slave / American Hustle / Her / Nebraska / Philomena\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Win: \u003cem>Her\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nCould Win: \u003cem>American Hustle\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three of the last four winners of the screenplay award have been big name writer/directors whose movies did not win a Best Picture Golden Globe (\u003cem>Django Unchained\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Midnight in Paris\u003c/em>, and \u003cem>Up in the Air,\u003c/em> with \u003cem>The Social Network\u003c/em> being the exception). I think that trend continues this year as Spike Jonze’s \u003cem>Her\u003c/em> is a beautifully written screenplay that won’t get serious consideration in its other categories. 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And she also took home the Emmy last year so I’m thinking voters will chill with her. Now Kerry Washington is a different story. She is going to implode if someone doesn’t hand her something, anything made of gold. It’s too bad \u003cem>Revenge \u003c/em>never got as good as \u003cem>Scandal. \u003c/em>It’s too bad Madeleine Stowe’s eyes never got a nod.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Actor – Drama\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bryan Cranston / Liev Schreiber / Michael Sheen / Kevin Spacey / James Spader\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Win: Bryan Cranston\u003cbr>\nCould Win: Kevin Spacey\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walter White’s metamorphosis on \u003cem>Breaking Bad \u003c/em>is so pure. Although the hoopla has died down significantly for \u003cem>BB\u003c/em>, the HFPA must acknowledge the depth and unbridled insanity of Walter White; he embodied that character so much I think they should give the Golden Globe to him instead of Bryan Cranston. 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"content": "\u003cp>If you’re unfazed by Cards Against Humanity and have grown tired to the core of Apples to Apples, then boy, do I have the game for you. It’s called Mafia. It’s an old-timey party game that’s been circling the city among my group of friends and — perhaps separated by a degree or two — yours as well. You must have a legit group of people to play, I’d say at least ten, and so what better time of year than the holidays to learn a little more about that second cousin you only sort of liked your whole life?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>A Brief History\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When the game is brought up, at least one person recalls playing it, or something similar, when they were young. I assure you the game is not the same as an adult, when personalities and thought processes are, hopefully, more developed. The game itself was allegedly created by Dmitry Davidoff of the Moscow State University Psychology Department as a research project, and then eventually spread to college campuses in Europe and the United States. It had a heyday in the ‘90s (along with everything else cool in the world).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid=arts_13919589]I hadn’t heard of Mafia until one afternoon this past summer while I was hanging out with friends in Bolinas and it was proposed we play. It was that afternoon that my life changed forever, in a fun-game kind of way. Although there are many variations, I’m going to teach you to play the way my friends and I play, so then you’ll know and we can play together because we always need more players. Seriously, it’s super hard to get that many people in a room!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>The Objective\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Simply put, the objective of the game is for the mafia to “kill off” civilians until they are the majority, or for the civilians to kill off the entire mafia. When one of those two things happens, the game is over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the sake of example, let’s say you have a group of 13 people in your living room. Roles must be assigned to each person in secret. There will be 3 mafia, 1 detective, 1 doctor, 1 narrator, and 8 civilians. Great, now everyone has a role. Be sure they are all kept under wraps. Do not tell anyone your identity. The game itself is divided into two phases: day and night. During the night, everyone keeps his or her eyes closed until the narrator “awakens” each role, beginning with the mafia, then the doctor, then the detective. But who are each of these roles and what do they do? So glad you asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>The Roles\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Narrator\u003c/em> keeps time rolling. The narrator does not officially participate in the game, but acts as a moderator. During the night, when all players have their eyes closed, the narrator awakens each role and asks them a question. For the mafia, the question is: \u003cem>Who do you want to kill?\u003c/em> For the doctor: \u003cem>Who do you want to save?\u003c/em> For the detective: \u003cem>Who do you want to know about?\u003c/em> During the day, when everyone is awake, the narrator prompts players to nominate those they’d like to kill, a.k.a. those they think are in the mafia. The game repeats in phases from night to day, night to day, with one person murdered in each phase (unless they’re saved at night by the doctor).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Mafia\u003c/em>, as per our 13-person example, consists of 3 people who find out each other’s identity in the first nighttime phase. While the other players are attempting to figure out who they are, the mafia must lie throughout the entire game and act as though they are civilians. This is, in my opinion, the hardest role, since anyone who knows you well might be able to tell you are lying. The mafia must strategize together during the day without giving themselves away. At night, when the mafia awaken, they point silently to the player they’d like to kill. If all mafia agree, the player is offed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid=arts_13931210]\u003cem>The Civilians\u003c/em> are attempting to figure out who is in the mafia simply by talking it out, accusing, and seeing who is acting suspicious. As a civilian, it’s best to use verbal/non-verbal cues and your gut to make alliances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Doctor\u003c/em> is a civilian role that, at each nighttime phase, can save a player he or she thinks the mafia has killed. As mentioned earlier, if the doctor saves the right player, that player is brought back into the game. The doctor cannot save themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Detective\u003c/em> is a civilian role that, at each nighttime phase, can point to a player he or she thinks is in the mafia and the narrator will nod their head yes or no. This role is perhaps the most fun, because once the detective begins to find out the identities of players, they can begin to make alliances with true civilians and/ or persuade the group to kill true mafia.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How to Play\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>First Night\u003c/em>: The narrator begins at night by telling all players to close their eyes. “Mafia, wake up. See your fellow members,” she says. “Mafia, go to sleep.” In the first round, this is all that happens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>First Day\u003c/em>: Everyone opens their eyes and the games begin. You must just start accusing people out of nowhere. Who is acting shyer than usual? Who is talking a bit too much? Ask straight-forward questions about identities. Look people directly in the eye and ask them if they are in the mafia. Once a nomination to kill is made, someone must second it for the player to be seriously considered in the mafia. If you have two solid nominations, all players then vote to kill, majority wins. You can have as many nominations as you want, but you need a majority to kill. When a player is killed, they are no longer allowed to speak and their identity is not revealed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid=arts_13926069]\u003cem>Second Night\u003c/em>: All players’ eyes are closed and the narrator awakens the mafia and asks who they want to kill. She then awakens the doctor for the first time and asks who they want to save. And then, she awakens the detective and asks who they want to know about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Third Day\u003c/em>: The narrator awakens all players and someone has been killed, unless the doctor has figured out who the mafia had their sights on and saved this player. The game continues in these phases, day and night, day and night, until civilians kill all mafia members or mafia outnumber civilians.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>The Second Game\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Once you are killed from the game, you are then allowed to see the identities of all players at night. You will be shocked to see who has been fooling you and will bond will the other players who have been killed. It is almost just as thrilling to watch the game take place —knowing all the identities — as it is to be alive playing. You will talk about it on your walk home and perhaps the next day. That epic game of Mafia you played where you tricked your closest friends and family into thinking you were on their side — and then betrayed them for the win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the perfect holiday game!\u003c/p>\n\n",
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For example: “If you give me $20, I’ll buy you an anthem,” or “Hey, you stole my anthem!” Many of the first definitions I’ve read describe it in a biblical sense comparing it to the likes of psalms and hymns. Reading on, I discovered there are also some major connections to gladness, loyalty, and importance. All of these ring true in the anthems we hear on the radio (rather religious, more spiritual). And they are becoming more and more ubiquitous. Again, it’s important to realize the anthem does not refer to Ladies Night Out with Margaritas, and while it can soundtrack an important event, it is more used for the day that comes when the sun explodes in the sky and there is no longer such a thing as the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/3KkUeRPjc-Y\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>II. What are the characteristics of an anthem?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMumford & Sons is the band today that I believe is out to perfect the anthem. While many refer to the band as folk rock revivalists or American wannabes, each song of theirs contains elements of this apocalypse I speak of. Listen to the ever-popular tune “The Cave” (above) and tell me what you hear. The song begins softly with just guitar and singer Marcus Mumford. A twinkly piano enters and he begins to sing about hope and you’re thinking how nice it is. Then the rest of the band joins in like a choir behind Mumford singing now about strength and change and knowing who you truly are. And here is where the song takes off and shows what it can do as an anthem: a soaring, foot stomping chant of a chorus, maniacal banjo, words of fortitude and courage, and within the last minute or so, the subtle yet absolute inclusion of horns that show up just as the song, and the listener, truly lose their minds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/YplXW2q1uXI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>III. Who else out there has anthems?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nLady Gaga is currently all over the place as her new album drops next week but leaked this week. It would be obvious and appropriate to point to one of her last singles, “\u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/QeWBS0JBNzQ\">Edge of Glory,\u003c/a>” as being one great example of an anthem. Even in the title, you know what you are in for. The song itself contains an explosive, desperate chorus and of course, the token horns at the end. But it is another Lady Gaga song, “Hair,” that really does it for me (and one I believe to arguably be her best song). Although not released as a single, “Hair” contains just the right elements to make it one glory-bound anthem: beginning of horns (!), self-affirming and soaring pre-chorus and chorus (!), and lyrics to chant as the sky opens up. “I’ve had enough. This is my prayer,” Gaga sings. “And I’ll die living just as free as my hair.” The song is a true testament to pop music as an otherworldly art form. 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And here is where the song takes off and shows what it can do as an anthem: a soaring, foot stomping chant of a chorus, maniacal banjo, words of fortitude and courage, and within the last minute or so, the subtle yet absolute inclusion of horns that show up just as the song, and the listener, truly lose their minds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/YplXW2q1uXI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>III. Who else out there has anthems?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nLady Gaga is currently all over the place as her new album drops next week but leaked this week. It would be obvious and appropriate to point to one of her last singles, “\u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/QeWBS0JBNzQ\">Edge of Glory,\u003c/a>” as being one great example of an anthem. Even in the title, you know what you are in for. The song itself contains an explosive, desperate chorus and of course, the token horns at the end. But it is another Lady Gaga song, “Hair,” that really does it for me (and one I believe to arguably be her best song). Although not released as a single, “Hair” contains just the right elements to make it one glory-bound anthem: beginning of horns (!), self-affirming and soaring pre-chorus and chorus (!), and lyrics to chant as the sky opens up. “I’ve had enough. This is my prayer,” Gaga sings. “And I’ll die living just as free as my hair.” The song is a true testament to pop music as an otherworldly art form. 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"content": "\u003cp>In a time when we are forced to watch young people swing from wrecking balls and flaunt their goods, it is refreshing to find there are others out there flaunting their intellect. If you are young, you have your whole life ahead of you. If you are young and smart, you can take on the world. Here are a few teens who are doing just that. And without the use of heavy machinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003cobject width=\"420\" height=\"315\" classid=\"d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\">\u003cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"src\" value=\"//www.youtube.com/v/ZUI7mo6tQpM?hl=en_US&version=3\">\u003cparam name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cembed width=\"420\" height=\"315\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/v/ZUI7mo6tQpM?hl=en_US&version=3\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Claire Danes as Angela Chase in \u003cem>My So-Called Life \u003c/em>(AKA The Gold Standard for Cerebral Teens)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe show that a decade ago had a humble but devoted cult following has catapulted its way into the hearts of the mainstream (or at least us writers here at KQED). Claire Danes did for Angela Chase what the invention of the mirror did for mankind. No character to date has yet to capture the truth of youth like Angela Chase and it’s likely no one will.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her brutal honesty and awkward gesticulations gave her early to mid-teen girl depth and accessibility. The overall tone of the show could only be compared to the likes of HBO’s \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightened_(TV_series)\">\u003cem>Enlightened\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, melodramatic voiceovers conflated with \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCua6plpIo0\">hopeful xylophonic\u003c/a> scores. Ms. Danes as Ms. Chase, you are a goddess and an inspiration to all the love-struck struggling humans just looking to navigate the oft-jagged realities we call life. Ginia Bellafante of \u003cem>The New York Times \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/arts/television/28bell.html?pagewanted=all\">said this\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To claim that \u003cem>My So-Called Life\u003c/em> is great, watershed television is to say something so firmly ingrained in the conventional wisdom that it hardly bears repeating. The series brought us the experience of adolescence outside the bounds of artifice, peril and pathology that had provided the context for nearly every other depiction of teenagers on television. Here what it meant to be 15 was not to discover that you suddenly had to raise your 6-year-old sister or that you might be pregnant with twins but merely that you suffered everyday indignities: overhearing people talk behind your back, the plop of a grim-looking lump of mashed potatoes on a pallid cafeteria tray...\u003cem>My So-Called Life\u003c/em> is essentially a study of a young mind processing desire into something less terrifying and more easily justified — substantiating it with false hopes — and in that regard it is more than a good TV show, it is a good TV show that attains the dimension and complexity of literature. The great postwar novels of adolescence deal with innocence lost; \u003cem>My So-Called Life\u003c/em> deals with innocence sustained, but it offers a no-less-illuminating view of what it is to be young because of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003cobject width=\"560\" height=\"315\" classid=\"d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\">\u003cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"src\" value=\"//www.youtube.com/v/4nsKDJlpUbA?hl=en_US&version=3\">\u003cparam name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cembed width=\"560\" height=\"315\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/v/4nsKDJlpUbA?hl=en_US&version=3\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>Guy and Howard Lawrence as Disclosure\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Settle \u003c/em>has become one of my favorite albums of the year and it's by artist brothers who were born like a decade after I was, which is crazy to even think about. These two cool dudes grew up in Southeast England and hit the scene three years ago when they were both in their teens (now just one is). They have received some criticism for not pushing English dance music forward but rather, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB54dZkzZOY\">harkening back\u003c/a> to a time when they were both but a twinkle in their mother's eye. But this band of brothers have made a sound all their own. If you weren't a conscious human in the '90s then these R&B-infused beats might sound completely new to you, and so in that respect, they are for sure pushing dance music forward by introducing the building blocks to the next generation of creative thinkers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_9429\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/10/31/meet-4-teen-taking-over-the-world-of-pop-culture/tavi_gevinson_by_erica_parrott-1024x932/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9429\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-9429\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/Tavi_Gevinson_by_Erica_Parrott-1024x9321.jpg\" alt=\"Tavi_Gevinson_by_Erica_Parrott-1024x932\" width=\"640\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/Tavi_Gevinson_by_Erica_Parrott-1024x9321.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/Tavi_Gevinson_by_Erica_Parrott-1024x9321-400x364.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tavi Gevinson/Erica Parrott, Wikimedia Commons\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tavi Gevinson\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThis tyke shouldn't even be on this list because she was 12 when she started her fashion blog \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.thestylerookie.com/\">Style Rookie\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>And now she is becoming a household name, if you can pronounce it correctly. Like Claire Danes' Angela Chase, she is showing teenage girls what is the apparent truth. Not only does she comment and critique clothing but she has created a forum for young women to discuss their thoughts on feminism. I especially appreciate a \u003ca href=\"http://rookiemag.com/2012/03/how-to-look-like-you-werent-just-crying-in-less-than-five-minutes/\">blog post\u003c/a> last year entitled: \"How to Look Like You Weren't Just Crying in Less Than Five Minutes.\" Tavi is tuned in with trends and truth and like any young person who is doing well and acting mature, she is critiqued for it. Youth is dangerous and a thing of envy. Anne Slowey of \u003cem>Elle \u003c/em>in a panel discussion at F.I.T. \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/09/20/100920fa_fact_widdicombe?currentPage=all\">remarked\u003c/a>, \"She's been 13, for like, the past four years.\" Although the comment is quite funny and begs us to question our value of youth, there is a bit of dark undertone. Lucky we have Tavi to brighten things up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003cobject width=\"420\" height=\"315\" classid=\"d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\">\u003cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"src\" value=\"//www.youtube.com/v/4g03b4U_aPk?hl=en_US&version=3\">\u003cparam name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cembed width=\"420\" height=\"315\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/v/4g03b4U_aPk?hl=en_US&version=3\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lorde\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>Anti-pop pop star Lorde \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cir4TKJlupA\">sites\u003c/a> Etta James, Raymond Carver, Otis Redding and Wells Tower as influences. I'm not sure Miley Cyrus could say the same. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In a time when we are forced to watch young people swing from wrecking balls and flaunt their goods, it is refreshing to find there are others out there flaunting their intellect. If you are young, you have your whole life ahead of you. If you are young and smart, you can take on the world. Here are a few teens who are doing just that. And without the use of heavy machinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003cobject width=\"420\" height=\"315\" classid=\"d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\">\u003cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"src\" value=\"//www.youtube.com/v/ZUI7mo6tQpM?hl=en_US&version=3\">\u003cparam name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cembed width=\"420\" height=\"315\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/v/ZUI7mo6tQpM?hl=en_US&version=3\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Claire Danes as Angela Chase in \u003cem>My So-Called Life \u003c/em>(AKA The Gold Standard for Cerebral Teens)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe show that a decade ago had a humble but devoted cult following has catapulted its way into the hearts of the mainstream (or at least us writers here at KQED). Claire Danes did for Angela Chase what the invention of the mirror did for mankind. No character to date has yet to capture the truth of youth like Angela Chase and it’s likely no one will.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her brutal honesty and awkward gesticulations gave her early to mid-teen girl depth and accessibility. The overall tone of the show could only be compared to the likes of HBO’s \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightened_(TV_series)\">\u003cem>Enlightened\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, melodramatic voiceovers conflated with \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCua6plpIo0\">hopeful xylophonic\u003c/a> scores. Ms. Danes as Ms. Chase, you are a goddess and an inspiration to all the love-struck struggling humans just looking to navigate the oft-jagged realities we call life. 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Here what it meant to be 15 was not to discover that you suddenly had to raise your 6-year-old sister or that you might be pregnant with twins but merely that you suffered everyday indignities: overhearing people talk behind your back, the plop of a grim-looking lump of mashed potatoes on a pallid cafeteria tray...\u003cem>My So-Called Life\u003c/em> is essentially a study of a young mind processing desire into something less terrifying and more easily justified — substantiating it with false hopes — and in that regard it is more than a good TV show, it is a good TV show that attains the dimension and complexity of literature. The great postwar novels of adolescence deal with innocence lost; \u003cem>My So-Called Life\u003c/em> deals with innocence sustained, but it offers a no-less-illuminating view of what it is to be young because of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003cobject width=\"560\" height=\"315\" classid=\"d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\">\u003cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"src\" value=\"//www.youtube.com/v/4nsKDJlpUbA?hl=en_US&version=3\">\u003cparam name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cembed width=\"560\" height=\"315\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/v/4nsKDJlpUbA?hl=en_US&version=3\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>Guy and Howard Lawrence as Disclosure\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Settle \u003c/em>has become one of my favorite albums of the year and it's by artist brothers who were born like a decade after I was, which is crazy to even think about. These two cool dudes grew up in Southeast England and hit the scene three years ago when they were both in their teens (now just one is). They have received some criticism for not pushing English dance music forward but rather, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB54dZkzZOY\">harkening back\u003c/a> to a time when they were both but a twinkle in their mother's eye. But this band of brothers have made a sound all their own. If you weren't a conscious human in the '90s then these R&B-infused beats might sound completely new to you, and so in that respect, they are for sure pushing dance music forward by introducing the building blocks to the next generation of creative thinkers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_9429\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/10/31/meet-4-teen-taking-over-the-world-of-pop-culture/tavi_gevinson_by_erica_parrott-1024x932/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9429\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-9429\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/Tavi_Gevinson_by_Erica_Parrott-1024x9321.jpg\" alt=\"Tavi_Gevinson_by_Erica_Parrott-1024x932\" width=\"640\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/Tavi_Gevinson_by_Erica_Parrott-1024x9321.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/Tavi_Gevinson_by_Erica_Parrott-1024x9321-400x364.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tavi Gevinson/Erica Parrott, Wikimedia Commons\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tavi Gevinson\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThis tyke shouldn't even be on this list because she was 12 when she started her fashion blog \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.thestylerookie.com/\">Style Rookie\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>And now she is becoming a household name, if you can pronounce it correctly. Like Claire Danes' Angela Chase, she is showing teenage girls what is the apparent truth. Not only does she comment and critique clothing but she has created a forum for young women to discuss their thoughts on feminism. I especially appreciate a \u003ca href=\"http://rookiemag.com/2012/03/how-to-look-like-you-werent-just-crying-in-less-than-five-minutes/\">blog post\u003c/a> last year entitled: \"How to Look Like You Weren't Just Crying in Less Than Five Minutes.\" Tavi is tuned in with trends and truth and like any young person who is doing well and acting mature, she is critiqued for it. Youth is dangerous and a thing of envy. Anne Slowey of \u003cem>Elle \u003c/em>in a panel discussion at F.I.T. \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/09/20/100920fa_fact_widdicombe?currentPage=all\">remarked\u003c/a>, \"She's been 13, for like, the past four years.\" Although the comment is quite funny and begs us to question our value of youth, there is a bit of dark undertone. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/10/24/in-defense-of-kim-kardashian/kimmy-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9300\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9300\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/kimmy1.png\" alt=\"kimmy\" width=\"640\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/kimmy1.png 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/kimmy1-400x199.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim Kardashian has no apparent talent. It is likely she sings \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMXsZcpqH_g\">off key\u003c/a>, dances like \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQu_NLRvULM\">Elaine Benes\u003c/a>, and paints on par with a fifth grader. Her body is wonderfully curvy, her makeup has taken some getting used to, and her psoriasis will continue to haunt her in humid environments. The rest of her family, including sisters Kourtney and Khloe, are just as talent-less, albeit tossing out some epic one-liners here and there. True you can call the entire Kardashian clan \u003cem>business savvy\u003c/em>, especially mother hen Kris Jenner who has, along with the help of Ryan Seacrest, turned their Calabasas-based family into reality show royals. But the Kardashians are doing it like no one else, that it to say, by being just like me and you and everyone we know. Minus all the cash, of course. And as for Kim, the brightest supernova, every step she takes is \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjgezzktTR0\">photographed\u003c/a>, recorded and archived, making her one of the most Googled and talked about celebrities of our time. And all she has to do is exist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I.\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>A Brief History of Relevant Reality\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would be difficult to speak to the rise of Kim and the Kardashians without looking back at the history of such televised programming. The genre of reality began arguably in \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ef4xFSmLuo\">New York City\u003c/a> with the premier of \u003cem>The Real World \u003c/em>in 1992, a whopping 21 years ago. This show spawned an entire generation of spinoffs, the most relevant coming in 2001 with MTV’s \u003cem>The Osbournes\u003c/em>, chronicling the everyday domestic lives of Ozzy Osbourne and his kooky family. The show took off. This clan was quirky, funny, and already had the star power. Much to the chagrin of Black Sabbath fans, Ozzy was shown to the world as a “normal” person, a father, a History Channel lover. America fell for the Osbournes and recognized qualities in their own neighbors, their own families and themselves. Oh, the editing process! After 52 episodes, the show called it quits. The jokes got stale, Ozzy’s slurring became too much, and to be honest, no one on the show was that easy on the eyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/X_3nzshUHMs\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Pioneers in the genre, MTV, recognized this and with the huge success of \u003cem>The O.C.\u003c/em>, decided to create \u003cem>Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County\u003c/em>, a loosely-scripted reality show documenting the melodramatic lives of high school teens living the lux and breezy seaside life. Another big score for the network. From there, it was all semi-golden: \u003cem>The Hills, The City\u003c/em>, Lauren Conrad, \u003ca href=\"http://www.celebitchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/wenn2740290.jpg\">Heidi Montag\u003c/a>, Kristin Cavallari. All beautiful and relatively un-famous people just going about their lives either in Los Angeles or New York.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enter Kim and the Kardashians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>II.\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>From Riches to Riches\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>When the show began in 2007, I think it’s safe to say we were all like “Who? \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=infLrZjJpNc\">O.J.’s\u003c/a> lawyer’s family? I don’t get it.” I caught a few episodes but still could not wrap my head around why they were making a television show about such a family of nobodies. \u003cem>Laguna Beach \u003c/em>had an angle; it was attempting to show the world what life was like in the “real” Orange County, without Mischa Barton. And then it clicked:\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzmhiEolEUE\"> a sex tape\u003c/a>. Unless you lived in L.A. (which most of the world doesn’t), you wouldn’t know the Kardashians were already a bit of deal, especially Kim who was a celebrity stylist to Brandy. In walks Brandy’s brother Ray-J who catches Kim’s eye, and yadda yadda yadda, a home video is leaked to the internet and watched by every male between the ages of 15 and 115. Filling the void left by Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie’s \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qwJRQ_18iY\">The Simple Life\u003c/a>, \u003c/em>\u003cem>Keeping Up with the Kardashians\u003c/em> was born, thanks to Hollywood powerhouse Ryan Seacrest. The shtick was in place: daughter of influential Hollywood family made sex tape then went home to that family and they still loved her and all their names begin with K and they are Armenian and hella rich and tell jokes. What a formula! The family continued on to “take” Miami, New York and Lamar Odom. I wouldn’t even consider these shows spin-offs as they were extensions of \u003cem>Keeping Up with the Kardashians. \u003c/em>America could not get enough of one central show, they needed more time with the klan (the only time I will do that). It wasn’t enough to see what they were doing on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday; we yearned for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/EkCs7d4fSuI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>III. The Hollywood Walk of Shame\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These past weeks have really been something for Kim. She celebrated her 33\u003csup>rd\u003c/sup> birthday, she got engaged to Kanye West (\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/10/22/kim-kardashian-and-kanye-west-got-engaged-in-sf-last-night/\" target=\"_blank\">in San Francisco!\u003c/a>), and she is about to have her baby a second time on television this upcoming Sunday. But nothing has been quite as controversial as her \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ax9FSRdvAw\">denial\u003c/a> of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. According to spokeswoman Ana Martinez, Kim simply does not qualify for a star. In order to even be considered, you must fall into one of five performance categories, reality television nowhere to be found. “We’re happy to consider reality stars once they get nominated for, or win, an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar,” Martinez \u003ca href=\"http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/celeb-news/burning-does-kim-kardashian-really-deserve-walk-fame-195200708.html\">tells\u003c/a> omg Yahoo. “We’ll consider them when they’re legitimate actors or singers.” Because there are no politics involved in \u003cem>that \u003c/em>selection process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have been \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stars_on_the_Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame\">cases\u003c/a>, though, when the rules have been \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame\">bent\u003c/a> a bit. \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjZUn1VFkAI\">Vanna White\u003c/a>, for example, might have said less on camera in her entire career than Kim has on one episode of her show. And now that things are all digitalized, Vanna doesn’t even have to strain her wrist to turn letters any more, she just needs to tap them like an iPad, and then clap, smile and wave. An American game show icon of course, but a $30,000 star on Hollywood and Vine is highly debatable. And then there’s Muhammad Ali. Although an obvious legend in sports, he was awarded a star because boxing is considered “live performance.” It is difficult to compare Kim Kardashian to Muhammad Ali purely for the sake of accomplishment. But when it comes to Tinseltown and what it stands for, I’m not sure anyone is more Hollywood than Kim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_9290\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 565px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.enstarz.com/articles/13222/20130214/kim-kardashian-braids-instagram-hairsyle-photos-bo-derek-look.htm\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-9290\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/kim-kardashian.png\" alt=\"Kim Kardashian's Instagram\" width=\"565\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/kim-kardashian.png 565w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/kim-kardashian-400x401.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/kim-kardashian-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/kim-kardashian-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/kim-kardashian-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/kim-kardashian-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/kim-kardashian-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kim Kardashian's Instagram\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>IV. In Defense of Kim Kardashian\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it might not seem like it when you’re sitting on your couch eating that second bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, you are just like Kim Kardashian. Because she lacks the enormous talent that catapults everyday people to stardom and because she lacks the Kate Moss waistline, she in turn represents both what could be and what is. In an \u003ca href=\"http://www.wmagazine.com/people/celebrities/2010/11/kim_kardashian_queen_of_reality_tv/\">interview\u003c/a> with \u003cem>W\u003c/em>, Kim reveals: “I’m way more boring than they think. I’m not a drinker, and when I’m up on the table dancing, it’s for the picture. Then I sit back down. I play into the perception of me, but it’s not really me. And the show reveals that.” And what is that perception of Kim Kardashian? Her name has become synonymous with—in my circles, at least—sounds and sighs of annoyance or comments on the stupidity of American celebrities and television.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1993, when Nirvana released \u003cem>Nevermind\u003c/em>, it was an album that our country was waiting for without even realizing it. It was the natural progression of culture. Grunge surfaced as a response to that particularly sensitive time of pure social alienation. Kim Kardashian was put on television in response to our post-millennial, celebrity-obsessed, wired selves. And from the looks of it, she’s here to stay. So let thee, who hath never taken a selfie, cast the first stone.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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In walks Brandy’s brother Ray-J who catches Kim’s eye, and yadda yadda yadda, a home video is leaked to the internet and watched by every male between the ages of 15 and 115. Filling the void left by Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie’s \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qwJRQ_18iY\">The Simple Life\u003c/a>, \u003c/em>\u003cem>Keeping Up with the Kardashians\u003c/em> was born, thanks to Hollywood powerhouse Ryan Seacrest. The shtick was in place: daughter of influential Hollywood family made sex tape then went home to that family and they still loved her and all their names begin with K and they are Armenian and hella rich and tell jokes. What a formula! The family continued on to “take” Miami, New York and Lamar Odom. I wouldn’t even consider these shows spin-offs as they were extensions of \u003cem>Keeping Up with the Kardashians. \u003c/em>America could not get enough of one central show, they needed more time with the klan (the only time I will do that). It wasn’t enough to see what they were doing on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday; we yearned for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/EkCs7d4fSuI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>III. The Hollywood Walk of Shame\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These past weeks have really been something for Kim. She celebrated her 33\u003csup>rd\u003c/sup> birthday, she got engaged to Kanye West (\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/10/22/kim-kardashian-and-kanye-west-got-engaged-in-sf-last-night/\" target=\"_blank\">in San Francisco!\u003c/a>), and she is about to have her baby a second time on television this upcoming Sunday. But nothing has been quite as controversial as her \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ax9FSRdvAw\">denial\u003c/a> of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. According to spokeswoman Ana Martinez, Kim simply does not qualify for a star. In order to even be considered, you must fall into one of five performance categories, reality television nowhere to be found. “We’re happy to consider reality stars once they get nominated for, or win, an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar,” Martinez \u003ca href=\"http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/celeb-news/burning-does-kim-kardashian-really-deserve-walk-fame-195200708.html\">tells\u003c/a> omg Yahoo. “We’ll consider them when they’re legitimate actors or singers.” Because there are no politics involved in \u003cem>that \u003c/em>selection process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have been \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stars_on_the_Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame\">cases\u003c/a>, though, when the rules have been \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame\">bent\u003c/a> a bit. \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjZUn1VFkAI\">Vanna White\u003c/a>, for example, might have said less on camera in her entire career than Kim has on one episode of her show. And now that things are all digitalized, Vanna doesn’t even have to strain her wrist to turn letters any more, she just needs to tap them like an iPad, and then clap, smile and wave. An American game show icon of course, but a $30,000 star on Hollywood and Vine is highly debatable. And then there’s Muhammad Ali. Although an obvious legend in sports, he was awarded a star because boxing is considered “live performance.” It is difficult to compare Kim Kardashian to Muhammad Ali purely for the sake of accomplishment. But when it comes to Tinseltown and what it stands for, I’m not sure anyone is more Hollywood than Kim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_9290\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 565px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.enstarz.com/articles/13222/20130214/kim-kardashian-braids-instagram-hairsyle-photos-bo-derek-look.htm\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-9290\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/kim-kardashian.png\" alt=\"Kim Kardashian's Instagram\" width=\"565\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/kim-kardashian.png 565w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/kim-kardashian-400x401.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/kim-kardashian-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/kim-kardashian-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/kim-kardashian-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/kim-kardashian-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/10/kim-kardashian-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kim Kardashian's Instagram\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>IV. In Defense of Kim Kardashian\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it might not seem like it when you’re sitting on your couch eating that second bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, you are just like Kim Kardashian. Because she lacks the enormous talent that catapults everyday people to stardom and because she lacks the Kate Moss waistline, she in turn represents both what could be and what is. In an \u003ca href=\"http://www.wmagazine.com/people/celebrities/2010/11/kim_kardashian_queen_of_reality_tv/\">interview\u003c/a> with \u003cem>W\u003c/em>, Kim reveals: “I’m way more boring than they think. I’m not a drinker, and when I’m up on the table dancing, it’s for the picture. Then I sit back down. I play into the perception of me, but it’s not really me. And the show reveals that.” And what is that perception of Kim Kardashian? Her name has become synonymous with—in my circles, at least—sounds and sighs of annoyance or comments on the stupidity of American celebrities and television.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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