What are the Annie Awards?: America’s Most Under-the-Radar Award Show
Animation doesn’t get much love at major award shows. Since their beginning, the Annie Awards have sought to change that. Animation at the Oscars. The two Oscars dedicated to animation are far from enough. Despite featuring a decent selection of nominees each...
A Tribute to Adam McKay: How One of Comedy’s Brightest Minds has Seamlessly Transitioned into Making Movies of Substance About the Biggest Issues of Our Time
How does one become one of the most celebrated and commercially successful comedy multi-hyphenates of all time? Surely not by dropping out of college before receiving their bachelor’s degree and joining an improv comedy group, right? WRONG. Thus was the journey for...
The Duality of Fan Culture: How Super Bowl Super Fans, Taylor Swift Swifties + Boy Band Obsessed are All the Same
Every February the rest of the world is put on pause as everyone tunes in on Super Bowl Sunday. Even those who never watch football can watch for the halftime show, the iconic commercials, or just to enjoy the social event that the Super Bowl has become. But nobody...
The Timelessness of the Sitcom: A Genre that Stands the Test of Time
Sitcoms have been around for nearly as long as television itself. As television sets became the most beloved household item entering the 1950s, viewers embraced the intimacy of bringing visual media into their homes. As more and more people tuned in, networks...
