Associated Press: Detroit’s own crime-fighter RoboCop finally stands guard in Motor City. “RoboCop has finally found a permanent home in Detroit. A statue looming 11 feet tall (3.3 meters) and weighing 3,500 pounds (1,587 kilograms) has been drawing fans since it began standing guard over the Motor City on Wednesday afternoon, after about 15 years in the making.”
#PopularCulture
Why Hollywood has called the Netflix-Warner Bros merger a disaster
By Georgie Hewson
A major deal between Netflix and Warner Bros has sent shock waves through Hollywood and sparked backlash.
#FilmIndustry #Movies #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #Television #CompanyNews #MediaIndustry #PopularCulture #GeorgieHewson
Search Engine Land: Google’s Year in Search 2025: These trending topics spiked big. “Searches starting with ‘tell me about…’ jumped 70% from 2024 to 2025, while ‘how do I…’ queries hit an all-time high with a 25% year-over-year increase, Google said.”
Waze Blog: Drive with “SpongeBob” on Waze. “The world’s favorite sponge is jumping in as a navigator for an open-road adventure! To celebrate the upcoming release of ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants’ in theatres December 19, SpongeBob is bringing his nautical charm, quick wit, and bursts of positivity to your daily drive.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/05/waze-blog-drive-with-spongebob-on-waze/
Japan's pop queen sings to 14,000 empty seats amid Beijing crackdown
Beijing halts more than 20 Japanese cultural events across China as its diplomatic spat with Japan escalates.
Gizmodo: Franklin the Turtle Becomes an AI Meme After Pete Hegseth Jokes About War Crimes. “The Washington Post released a damning report over the holiday weekend that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been ordering the military to commit war crimes in the Caribbean. Hegseth responded by posting to X what appeared to be an AI-generated meme of the children’s book character Franklin shooting […]
"Once Upon My Mother, a new #French #movie that has just opened in #Israel, tells a quirky story of a son and his emotionally charged relationship with his sometimes inspiring, often overbearing mother, based on a popular #memoir by Roland Perez called Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan.
The archetype, or stereotype, of the smothering but loving and nurturing #Jewishmother is almost exclusively presented in #popularculture as #Ashkenazi, but in Once Upon My Mother, she is #Mizrahi, born in #Morocco. The film uses a quote from Rudyard Kipling to summarize its premise: “God couldn’t be everywhere, so he created mothers,” but local radio ads for the #film say, “God couldn’t be everywhere, so he created #Jewish mothers.”
It’s an odd but engrossing story..."
Copy of first Superman comic sells for $14m after being found in attic
The edition was found by three brothers while they were cleaning out their late mother's San Francisco home. Now it has become the most expensive comic ever sold.
Symposium "Tennis between high culture and popular culture. Sports performances between theatricality and politics"
8-10 May 2026
Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz
Deadline: 5 January 2026
Further information: https://www.performing-arts.eu/de/news/newsstream/call-for-papers-symposium-tennis-between-high-culture-and-popular-culture/
#symposium #tennis #performancestudies #popularculture #dancestudies #theatrestudies #mediastudies #anthropology
Ars Technica: Microsoft makes Zork I, II, and III open source under MIT License. “Zork, the classic text-based adventure game of incalculable influence, has been made available under the MIT License, along with the sequels Zork II and Zork III.”
How China's hit dating show changed this Melbourne couple's life
By Jason Fang
Long-running global hit If You Are the One returns to Australia to recruit contestants from a younger generation, many who do not prioritise marriage. Here is why the show is still relevant.
#Marriage #RealityTV #Dating #SocialMedia #Relationships #PopularCulture #JasonFang
Texas A&M University: ‘Outlander’ author donates literary archive to Texas A&M. “The ‘Outlander’ universe, in which a time-traveling British nurse finds adventure and romance with an 18th-century Scottish warrior, is coming to Aggieland. The best-selling book series author, Dr. Diana Gabaldon, has selected Texas A&M University’s Cushing Memorial Library and Archives as the permanent home […]
Tubefilter: TV distributors turned YouTube into a home for reruns. Now it’s hosting unaired episodes, too.. “On March 7, 2006, NBC pulled the sitcom Joey from the airwaves due to low ratings. That decision came in the middle of the Friends spinoff’s second season, leaving eight finished episodes unaired — until now.”
Cynthia Erivo praised for protecting co-star Ariana Grande from invader at Wicked event
By Dannielle Maguire
Video shared across social media shows a man jumping over a crowd-control barrier, running towards Grande and putting their arms around the singer.
#ArtsCultureandEntertainment #Music #PopularCulture #DannielleMaguire
Nonbinary furry gamer SonicFox hired by Nike to promote gaming-related clothing collection
The Gamer: Game Of Thrones Artist Denies Using Generative AI Following Fan Backlash. “Earlier this month, A Song of Ice and Fire fans got their hands on a re-release of A Feast for Crows, the Illustrated Edition. This promised 24 pieces of original artwork from Jeffrey R. McDonald, depicting key moments from the story. However, fans quickly began to suspect that McDonald’s artwork was created […]
Eddie Murphy conquered Hollywood without ever revealing his true self
By Mawunyo Gbogbo
Eddie Murphy has taken on many characters throughout his career, sometimes even within the same film. But a new documentary explores the "real Eddie Murphy" — someone the actor and comedian says few people actually know.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-12/eddie-murphy-documentary-being-eddie-takeaways/106002068
#Documentaries #Actor #StandUpComedy #Movies #PopularCulture #MawunyoGbogbo
Oasis leave Australia triumphant after gigantic sold-out tour
By Nick Sas
Playing to a combined audience of about 320,000 people, Liam and Noel Gallagher's return to Australia for this much-hyped tour has been nothing short of a triumph.
#Music #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #BandsandArtists #Rock #PopularCulture #NickSas
Salt-N-Pepa's musical influence recognised by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
By Mawunyo Gbogbo
Salt-N-Pepa will this weekend be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in the musical influence category. The group, founded in 1985, has had a huge impact on popular music and culture.
#Music #AwardsandPrizes #HipHop #PopularCulture #Rock #MawunyoGbogbo
Michigan Daily: The consequences of glamorizing automation. “Not only is it disrespectful to real female actresses to use their work to train an AI bot without due credit, but any AI actress extends a message that dehumanizes and endangers women and suggests they should work without their voices heard.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/07/michigan-daily-the-consequences-of-glamorizing-automation/
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