Even as the days get longer and spring gets that much closer, much of America is still captive to winter. Spending more nights inside means more opportunities to stream movies on Netflix. Big-budget flicks…
Few shows in television history have had the lifespan of “Saturday Night Live.” The sketch-comedy show has been a fixture on Saturday night for 46 years, boosting the careers of Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray,…
Viewers of the Winter Olympics are thrilled by the exploits of multi-medal winners like Dutch speed skater Ireen Wüst. They appreciate the determination, if not necessarily the skill, of competitors such as Michael David…
Americans are among the most itinerant people on Earth. According to the U.S. Census Bureau data from 2007, the average person in the United States changes residences more than 11 times in their lifetime.…
One of the pioneering directors of motion pictures was Frenchwoman Alice Guy. She directed early films for the trailblazing French film maker Gaumont before she and her husband came to the U.S. and started…
The coronavirus pandemic pretty much shut down travel and tourism around the world beginning in March 2020. In 2021, however, as the widespread distribution of vaccines allowed more tourists to hit the road again,…
The Olympic Games, both Summer and Winter, produce no shortage of heroes and heart-tugging stories of athletes overcoming adversity to compete in the world’s most prestigious sporting events. (These are the greatest Winter Olympians…
Since the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus, dubbed COVID-19, a global pandemic about two years ago, the virus has swept through virtually every nation on Earth. Nearly 400 million people have been…
The United States prides itself on being a nation of laws, and it is almost universally accepted that laws are essential to provide structure, order, security, and safety for society. Most legislation on the…
Since the onset of the pandemic, 16 states have recorded population declines, a trend abetted by a decline in immigration, soaring costs in certain states, aging baby boomers moving to warmer climates, and low…
There have been few times in recent history when the working man and woman in the U.S. had the leverage in the workplace that existed in 2021. People quit their jobs at a record…
While the pandemic has devastated wide swaths of the economy, it has been a boon to the streaming service Netflix. With millions spending more time at home working or learning remotely, and with virtually…
The 24th Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing from Feb. 4-20, a much-needed distraction from the pandemic and the economic ills plaguing the nation. Every four years, the Olympics plucks athletes from obscurity…
Even the most zealous movie-lover has probably missed a lot of great movies. Some were highly acclaimed when they were released and enjoyed long theatrical releases – but that might have been decades ago,…
The motion-picture industry last year began to recover from the pandemic-caused downturn in 2020, when box-office revenue plunged by 75%, according to accounting firm PwC. 2021 got off to a rough start, with just…
To be a blockbuster, a motion picture needs at least some of these elements: a well-crafted plot, engaging characters, even-handed pacing, action in varying amounts, and confident direction. Since 1975, the films that have…
Genres come and go on television, but comedies and dramas centered on the family have never fallen out of favor. To determine America’s favorite TV families, 24/7 Tempo developed an index based on internet…
The world’s greatest winter sports athletes will convene in Beijing in February for the 24th Winter Olympic Games. The first Winter Olympics were held in 1924 at Chamonix in France, and over the course…
Grace. Elegance. Pride. Defiance. Pioneer. Any one, or all, of these words describe the character of Sidney Poitier, the trailblazing Black actor who almost single-handedly changed America’s perception of people of color in the…
French aristocrat Baron Pierre de Coubertin was the visionary who dreamed of reviving the Olympic Games. He believed such an event should be global and that “all people must be allowed in, without debate.”…
