Archive: entertainment

• On Piracy and the Need for Innovation

  By esp34 April 28, 2013

  We are all familiar with the public appeals of the entertainment industries against piracy.  American entertainment industries often argue that they are suffering from a loss of needed revenue as a di

  Categories: 2013, The Gnovis Blog Tags: entertainment, piracy, sopa

• Obama's Dream Date and More: The Double-edged Sword of Soft News

  By Relliott October 1, 2012

  On September 25, Jon Stewart criticized President Obama for appearing on entertainment talk show The View the same week of the United Nations General Assembly, where he did not plan on meeting indivi

  Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog Tags: barack, Barack Obama, celebrity, comedy, entertainment, jon stewart, media, michelle, michelle obama, mitt, mitt romney, obama, oprah, politics, soft news, The Daily Show

• Riches to Rhymes: The Celeb Kid Rap Game

  By jrw68 September 21, 2011

  For decades now, rap has been the vehicle for driving  a decidedly urban American Dream narrative – a Horatio Algers-esque tale of rags to riches. And, according to Jay-Z, you can be “right next to D

  Categories: 2011, The Gnovis Blog Tags: Bob Dylan, celeb progeny rapper, celeb progeny rappers, celebrity progeny rapper, celebrity progeny rappers, celebrity rappers, Chet Haze, commodity, Drake, Drizzy, entertainment, evolution of rap, hip-hop, history of rap, Jay-Z, Pablo Dylan, race, rap music, rappers, Rich Hil, socioeconomics, Tom Hanks, Tommy Hilfiger, white rapper, white rappers