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Celebrity turned CEO
By Catherine Esrey | October 12, 2022Recently, more and more celebrities have been adding business CEO to their resume.
Recently, more and more celebrities have been adding business CEO to their resume.
In announcing the name of their newborn daughter, YouTube star Trisha Paytas has left fans divided once more.
Now, on her sophomore album “Hold the Girl,” Sawayama invites listeners to unpack their emotional baggage and leave it all on the dance floor.
To this challenge Krill has its own philosophy – aiming to present original flavors from Southeast Asia “with no boundaries.”
Finally, the public will be able to savor the fruits of all involved parties’ labor this week.
I could pretend that I’ve broken my cycle of desire, and that I’m one of those ascetic, holier-than-thou minimalists who don’t believe in owning silverware. But it’s all a lie. I will admit that I am, at my core, a very materialistic person.
This year’s festival will have free showings from Sept. 30 to Oct. 29 with locations in Durham and Chapel Hill, with films revolving around the theme of inbetweenness.
“Epic Rap Battles of History" was one of the first shows to truly optimize itself for consumption on the Internet.
Over the last two months, Duke has been the lucky site of the “Alhamdu Muslim Futurism” (Alhamdu is short for al-hamdu li-llāh, the Arabic phrase for “praise be to God”) world premiere, likely the first ever exhibit entirely dedicated to Muslim Futurism.
The film — with its unpretentious, if indulgent, focus on the meaning of story — arrives at the perfect moment, and has made me wish for more perspectives like it.
At the same time the show portrays autistic people as being just as extraordinary as neurotypical ones, "Extraordinary Attorney Woo" depicts the stereotypes of the autistic savant that we desperately need to move past for a more accurate representation of neurodivergence in media.
This nihilistic view on the world may not be representative of everyone’s perspective on life, but it’s certainly becoming a more prevalent one of our generation.
Now, the D’Amelio family is growing their empire and launching their own business venture: D’Amelio Brands.
Rooted in curating special and interesting pieces, Bull City Vintage is a local company that started in October 2020. Their unique pieces have captured the attention of the Durham community and they currently amass over 9000 followers on their Instagram page.
The nauseating parallels between Hong Kong’s 1989 democracy protests and the 2019 Anti-extradition Law movement have blurred the lines drawn by time.
The world woke Sept. 5 to massive billboards featuring a man stripped down to only his boxers and sunglasses while holding a cocktail. The man? Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi. The reason for this scandalous display? Promoting his new single “Forget Me.”
In the midst of Hispanic Heritage Month, the first-ever Fandango de Durham is here to help further appreciation of Latinx culture in the Bull City.
“As per ‘Leo’s Law,’ [four] ill-fated partners parted ways in their ‘final Leo year’ when they sadly reached Leo’s cutoff of 25 years,” the now-deleted graphic read.
HBO’s “House of the Dragon” and Amazon Prime’s “The Rings of Power'' both premiered in August 2022, with the former garnering glowing reviews and record view counts and the latter seeing a more tepid response from critics.
The new release marks not only JID’s most mature body of work to date but one of rap’s best releases this year.