http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/popculture/ en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:31:10 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415998/posts (Nearly 76,000 online voters chose their favorites from a list of pop culture dogs drawn from television, film, literature, sports and art.) NEW YORK — The Peanuts comic strip character Snoopy was named the top dog in pop culture by the American Kennel Club on Tuesday as part of its 125th anniversary celebration, beating out a college sports mascot. Nearly 76,000 online voters chose their favorites from a list of pop culture dogs drawn from television, film, literature, sports and art, the kennel club said. Snoopy was the pensive dog whose best friend was a bird and who seemed to... Mother Nature Network http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415998/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:31:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406770/posts "So many big name stars, singers and sports legends have visited Washington over the years, the city is often referred to as “Hollywood on the Potomac.” So, that’s the title of my new book (available now at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Borders) featuring over 200 photographs and stories that detail the fascination between Hollywood stars and Washington power-players — from Presidents Truman through Obama." "Somehow late night talk shows became a logical first step for politicians to reach voters. Somehow rock stars became a political voice of the disenfranchised. Somewhere along the way, American politics and pop culture personalities... bighollywood.breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406770/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:26:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395225/posts The announcement that Oprah’s ending her show after 25 years came as no surprise. In fact, I have been expecting this sort of announcement since Oprah took the stage with Barack Obama to announce her support for his presidential run. During her first of many stump speeches in Manchester, I heard the crowd chant Oprah! Oprah, and listened to her give a well-crafted speech. I also noticed a transformation in her voice and delivery. She sounded more like a pastor giving a fiery sermon, closer to Reverend Wright, than a professional talk show host. She seemed to revel in the... Big Hollywood http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395225/posts#comment Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:14:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387511/posts Barack Obama left his 2.6 million fans on Twitter, the social networking website, bemused, disappointed and mildly irritated by admitting on Monday that he had never used the service himself. "Let me say that I have never used Twitter," he told students in Shanghai. "I noticed that young people are very busy with these electronics. My thumbs are too clumsy to type in things on the phone." During his election campaign, Mr Obama portrayed himself as "connected" to the people through Twitter and his ever-present blackberry phone. Some of his more understanding fans asked if it was any real surprise... Telegraph (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387511/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:01:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2383907/posts Here is video of Steven Crowder on with Sean Hannity last night where he talked about his "Man on the Street" video asking people who the "Vice-President" is. He also asked people who Nancy Pelosi is. Almost no one knew the answer to either question! But when he asked who "Angelina Jolie's boyfriend is," virtually everyone knew the answer - Brad Pitt. It is scary to know that these are people voting, and Barack Obama owes his Presidency in large part to these voters. It explains a great deal. . . . (VIDEO) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2383907/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:31:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2366253/posts LOS ANGELES – The songwriter who wrote the catchy theme songs to "The Addams Family" and "Green Acres" television shows has died. Vic Mizzy was 93. .......................................... Mizzy has said that he didn't mind if people only remember him for the finger snaps at the start of the "The Addams Family" theme song. After all, he said "two snaps got me a mansion in Bel Air." Yahoo - AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2366253/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:22:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354305/posts This month, like every October, a sea of pink ribbons washes over products from sneakers to snacks. While the effort raises research dollars, it leaves some breast cancer survivors feeling that companies are profiting from their pain.When KimZielinski was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 at the age of 33, well-meaning friends inundated her with products bearing a little pink ribbon. Each product’s maker promised a cut of the sales price to a breast cancer charity, and these friends felt they were supporting the cause and, by association, Zielinski. A petite brunette who’s now 35, she was enormously grateful for... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354305/posts#comment Sat, 3 Oct 2009 21:33:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319885/posts When you’re Barack Obama and you’ve lost Jon Stewart, you’ve got a problem. “Mr. President,” the “Daily Show” host said Monday night, “I can’t tell if you’re a Jedi — 10 steps ahead of everything — or if this whole health-care thing is kickin’ your [rear.]” White House officials, by acknowledging that a public option (or government plan) is not essential to achieving health care reform, may have improved their chances of ultimately getting a bill. In the meantime, though, they have touched off the most ferocious backlash among liberal talking heads since President Obama took office. The president and... The Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319885/posts#comment Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:34:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2310197/posts July 15th, 2009 - a day that shall live in comedic infamy. The Obama administration’s first direct hit from reliably friendly allies. Former Saturday Night Live star, now stand up comic Dana Carvey was the guest on the new Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. When O’Brien asked Carvey his opinion of Obama, Carvey trotted out some fresh material. “I’m worried. The economy just had a heart attack, but Barack just wants to work on the knee,” Carvey riffed. ”Should we do CPR? No, we’re gonna fix this knee. We can do CPR when it’s efficient and cost effective, but right... Big Hollywood http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2310197/posts#comment Fri, 7 Aug 2009 02:40:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287276/posts A day before New York Rep. Peter King called Michael Jackson a “pervert” unworthy of nonstop media coverage, the aunt of a U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan on the same day Jackson died asked why her nephew's death went virtually unnoticed while the King of Pop got memorial shrines across the country. "Mr. Jackson received days of wall-to-wall coverage in the media," Martha Gillis wrote to the Washington Post. "Where was the coverage of my nephew or the other soldiers who died that week?" Gillis' nephew, Lt. Brian Bradshaw, 24, died in Kheyl, Afganistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised... Foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2287276/posts#comment Tue, 7 Jul 2009 15:04:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285908/posts Last week, in the midst of President Obama's efforts to push unprecedented expansions of federal regulatory authority through Congress, North Korea's bellicose threats of nuclear annihilation, and the Iranian regime's brutal campaign to suppress political dissent, the American public's attention was focused elsewhere. On June 25th, 2009, the nation plunged into mourning upon learning of the tragic deaths of Michael Jackson—inimitable King of Pop—and Hollywood's original "angel" Farah Fawcett. In the time it took for a commercial break, the coverage of the Iranian protests, the debates about cap and trade and healthcare reform, and the diplomatic efforts to recover two... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285908/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 14:11:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286011/posts Television networks planning Jackson coverage NEW YORK (AP) -- NBC executives changed their minds Sunday and decided to join other networks that will televise Michael Jackson's memorial service live this week. NBC joins ABC, CNN, MSNBC and E! Entertainment in offering the ceremony live. It's set for 10 a.m. PDT at Los Angeles' Staples Center. NBC had initially planned only a one-hour prime-time special on Tuesday night, but said Sunday it would also cover the event live. It was not immediately clear who would anchor. Charles Gibson will anchor coverage for ABC, which is setting aside its typical daytime programming.... AP via The Columbus Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286011/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:50:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284094/posts YOU'D have thought by the media lovefest that the pope had died a tragic death after a lifetime of caring for lepers. But, no, it was the death of Michael Jackson, a drug-addled, creepy-beyond-words, accused pedophile who literally bought his children with the help of two brood mares and, apparently, his dermatologist -- a group of amoral savages who had no problem giving their kids to a man who looked like the Phantom of the Opera and who behaved like a depraved worm. You can call it "adoption," but I call it child-trafficking. OK, I said it -- and it's... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284094/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:53:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283719/posts So Michael Jackson's body was going to be returned to his ranch at Neverland, where it would lie in state in a glass coffin for his helplessly grieving fans to say their goodbyes. It would be borne there in a white 'fairyland' horse-drawn coach as sobbing crowds line the route. Then would come the bad-taste funeral to end all bad-taste funerals, an orgy of saccharine camp with yet more artificially whipped-up sentiment. Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283719/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 00:32:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2228268/posts ...when the second annual Record Store Day arrives Saturday, artists and labels will be out in force: More than 1,000 stores worldwide... will offer in-store events or performances by dozens of artists... ...A resurgence in interest in vinyl records (with sales climbing 89 percent last year to 1.8 million) has helped these independent operators stay in business... "The reality is we were over-retailed," says Michael Kurtz, president of Record Store Day and the marketing company Music Monitor Network. "We had about four times as many stores as the market could bear... But there are new ones still coming, and it's... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2228268/posts#comment Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:23:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213962/posts Simon Cowell wants Obama to appear on ‘Idol’ But judge is unsure if presidential mention of him was a positive one March. 24, 2009 Simon Cowell and "American Idol" have the power and popularity to enlist plenty of big names to appear on the show. But can they pull in the biggest name of all — President Barack Obama? According to digitalspy.com, Cowell told Absolute Radio that "we're trying to get (Obama) to do a show at the moment." It didn't escape Cowell's notice that he received a mention from the commander in chief on the "Tonight Show" last week,... MSNBC.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213962/posts#comment Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:59:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2206634/posts The Evil Conservative celebrates individuality, and one guy that fits that bill for sure is Republican rapper Hi-Caliber - You don't have to like rap music or hip-hop to dig his stuff... check it when Hi-Caliber talks with EC. Evil Conservative Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2206634/posts#comment Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:53:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2182071/posts Forty-five years ago tonight, one of television's most memorable moments took place - the Beatles' first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. Over 70 million viewers tuned in on that Sunday evening long ago. Here are the first ten minutes of the original broadcast, as it aired on CBS-TV, including commercials. This clip includes three of the five songs the Beatles performed that night. Roman Around http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2182071/posts#comment Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:29:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2171495/posts Does the Shamwow guy really need a headset microphone? I will never understand how nobody from Small Wonder went on to win an academy award. Is Obamas aunt still spending my tax dollars? http://theconservativecomeback.blogspot.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2171495/posts#comment Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:15:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2168300/posts Check out this inauguration day “Presidential Pledge” video produced by aging starlet Demi Moore and her son -- oops -- husband Ashton Kutcher. It’s a perfect stage for a few big stars and a ton of wannabe big stars to reveal the depth of their newly discovered love for America. Here’s how the Moore and Kutcher describe their work: “Reflecting Barack’s call for change, the film features over 50 of the biggest stars in Hollywood revealing how they plan to personally participate in keeping America strong, proud and green.” We’re into pop culture in a big way here at IHTM.... IHateTheMedia.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2168300/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:01:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167448/posts The last election cycle bore more online fruit for Democrats. "Obama is really Howard Dean 2.0 when it comes to online fundraising," said Phil Tajitsu Nash, who runs Campaign Advantage, a company that makes Web sites and develops Internet strategies for candidates. So it's understandable that Republicans are green with envy and scratching their heads wondering why the Internet works for Democrats but doesn't work for them. The simple answer: There is no technology that can help overcome the left's current online dominance. There is no wizard in Silicon Valley who can make things better. There is no Joe Trippi... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2167448/posts#comment Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:31:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2166895/posts Continuing our series on the Obama Superstar phenomenon sweeping the nation, World Net Daily is reporting that the fanbois at MSNBC are planning to take their fawning coverage of the inauguration to the big screen. MSNBC and Screenvision are teaming up to give away free tickets to what I'm sure Chris Matthews will soon call the "event of the century." Presumably this is either because they think not enough people have televisions or because they figure all the Obamatons will eventually need to know who to blame... Evil Conservative Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2166895/posts#comment Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:27:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2162345/posts Stars flock for a place in ‘Bamelot’ Sarah Baxter CELEBRITIES and socialites are vying to be on Washington’s “O-List” – the hot-test ticket to social success – in anticipation of Barack Obama’s inauguration. The city has not been this glamorous since the dashing John F Kennedy presided over Camelot. “Number one: Obama is cool,” said Morris Reid of the Creative Coalition, which has a waiting list of 500 for its star-studded inauguration ball. “He is truly the first pop culture president – the first to have a BlackBerry, get his music from his iPod and walk around with aviator Ray-Bans.”... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2162345/posts#comment Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:23:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2158304/posts Have you seen the new Pepsi logo? It's also all over the NBC sporta desk tonight where Olberbite & Costas are sitting. Not that I ever drank it but no more Pepsi for me. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2158304/posts#comment Sun, 4 Jan 2009 01:00:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090849/posts Two-and-half years ago, during the Academy Awards presentations, a hip-hop group called Three 6 Mafia tendered their contribution to the ongoing elevation of America’s cultural landscape by helping to make the word “p*mp” (rhymes with limp) a touch more family-friendly. That evening, they performed a song called, “It’s Hard Out Here For a P*mp” – a toe-tapping little number so catchy, so memorable, so culturally relevant that it was outdone only by the group’s all-consonant all-the-time acceptance speech. At the time, when the story was new – and talk show hosts everywhere were going on and on about it –... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090849/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:01:32 GMT