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7. The Reality TV Takeover | Just Like Us: The Tabloids That Changed America
In the late 2000s, tabloids that had once only featured actors and music icons on their covers started to broaden their offerings to reality TV stars…
4 years, 2 months ago
The New Met Gala Co-Chairs, 'The Hunger Games,' and the Most-Hated Bachelor
For some reason, Heidi Montag is insisting on walking around snacking on raw bison heart from a plastic bag (1:00). The next Met Gala co-chairs have …
4 years, 3 months ago
Kim Kardashian and Ray J's Sex Tape | Pop Culture History Lesson
On the 15th anniversary of the release of Kim Kardashian and Ray J's sex tape, Amelia Wedemeyer and Wosny Lambre trace how the video helped catapult …
4 years, 3 months ago
6. The Black Hollywood Media | Just Like Us: The Tabloids That Changed America
For most of the 2000s, the stars that outlets like Us Weekly and People covered were overwhelmingly white. But as the internet became more widely ava…
4 years, 3 months ago
Scarlett Johansson's Skin Care Line, Grimes's Secret Baby, and Dixie D'Amelio's Tour
Cameron Diaz allegedly washes her face only twice a month and Scarlett Johansson is launching a "clean" skin care line (1:00). Grimes accidentally re…
4 years, 3 months ago
‘The Osbournes’ | Pop Culture History Lesson
On the 20th anniversary of the premiere of ‘The Osbournes,’ Juliet Litman and Clare Malone talk about the family and the show that was the progenitor…
4 years, 3 months ago
5. The Hollywood "It" Girls | Just Like Us: The Tabloids That Changed America
Britney, Paris, Lindsey—we’ve spent a lot of time rethinking the way young female celebrities were treated in the 2000s. In this episode we take a lo…
4 years, 3 months ago
‘Love Is Blind’ Drama, Pete Davidson in Space, and the 2004 Movie ‘Catwoman’
There’s been a lot of off-screen drama with the ‘Love Is Blind’ cast leading up to this week’s reunion episode (1:30). Pete Davidson will allegedly b…
4 years, 3 months ago
Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos | Pop Culture History Lesson
Jodi Walker and Alyssa Bereznak dive into the saga of Elizabeth Holmes and her too-good-to-be-true biomedical startup, Theranos. They talk about earl…
4 years, 3 months ago
4. TMZ Crashes the Party | Just Like Us: The Tabloids That Changed America
In the early morning hours of November 2005, Paris Hilton was involved in a minor car accident that was caught by TMZ cameras, ushering in an era of …
4 years, 3 months ago