“I started with the book Boardwalk Empire and then immersed myself in the history of Atlantic City, World War I, the temperance movement, Prohibition, pop culture. I even read the news and magazines of the period just to soak in it. That was before I even started thinking of the story.” ThinkingWorldBookWarStoriesCultureCitiesMovementPeriodsNewsPopsMagazinesWar Of The WorldsEmpiresWorld War IPop CultureProhibitionTemperanceBoardwalksAtlantic CityBoardwalk Empire Author:Terence Winter
“Because of my New Line upbringing, half my heart goes to scrappy independents, and half goes to mainstream, down-the-middle pop culture events. And even with those, to try to keep something fresh and original with them and try to do things that the majors miss.” TryingHeartCultureLinesHalfMiddleMissingEventsMy HeartMajorsOriginalsPopsMainstreamPop CultureUpbringing Author:Michael De Luca
“When I started Dylan's Candy Bar in 2001, I wanted it to be a place that merged my love of pop culture, fashion, art and music with candy. Since then, we have been fortunate to pioneer artistic partnerships with many legends.” Has BeensArtWantedCultureFashionPopsBarsArtisticFortunateLegendsPartnershipCandyDylanPop CulturePioneersArt And MusicCandy Bar Author:Dylan Lauren
“Don't lie to anyone, but particularly don't lie to millennials. They just know. They can smell it. Be yourself: if you're old, be old. If you don't know anything about pop culture, don't pretend to know anything about pop culture. When you credit teenagers with intelligence and emotional sophistication, they respond intelligently and with emotional sophistication.” IfsKnowsLyingCultureEmotionalPopsCreditSmellTeenagerBeing YourselfPop CultureSophisticationMillennialsDon't Lie Author:John Green
“I'm not actually pop culture or social media savvy. I really didn't know what Twitter was when I created an account.” KnowsCultureSocialMediaAccountsSocial MediaPopsPop CultureSavvy Author:Misha Collins
“Everything is this distorted mishmash of pop culture that pulls from this era and that era and is just thrown at the wall. These people have no clue what anything really means. There are guys out there getting a million hits for a video.” PeopleMeanGuyCultureMillionsWallPopsVideoErasThrownCluePop CultureReally Mean Author:Willis Earl Beal
“I'M FRUSTRATED, because pop culture, music and movies glorify these types of police citizen altercations and promote an invincible attitude that continues to get young men killed in real life, away from safety movie sets and music studios.” MenRealYoungCultureAttitudeTypeCitizensRacismPoliceSafetyStudiosPopsReal LifeYoung ManFrustratedPop CultureInvincibleGlorifyMovie Sets Book:Under Our Skin: Getting Real about Race. Getting Free from the Fears and Frustrations that Divide Us. Source: Under Our Skin: Getting Real about Race. Getting Free from the Fears and Frustrations that Divide Us.
“I'm not cynical when it comes to things that are important. I'm cynical about pop culture and all that horseshit.” ImportantCulturePopsCynicalPop Culture Author:Zach Galifianakis
“I'm definitely curious. I love pop culture. I'm glued to it. I can watch garbage TV, but then I can also watch great theater.” I CanCultureWatchesTvsTheaterPopsCuriousGarbagePop Culture Author:Michael Kors
“Once Indians become more visible in pop culture and thus more humanized, then it actually chips away at discrimination. Especially after 9/11, it became important for those stories and that human element, for the Muslim, the Hindu, the Sheikh communities to be heard. That's what I hope I get at with the music.” HumansImportantStoriesCultureCommunityHeardElementsPopsDiscriminationVisibleChipsPop Culture Author:Himanshu Suri
“I'm going to put that on my gravestone. "He created such a category of unwanted pop culture - Famous for directing unwanted cultural references".” CulturePopsCategoriesPop CultureUnwantedGravestone Author:Tim Burton
“She had me at Sweet Valley High. Gay playfully crosses the borders between pop culture consumer and critic, between serious academic and lighthearted sister-girl, between despair and optimism, between good and bad. . . . How can you help but love her?” HelpingCultureGirlSeriousSweetGayDespairCrossesOptimismCriticsPopsConsumersBordersValleysAcademicGood And BadPop Culture Author:Melissa Harris-Perry