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Posts in the EMF 140 category:

EMF 140

Stereotyped Simpsons character Apu will get a new voice

Written by Turner, John on March 8th, 2020.

Hank Azaria has decided to give up voicing the character of Apu on The Simpsons as reported in The Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-01-18/hank-azaria-to-quit-voicing-apu-on-the-simpsons  

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“Mixed-ish” is about identity and inclusion

Written by Turner, John on November 25th, 2019.

The new ABC spin-off has its share of both praise and criticism as reported in The Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2019-11-12/abc-mixedish-karin-gist-greys-anatomy    

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“Dungeons & Dragons” game making a comeback

Written by Turner, John on November 18th, 2019.

New fans joining old ones as reported in The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/books/dungeons-dragons.html?searchResultPosition=1  

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The complexity of video games shows in “Death Stranding”

Written by Turner, John on November 12th, 2019.

42 billion dollars spent on video games last year. From The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/09/business/media/video-game-death-stranding-advertising.html?searchResultPosition=1  

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The Marlboro man is dead, but not from smoking cigarettes

Written by Turner, John on November 12th, 2019.

Robert Norris dies at age 90. From The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/09/us/robert-norris-dead.html  

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In 1969, Harlem Had Its Own Woodstock Music Festival

Written by Turner, John on September 21st, 2019.

With the 50th anniversary of Woodstock in upstate New York, there is also one to remember that was in Harlem. Daphne A. Brooks reports in The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/15/arts/music/black-woodstock-harlem-festival-1969.html?searchResultPosition=1

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“The Supremes” Now Setting Fashion Trends for the Millennials

Written by Turner, John on September 21st, 2019.

The famous Motown group who became “agents of culture change in the 1960s” now appealing to Millennials as Christopher Petkanas writes in The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/style/mary-wilson-supreme-glamour.html?searchResultPosition=1

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The First Woman Filmmaker Made a Film in 1896

Written by Turner, John on September 20th, 2019.

The New York Times rediscovers Alice Guy Blache, the world’s first female filmmaker. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/obituaries/alice-guy-blache-overlooked.html    

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Hanes Joins Dove With an Ad Campaign for Men

Written by Turner, John on September 20th, 2019.

Tiffany Tsu of The New York Times looks at how advertisers are trying to stop stereotypical notions of gender. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/08/business/media/underwear-ads-men-marketing.html?searchResultPosition=1  

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Companies Getting Into Podcasting and Consumers Are Listening

Written by Turner, John on August 21st, 2019September 21st, 2019.

By David Yaffe-Bellany from The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/20/business/media/branded-podcasts.html?searchResultPosition=1

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