Over the course of the last few years, Hollywood has experienced the beginnings of a cultural shift in which the old adage “representation matters” has become increasingly urgent. At the Wizard World Comic Con in Chicago this weekend, actors Holly Marie Combs and Charisma Carpenter headlined a panel that attempted to explore what it is like “being a woman in the male dominated industry that is pop culture.” A lot of the discussion focused on social media, which often enables and spreads negativity. As Holly Marie Combs noted, female actors
Pop R&B singer-songwriter AJ Mitchell is having the time of his life. Since signing with Epic Records at the start of 2018, it’s been a crazy adventure and one that AJ’s been dreaming about since he first began posting short-form videos and covers on social media back at a young age. This July, he released his debut EP, Hopeful, an energetic six-song collection and the start of a lifelong dream being fulfilled, “I named it that because through this whole process of posting videos online to releasing this EP, I
As the sun began to set at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York, British singer-songwriter Calum Scott took the stage, where he would perform an emotional collection of songs off his debut album, Only Human. Within moments of the uptempo “Come Back Home”, it became clear that Calum Scott was an artist ready to bare his heart and soul in front of the 15,000 in attendance. The moving six-song set was an uninhibited display of his experiences with his identity, acceptance, and love—universal themes that struck a chord with everyone
Droughtlander has not broken yet – but Caitriona Balfe and Diana Gabaldon‘s panel at Wizard World Convention in Chicago yesterday makes us feel like the end is in sight. Balfe, who plays Claire Fraser on the hit show Outlander, and Gabaldon, author of the beloved book series, shared some details about bringing the story and characters to life, starting their careers, and why women can’t resist a man in a kilt. Caitriona on getting cast in Outlander: Though Caitriona Balfe studied acting in Dublin, she left school to become a model after