Golden Girl by Reem Faruqi is a heartfelt book about family, friendship, hope, and change. Written in verses, Golden Girl follows Aafiyah Qamar who is dealing with a lot in her life. She is grappling with adolescence. Her paternal grandfather is battling cancer. But when her Abba (father) is accused of a crime and detained at an airport, Aafiyah’s life is forever changed. Highlights It was interesting to see Aafiyah come from an immigrant family who was well off until her father gets detained. Aafiyah also deals with all the
Chinese-Canadian actress Vanessa Yao has built a name for herself overseas with her transformative performances in projects including Father and Hero, Soul Breaker, and Blackfox Ridge. This year, she made her return to the States as the newest cast member of the CW’s Kung Fu. Adapted from the popular ’70s series, Kung Fu follows a young Chinese-American woman, Nicky Shen (Olivia Liang), whose quarter-life crisis causes her to drop out of school and make a life-changing journey to a monastery in China. When she makes her return home, she discovers
Pop Culturalist is excited to be partnering with Lionsgate to give away tickets to an advance screening of Massive Talent. You and a guest will see the film before it’s released on April 22. All the details are below. Good luck! About the Film Nicolas Cage stars as… Nick Cage in the action-comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, the fictionalized version of Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan (Pedro Pascal). Things take a wildly
Pop Culturalist is excited to be partnering with Warner Bros. Pictures to give away tickets to an advance screening of The Lost City. You and a guest will see the film before it’s released on April 15. All the details are below. Good luck! About the Film Professor Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) knows the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts Magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) to lead an intrepid team of wizards, witches