Category: Entertainment

This week’s What Young People Are Doing report looks at what happens when the film industry announces a Minecraft movie, the media industry notices a […]

Presidential candidate Kamala Harris has long said she worked at McDonald’s while she was in college. While not the centerpiece of her “Elect Me” campaign, […]

School is almost back and young people’s collective energy seems more focused on new backpacks and water bottles (North Face and Stanley are cool brands, […]

This week in the world of youth, gamers are watching a Chinese video that is shaking up the industry; people eat cucumbers; and everyone is […]

I’m going to look back one last time at the 2024 Olympics to set the record straight for Australian b-girl Rachel “RayGun” Gunn. Not to […]

This week, young people are using nitrous oxide to make delicious whipped cream, taking pride in not consuming enough, and for some reason hanging out […]

So you want to get away from jury duty. Sure, you can wear a T-shirt that says “Guilty Until Proven Innocent” or loudly proclaim that […]

The November presidential election may seem like a century away, but it’s never too early to come up with a voting plan, especially in light […]

If this were a normal election season, I would look at the most controversial claims from each side, examine where they come from, and separate […]

See how I open my weekly column explaining youth trends to older people? Very attentive. Very modest. I tell people who Reagan, the Olympic Destroyer, […]

The triumph, heartbreak and baguettes of the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad culminated in spectacular Olympic fashion this weekend as the literal torch was passed […]

The Paris Olympics are nearing the finish line, and like a great marathon runner, the games end strongly . I don’t know if today was […]

We have reached the home stretch of the Olympic Games. The closing ceremony is this Sunday and I will be sad, but I am also […]

If you’ve been following sports on social media over the last week or so, I’m sure you’ve seen photos and videos of Canadian athlete Tyler […]

The Paris Olympics are in the middle part, during which athletics reigned supreme. There is no purer, simpler expression of sport than this: we see […]

This week we look at how young people view two long-standing American traditions that occur every four years: the presidential election and the Summer Olympics. […]

I would watch the Olympics all day, every day, all year if I could, but the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris can’t go on forever. […]

The 2024 Paris Olympics concluded its first week with the women’s gymnastics all-around competition, an event that is always one of the most popular events […]

Big news on day five of the Olympics: The Seine has been declared safe for swimming. In the world of table tennis, athletes from North […]

Day four of the Paris Olympics included a bronze medal for the U.S. women’s rugby sevens team, a silver medal for the internet’s new darling, […]

Does U.S. Senator and Vice Presidential Candidate J.D. Vance consider the image at the top of this article to be pornographic? It depends on whether […]

Hello, dear Olympians! The Paris Games are in full swing, with thousands of athletes from around the world competing in 32 sports (29 of which […]

Young people don’t usually vote in large numbers, and I understand that: voting is boring and only inspires politicians anyway. But Kamala Harris’ entry into […]

Fame works differently than it used to. Very few people are household names, but there are plenty of YouTube creators, Instagram influencers and TikTokers who […]

On May 28, 2002, Paramount Pictures announced that it had optioned Avril Lavigne’s song “Sk8er Boi” for a feature film. This news story, along with […]

A few weeks ago, British teenager Jay Slater went missing in Spain’s Costa del Sol region, sparking international interest in the case and a flood […]

Welcome to the first annual Memey Awards, where the memes of the summer compete for the coveted title of “Meme of the Summer.” I went […]

I’ll be first in line to see Fly to the Moon when it opens on July 12th. Based on the trailer , the film tells […]

This week I’ll start with a review of Brawl Stars . I know the game has been out for a long time, but if you’re […]

Almost everyone is wrong about sunscreen. On the one hand, few people online question the safety and effectiveness of sunscreen: people like Primal Physique, a […]

It’s summer and the empty hours need to be filled, so young people are snapping bananas, creating imaginary shows on Netflix and forming very strong […]

If you’re anything like me, you woke up this morning to a calendar pop-up telling you that Flag Day is tomorrow, June 14th. You probably […]

If you are looking for Strands hints and answers for Wednesday June 12, 2024, read on as I share some hints and tips and finally […]

Back in April, I looked into rumors in Donald Trump’s fraud trial that the ex-president farted a lot in court . Because I’m fair and […]

This week we’re talking about generation gap! Gen Z and millennials are fighting over Eminem (sort of), a YouTuber has been elected to the European […]

On April 1 , the World Health Organization was informed of the first case of avian influenza (H5N1) transmission from a mammal to humans: a […]

Young people are everywhere this week. On the other hand, many children corrupt their brains. Others succumb to age-old internet schemes to “follow the train.” […]

I used to think conspiracy theories were fun. It was interesting/funny that there were people who believed that we faked the moon landing or that […]

Teenagers used to be considered the lifeblood of the film industry, but judging by the dismal box office performance over Memorial Day weekend, they don’t […]

Secret codes are all around us, making it easy to quickly communicate information to people who are looking for it. CB Radio codes , for […]