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Why Is Popcorn the Star in Theaters?

At home or in the theater, movie watching shares one tradition: eating popcorn. The second a person enters a movie theater, their senses are  overwhelmed by the buttery smells and flavors of this corn snack. […]

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How Did Nightclubs Begin in Mexico?

Latin American nightlife has enough variety to satisfy anyone’s taste. Commonly known as “antros,” discotheques and nightclubs are places where people socialize, dance, consume alcoholic beverages and, last but not least, have fun. The word […]

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Karaoke Machines: A 1970s Revolution in the Entertainment Industry

Karaoke machines are a Japanese invention, but an American show might have triggered their creation. The term karaoke comes from the Japanese words kara (empty) and okesutora (orchestra). Karaoke machines are a recent creation compared […]

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The Long and the Short of Indian Cinema’s Anthology Trail

Karan Johar, a filmmaker whose brand of cinema has been defined by big budgets, larger than life sets, song-dance routines, family, romance and heartbreak, took a plunge into uncharted territory of short storytelling with one […]

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When Elvis Met Nixon

MEMPHIS,  Tenn. — As they do every year, revelers are traveling to Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, to celebrate what would have been the 85th birthday of the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.” But this year, […]

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Arrest of Indian Comedians Sparks Free Speech Debate

Indore, 2 January 2020 — The arrest of a stand-up comedian in the central Indian city of Indore on Jan. 1 for allegedly hurting religious sentiments has yet again revealed the diminishing space of dissent […]

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Daily Wage Earners in Bollywood Struggle to Survive

As the sun sets over the horizon on Mumbai’s Aarey Road, 57-year-old Shahjahan Shaikh routinely trudges along a serpentine queue of auto rickshaws, clutching a stick. The middle-aged man appears vaguely familiar, a virtue synonymous […]