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Pop Culture Corner

The Californians Pop Culture column covers all the latest controversial pop culture phenomena.

‘Fallout’ hangs on for dear life

Shivani Phadnis, Staff Writer March 28, 2024

Whenever a well-known game is adapted into a movie or TV show, there’s always the possibility that it will go totally nuclear. “Fallout”, a TV adaptation of the popular game series by the same name,...

The downfall of Marvel

The downfall of Marvel

Saya Kubo, Staff Writer February 14, 2024

What has happened to the Marvel Cinematic Universe? We know and love the MCU, but keeping up with all these new releases have been quite difficult and time consuming. Marvel has been coming out with a...

“Fortnite Battle Royale” has been revamped.

OG ‘Fortnite’ is finally back

Landon Olberg, Staff Writer December 15, 2023

“Fortnite Battle Royale” – one of the most popular and influential video games of all time – has been revamped with a return to a nostalgic map for all to play. Fortnite did something that has...

Disney is betraying artists by promoting film with AI art

Disney is betraying artists by promoting film with AI art

Ren Guo, Staff Writer November 9, 2023

The art industry is suffering from new advances in artificial intelligence and artists are questioning things they never had reason to doubt before. After heavy backlash for use of AI in an introduction...

Actors act up in SAG

Actors act up in SAG

Kk DeMello, Staff Writer October 5, 2023

When Hollywood writers and actors started their strike back in May, they had no idea how long this would last. But what they did know was they would never go back to working long hours with little pay,...

Live Action “Little Mermaid” has horrors under the sea

Anika Choudhary, Online & Podcast Editor May 26, 2023

When Disney announced that they would be making a live-action interpretation of “The Little Mermaid”, I’m sure they weren’t expecting a sea of so much controversy. Ever since it was publicized...

Are live-action remakes really worth making?

Are live-action remakes really worth making?

Pranav Khosla, Staff Writer April 28, 2023

“Pinocchio,” “The Jungle Book,” and “Aladdin” are all films that may be familiar to many people. But it is often their recent live-action remakes that ring a bell as opposed to the original...

Influencers influence people (badly)

Influencers influence people (badly)

Riya Reddy, Staff Writer March 15, 2023

Influencers on platforms such as TikTok and Instagram have a significant impact on what their audience buys with just short videos and posts. With just an inkling of high praise for a certain product,...

Trump was right, we need to ban TikTok

Trump was right, we need to ban TikTok

Ayaan Karan, Staff Writer February 9, 2023

The movement to ban TikTok has gained traction ever since the Trump administration attempted to do so in 2020. Since then, multiple states have banned the app on more than two dozen state devices. President...

The Californians Pop Culture column covers all the latest controversial pop culture phenomena.

These holiday movies deserve a lump of coal

Keliimaikai Demello and Kathir Rajesh Kannan December 19, 2022

Some Christmas classics, like “Home Alone” and “Frosty the Snowman”, make you want to curl up in front of the TV with hot cocoa. Others make you want to hurl your hot cocoa at the TV for how much...

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