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TikTok And John Lennon's Estate Team Up To Provide Music For Creators In Honor Of His Birthday
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In celebration of the late John Lennon's 80th birthday, his estate has partnered up with TikTok to feature music classics such as 'Imagine' and 'Stand By Me,' providing access to them by TikTok content creators. "In total, 11 of Lennon's of his most legendary solo musical works are now available to users worldwide for their video creations. Brought together in a dedicated playlist, “Instant ... ...more
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TikTok Has Now Beat Instagram For Second Favorite Teen Social App In The US
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Instagram has been a long-standing favorite social media app amongst teens until now. The video app TikTok has snatched that title, coming only second to Snapchat. A report by CNBC found that there is only a 5% discrepancy between teens who favor Snapchat over TikTok.While Instagram came in 3rd with only 25% of teens listing it as their favorite app, it actually has the highest percentage of ... ...more
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Carole Baskin Announced in New 'Dancing With the Stars' Cast
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In one of the least weird but still surprising turns of events of 2020, Carole Baskin has been confirmed as one of the contestants for season 29 of the hit show Dancing With the Stars. Baskin hopes her dance debut will help her shed some of the bad reputation she gained after her feature on the show Tiger King, which aired in March. "Well, Tiger King really glamorized animal abusers and ... ...more
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Netflix Apologizes Over Promotion of 'Cuties,' A Film By A Black Muslim
Nada Alturki
Being Muslim, Black and a woman artist trying to make a name for yourself in the biggest and most competitive industry in the world is already hard enough without having Netflix ruin the promotion of your movie. On August 20, Netflix issued an apology to the creator of the French film Cuties, or Mignonnes in French. Why were they apologizing? Well, initially, when Netflix first released the ... ...more
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A Ban On TikTok Would Take Away From American Freedom
Nada Alturki
As the US presidential elections get closer and closer, Trump announces the possibility of a ban on an app that he claims to pose a risk on national US security: the Chinese music and dance app TikTok. Young TikTok users claim it is related to the virtual war the US president has with the Chinese government and a way for them to monitor young Americans’ cellphone use. TikTok is an app that ... ...more
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Street Dog Attacks TikTok Celebrity As She Records A Dance Performance
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Filming TikTok on the street? Think again, because a woman in Surat, India recently ran into an unfortunate and frankly gory accident while she was trying to do so. In a video that has gone viral on the internet, a stray dog can be seen approaching a woman from behind while she is performing on a hit Bollywood track. The woman doesn’t notice the dog proceeding towards her, and this negligence ... ...more
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African American Heritage Week: Alvin Ailey
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Next on the list of influential figures, and dancing into our hearts, is the dancer, artistic director, and choreographer Alvin Ailey. Ailey was born in the Great Depression era, 1931, in Texas. He was raised by a single mother after his father left the family, and followed his mother around the state, and eventurally to Los Angeles, in 1941. It was there that Ailey discovered his love of ... ...more
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How the Amapiano Movement Started
Realeboga Modungoa
#Amapiano is a genre of #electronic #dance music that emerged in #South Africa in 2016. It is distinguished by its elements of jazz and high pitched piano melodies, kwaito basslines, low tempo 90's South African house rhythms and percussions from another local subgenre of house known as #Bacardi ...more