'Toy Story' gets surprisingly dark in holiday special
Use the fields below to perform an advanced search of statepress.com - Arizona State Press's archives. This will return articles, images, and multimedia relevant to your query.
38 items found for your search. If no results were found please broaden your search.
[audio uploaded]
Over the Thanksgiving weekend, Netflix was positioned to premiere a new stand-up special from comedian Bill Cosby. Titled "Bill Cosby 77," the special was taped this summer on the 77th birthday of the comedy pioneer, whose NBC hit "The Cosby Show" proved to be very influential in how Americans talked about race in the wake of the civil rights movement.
Note: This contains minor spoilers for the podcast "Serial." Specific details are kept to a minimum, but broader points are detailed. If you would like to listen to the podcast before reading further, you can do so here.
When it comes to male-led pop acts, they are usually accompanied with a wink and a nod. The goal of instantly famous boy bands and the band's members is to appeal primarily to young women, sending hearts fluttering with their chiseled features and lyrics about how special the characteristics of their fanbase are. Almost always, there is an element to these performers that communicate they are more fantasy than reality.
What an amazing world this must be if an anonymous street artist can parlay glorified graffiti slapped all over the world into a reputation as one of the world's most prominent artists. The artist known as Banksy, most famous for popularizing the evolution of street art from a sign of urban decay to one of the last powerful creative mediums, has united absurd high-brow art connoisseurs and the voiceless masses, who have embraced him as a cult hero. Meanwhile, major metropolitan governments talk a big game about bringing a criminal vandal to justice.
It is a common sentiment that everybody has at least one novel within themselves, clawing to get from their brain and onto either a ream of paper or whatever fancy doohickey Amazon just released.
Logic would dictate there is no better marriage than wordsmith extraordinaire Aaron Sorkin and the 24-hour news cycle.
At one point or another, it seems like every Hollywood "it" girl takes a stab at releasing a pop album. While pop stars usually have an easier time transitioning into movies, the transition from starlet to pop star is generally futile, embarrassing starlets like Paris Hilton and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Recent crossover successes such as Selena Gomez and Ariana Grande are rare exceptions; more often than not, these forays into a different medium tend to be seen as opportunistic vanity projects.
It is hard to believe that it has been almost 15 years since the pioneers over at Cartoon Network offshoot Adult Swim began reappropriating the classic formats of Warner Bros. Animation and Hanna-Barbera to squeeze absurdist comedy from their marrow.
It is no secret that Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl is a paragon of versatility. Arriving onto the scene as the drummer for Scream only to become a household name when he joined a little band you may have heard of called Nirvana, Grohl parlayed that success into multiple avenues over a span of two decades, eventually coalescing into hybrid documentary series/concept album "Sonic Highways."
The very idea of transgender is something many people cannot wrap their heads around, and to a degree, this is understandable. The fluidity of gender is a nuanced and complicated concept, so it is no wonder that it is easily brushed aside if one does not have to confront it directly.
The verdict is still out on whether music streaming services like Spotify have made a positive or negative impact on the industry as a whole. Artists like Thom Yorke argue that these services are awful for musicians, changing the business model in a way that dramatically reduces cash flow. However, these services further allow for the democratization of new media, ensuring equitable distribution for acts large and small.
In Malcolm Gladwell's 2008 book "Outliers: The Story of Success," he writes about "The 10,000 Hour Rule," which posits that mastery of a skill occurs after people put the time into becoming exceptional at a given task. This is an oversimplification of Gladwell's thesis, but people have responded to it in a big way. Rapper-turned-haircut Macklemore wrote a song about it, even.
There has always been an element of preciousness to the work of Weezer, a band that exploded onto the alt-rock scene in 1994 on the heels of adorably dorky frontman Rivers Cuomo and his uncanny resemblance to Buddy Holly. From the very beginning up until its last album, 2010's "Hurley," Weezer has been defined by its youthful naïveté and delight in the ability to weave simplistic lyrics and poppy melodies to capture the earnestness of silly feelings.
On Sept. 30, FX made an announcement that was a delightful surprise for the small but passionate group who cared. Thanks to a strong critical reception and a need to fill airtime on sister network FXX, "You're the Worst" was picked up for a second season despite meager ratings during its run last summer.
When Lady Gaga busted on the scene with the release of her 2008 album "The Fame," there was an understanding that this sudden phenomenon had an expiration date. Gaga, a creation of New York musician Stefani Germanotta, was defined by her fluidity in more ways than one. The appeal sprung from her constant reinvention, taking an aesthetic pioneered by the likes of Madonna and constantly spinning it in fascinating directions. With the release of "Born This Way," the fluidity of her persona took on metaphorical qualities as a symbol of ethnic, sexual and gender midpoints.
This website uses cookies to make your experience better and easier. By using this website you consent to our use of cookies. For more information, please see our Cookie Policy.