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From whirlwind celebrity romances to your best friend moving halfway across the country to be with a guy she's known for a month, the phrase «love makes you do crazy things» is never more true than in our current culture of immediacy.

Breeders, a film by the Center for Ethics and Culture, investigates the growing practice of surrogacy: «Surrogacy is fast becoming one of the major issues of the 21st century — celebrities and everyday people are increasingly using surrogates to build their families.

In this celebrity culture, it's easy for a servant to lose her way.

I've long admired J.R.'s take on ministry, so it was honor to talk with him about what it means for pastors to serve with faithfulness, regardless of the outcome, in a culture that idolizes celebrity and success.

It takes for granted the culture of celebrity and affluence and overlooks the question of whether it is morally possible to live with integrity at any level of material comfort in our industrialized society.

Because in the face of supermarket tabloids that barely allow a woman's perineum to be stitched up before they are gleefully asking «how she's going to lose the weight» and a celebrity culture that plans a tummy tuck before even nursing the new babe for the first time, we have forgotten how having a baby actually looks on a body.

There is little need for another novel satirizing the narcissism and superficiality of our celebrity - obsessed culture, but what distinguishes Beha's book is the insight that modern people, now deprived of being the apple of God's eye, must create elaborate and dramatic false idols to satisfy the human need to know that someone, anyone, is taking stock of their lives, however contrived and superficial they may be.

The pageantry of the Super Bowl is not confined to the game itself, nor to the culture heroes who attend it — e.g., Bob Hope, John Denver, Dan Rather and other celebrities — for the largest audience watches the game via television.

Even if you couldn't care less about the shenanigans of celebrities and politicians, it's hard to totally escape it in our celeb - obsessed culture; this is often what passes for news nowadays.

While seeing celebrities nursing doesn't have to be a source of inspiration for regular moms, it should still be part of our culture and a regular part at that.

Don't let celebrity and pop culture gas - light you or shame you for your experience.

A media - centric, consumeristic celebrity culture, the erosion of civic responsibility, & the effectiveness of machine /» gangster» politics on a dynastic scale all contribute in challenging the assumption that a government of the people, by the people, & for the people can sustain itself in the long run.

Eventually, Trippi believes that we'll laugh off minor gaffes like this, but at the moment, the Internet is encouraging a culture of authenticity at the same time that rival campaigns, the media, blogs, etc., will gang - tackle a candidate (or celebrity) for the slightest public or private mistake.

Although Bentonite clay aka Healing clay has been long in practice in different cultures for detox, it's becoming hugely popular among Hollywood celebrities and health experts.

Just like for women, our social and celebrity media culture perpetuates an unrealistic idea of male body perfection and attractiveness.

When it comes to times, any celebrities are seen wearing elegant salwar suits depicting their cultures and traditions that also become an inspiration for young girls and ladies.

Technology and a quickly changing dating culture can make it Your source for the latest sex tips, celebrity news, dating and relationship help, beauty tutorials, fashion trends, and more.

A CEO from one of the world's top five global fashion brands has to work for just four days to earn what a garment worker in Bangladesh will earn in an TheRichest is the world's leading source of shocking and intriguing content surrounding celebrities, money, global events, society, pop culture, sports and

Hollyhood RadioTV is giving local talent, legacy brands, celebrities, athletes, and aspiring entertainers, a digital voice for relevant issues from all cultures and communities by providing a platform for interactive engagement globally.

Grammy - winning disc jockey, producer and songwriter Diplo comments on the lack of celebrity culture in Cuba, where he performed for the Sundance documentary «Give Me Future.

More than forty years after it was made, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a perfect movie for our times, digging beneath the surface of fashion and celebrity culture.

Deadpool breathed new life into the superhero genre for me thanks to Ryan Reynolds just OWNING his character, and Popstar held a mirror to everything that's ridiculous about our celebrity - obsessed culture, in true Lonely Island style.

His father (Roshan Seth) has become minor celebrity as a trendy Buddhist guru but Karim is still looking for his identity in a world where racism simmers and culture is in such a state of flux that anything seems possible.

At the film's recent press day, McKay, Lewis, Bale, Carell, Gosling, Hamish Linklater, Jeremy Strong, producer Jeremy Kleiner, and screenwriter Charles Randolph talked about turning the book into a movie and adapting it to the screen, why McKay was the right person to direct, what drew them to the project, how the actors met their real - life counterparts in preparation for their roles, the decision to combine a cinema verite documentary approach with other stylized elements, breaking the fourth wall, and using celebrities and pop culture figures as an entertaining storytelling device to explain complex financial concepts to the audience.

The film also takes shots at celebrity / fame culture, but pushing aside the earlier predatory male character in favor of a «women eat each other alive, but literally» story makes it fall short for me.

MacFarlane has a well - established penchant for pop - culture references and celebrity cameos in his projects, and Ted 2 continues that tradition with some fun re-appearances from the first film, as well as some new additions that will be great for fans of films and / or MacFarlane's animated universe.

What made the film so brilliant and compelling despite its theoretically repellent cast of characters is that instead of going for cheap shots or silly attempts at psychological insight, Coppola simply observed them in ways that helped inspire a certain understanding into their mindsets and how they had been shaped and influenced by a celebrity - obsessed culture that overwhelms them on a daily basis.

On top of that, the film's rapid - fire comic timing and boundless, infectious energy allows for plenty of time for digs at Hollywood action films, comic book franchises, celebrity culture, and a host of other on - point gags.

As he combs through East Los Angeles searching for any kind of clues he can find, he stumbles upon a larger, more sinister conspiracy than he ever imagined, involving billionaires, celebrities, urban myths, and even pop culture as we know it.

If you're a fan of deceptively easy pop culture quiz shows and celebrities running around the streets of New York, then has TruTV got a trailer for you.

Adding to tons of pop culture references (Star Wars, Aliens, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, celebrities like Reynolds himself and Hugh Jackman) and two cameos of Stan Lee and Rob Liefeld (the latter is at Sister Margaret's School for Wayward Children), Tim Miller tied the knot with impressive fight choreography and a timely, mood - setting presence of Junkie XL's scores.

A judge ruled that it would be inappropriate for Arena to play a Gomorrah gangster but Garrone was eventually permitted to cast the former hitman as a fishmonger in his celebrity - culture satire Reality.

The Hunger Games enjoyed the biggest - ever box office opening for a non-sequel film this past weekend, and it's likely to keep captivating audiences in coming weeks with its edgy action and potent critique of today's celebrity - worshiping culture.

It's an issue that has been growing for the past few years — celebrity culture and the increasing prevalence of social media has contributed hugely.

However, as with so much of celebrity culture, there are traps for the unwary.

New York Super Week takes place October 3rd — 12th immediately preceding New York Comic Con and is a unique immersive pop culture event where the entire island of Manhattan becomes a playground for a colorful array of superheroes, villains, cosplayers, artists, celebrities and passionate fans of from all over the world that gather to take part in a variety of themed events all over the City including concerts, comedy shows, gaming events, lectures, podcasts, storytelling, food tastings.

Similarly, the pop culture - fueled craze for craft cocktails, «artisan mixers,» tinctures, digestifs, etc., has produced a parallel to the celebrity chef - inspired home cook: the happy home bartender.

The irony in all this is as «real journalism» via mega-media corps capitulated to celebrity Murdoch culture they left the door wide open for the return of real news through other sources.

Join Queen Latifah every weekday for an hour of fun on The Queen Latifah Show, where she will bring you celebrity interviews, inspiring stories, musical performances and her fun take on pop culture.

Nestled between the mountains and the sea, Santa Barbara has always beckoned to those with creative spirit — artists and writers, celebrities, philosophers, anyone with a passion for the arts, culture, and the good life.

For her imminent solo exhibition «I Rose Madder» at John McAslan + Partners (5 October to 10 November), Trish casts herself as the hero, putting a post-feminist twist on the Country & Western movie genre from the point of view of a female artist living through an era of celebrity culture obsessed with the perfect female image.

Charting his rise and fall as his money runs out, the sculptures will explore our insatiable appetite for celebrity culture and living beyond our means.

As a corrective, Adam McEwen parodies celebrity culture with fake New York Times obits for Rod Stewart, Nicole Kidman, Bill Clinton, and Jeff Koons.

The exhibit will be the first major solo show for the artist in Los Angeles since 1997, an appropriate locale for images with much to say about celebrity and the influence of the media on popular culture.

Join the MOCA Contemporaries for a discussion about art and fashion with celebrity stylist and Academy Award - nominated costume designer Arianne Phillips, fashion designer Michael Schmidt, and painter Kimberly Brooks, moderated by fashion and culture writer, curator, consultant, and the former West Coast bureau chief of Women's Wear Daily, Rose Apodaca.

However, while Andy Warhol used Pop Art to explore the celebrity culture of the 60s, Bennett uses this genre «for the purpose of painting a portrait of America.»

Your Name in Lights playfully and provocatively reflects the fixation with celebrity in contemporary culture and recalls Andy Warhol's oft - quoted statement from 1968, «In the future, everyone will be world - famous for 15 minutes».

A former obituary writer for the Daily Telegraph, McEwen creates morbidly humorous works that often address the celebrity - driven nature of the media and its broad impact on contemporary culture, as in his series of enlarged, wall - mounted...

A former obituary writer for the Daily Telegraph, McEwen creates morbidly humorous works that often address the celebrity - driven nature of the media and its broad impact on contemporary culture, as in his series of enlarged, wall - mounted mock - obituaries of living celebrities such as Jeff Koons, Bill Clinton, and Kate Moss.

Together, this avoidance of the limelight and determinedly independent stance towards the art market have turned him into something of a cult figure — particularly for those of us dismayed by contemporary culture's ceaseless, vapid manufacturing of celebrity.