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This 2019 awards race might have one of the most crowded acting fields in recent years. Last year delivered so many impressive performances that many of them were either snubbed from nominations or will lose to someone we find unfavorable.
Every year, we search curiously for movies we love. Often, we miss. I find that I am insufferably dour when it comes to deciding if a given year is a good year for movies up until the very last month, when the Oscar-eligible films come rushing in like the downpour after a drought.
Ranking television shows is an impossible task, one that’s only gotten more difficult as there are fewer and fewer shows that everyone watches. There is little difference between number five and number three, so I am opting to chronologically rank them instead.
I’ve been blessed by the entertainment industry a countless amount of times, but the most memorable gift was my introduction to the depths and bounds that animated shows can reach in their content, spirit and artistry.
The streaming service has found a niche in the industry as a studio that’s willing to work with and promote directors who want to take risks and tell stories at pinched budgets. Streaming services’ version of monopolized content remains as one of the last remaining holdouts of creativity still alive and kicking in the American entertainment industry today.
Despite what a tenured English professor might have might have to say about them, Instapoets have attracted an otherwise disinterested audience to poetry. In doing so, they’ve expanded into subject matters that were previously ignored and have been highly inclusive of marginalized communities.
After recently being added to the Subtle Depressed People Traits group on Facebook, I enjoyed laughing in my room late at night, scrolling from a macabre Winne the Pooh joke about mental illness to a self-deprecating tweet complaining about being lonely but never leaving the house.
The Daily spoke to St. John by telephone about the #MeToo movement, classical music, her allegations of abuse and others that have rocked this industry.
Bro-country can be insanely catchy, clever and fun. It’s just that it’s surpassed its expiration date.