FJØRA (aka Alexandra Petkovski) is an award-winning musician, composer, producer, and songwriter who has quickly made a name for herself in the industry. Her work has been celebrated across multiple platforms and mediums including SXSW, Disney+, Blumhouse Productions, Amazon Prime, Netflix, HBO, and MTV. Her latest project, Sondheim Series, finds her reimagining Stephen’s most introspective compositions with her unique flare. Pop Culturalist was lucky enough to speak with FJØRA about the collection and honoring the legacy that is Stephen Sondheim. PC: How did you discover your passion for music? FJØRA:
S.K. Ali emerged as a stand-out, fresh voice in children’s literature when her debut young adult novel Saints and Misfits was a finalist for the William C. Morris award, winner of the APALA Award, and Middle East Book Award. Her subsequent YA books, Love From A to Z and Misfit in Love, also garnered much praise and accolades from media and readers alike. Sajidah became a New York Times bestselling author with the picture book The Proudest Blue, which she co-wrote with Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad. The sequel, The Kindest Red,
Pop Culturalist is excited to be partnering with Prime Video to give away tickets to an advance screening of Run Sweetheart Run. You and a guest will see the film before it’s released on October 28. All the details are below. Good luck! About the Film Initially apprehensive when her boss insists she meet with one of his most important clients, single mom Cherie (Ella Balinska) is relieved and excited when she meets charismatic Ethan (Pilou Asbæk). The influential businessman defies expectations and sweeps Cherie off her feet. But at
Sophia Mitri Schloss, Sara Echeagaray, and Nell Verlaque are three of the stars of Disney+’s Big Shot. In Season 2 of Big Shot, Marvyn Korn (Stamos) returns to Westbrook with a new fire, ready to show that his basketball team belongs in D2 and that he’s still the championship-winning, powerhouse coach he was in the NCAA. Marvyn’s latest plan toward relevance is to get his team broadcast on ESPN and his method is to recruit an unlikely player: Ava (Echeagaray), a gutsy beach volleyball phenom whose public tantrum got her