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That's Entertainment! A Look At Entertainment's Biggest Stories
🎬 That’s Entertainment! Super Bowl, Melania, Miss Piggy & YouTube’s Box Office Takeover From the Super Bowl’s halftime hype to the controversy around Melania the documentary, this episode of The Karel Show dives into the biggest stories in entertainment right now. 💥 Who’s really watching the Super Bowl for football anymore? It’s all about the commercials and halftime—this year featuring Bad Bunny. Don’t know who that is? You will. 🎥 Is Melania a real documentary or slick political propaganda? With Amazon pulling it from some theaters, even the New York Times says we’re missing the bigger picture. 🐷 Miss Piggy is gracing Vogue and reclaiming the spotlight as the most fabulous foam diva on TV—let’s talk about her iconic status. 📽️ Iron Lung, the #1 movie this week, was made by a YouTuber. Is this the moment YouTube fully becomes Hollywood’s rival? 😱 Plus, there’s a new Exorcist movie starring Scarlett Johansson—why are studios obsessed with reboots, and what movies actually scared you to death? 👉 Watch, like, comment, and subscribe for your essential entertainment breakdowns with The Karel Show—where culture meets commentary. #TheKarelShow, #EntertainmentNews, #SuperBowl2026, #BadBunny, #MelaniaMovie, #Documentary, #MissPiggy, #Vogue, #IronLungMovie, #YouTubeMovies, #BoxOffice, #ScarlettJohansson, #Exorcist, #MovieReboots, #PopCulture, #EntertainmentCommentary, #LGBTQVoices, #DigitalMedia, #StreamingWars, #CultureCritic https://youtube.com/live/AejI1-dqENo
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February 5, 2026 at 7:24 PM
🎤 Grammys 2026 Flop? Melania’s Grift Exposed | Karel Cast
🎤 Grammys 2026 Flop? Melania’s Grift Exposed | Karel Cast After 42 years of watching and attending the Grammy Awards, this may be the first time I left wondering—what happened to Music’s Biggest Night? From lackluster performances to social media influencers playing rockstar, the Grammys have changed… and not for the better. As a longtime voting member and music creator, I break down the highs and many lows of this year’s show, from Bruno Mars to Sabrina Carpenter to Chappell Roan, and ask: Has the Grammy lost its soul? Then—Melania Trump’s so-called “documentary” is making millions at the box office, despite being critically panned. Is it a scam? A grift? Or something worse? I’ve got receipts. Plus, Trump is shuttering the Kennedy Center, Epstein’s files keep naming names (including his), and the silence is deafening. 🎧 New episodes Monday–Thursday at 10:30am PST 💥 Support the show: patreon.com/reallykarel 📺 Subscribe: youtube.com/reallykarel #Grammys2026, #MelaniaTrump, #DonaldTrump, #ChappellRoan, #SabrinaCarpenter, #BrunoMars, #MusicIndustry, #GrammyAwards, #CelebrityNews, #PopCulture, #EpsteinFiles, #KennedyCenter, #PoliticalScandal, #YouTubeNews, #CommentaryPodcast, #CultureCritic, #KarelCast, #PatreonCreator, #VegasPodcaster, #MusicCritique https://youtube.com/live/-3C7i3UKlEE
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February 2, 2026 at 7:24 PM
January 28, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Reading Book Reviews Makes Me Despair at the Human Race
not everything is the hero's journey
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October 17, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Back to Whose Frontier?
HBO’s Back to the Frontier wants to teach us about grit, survival, and the American dream, but leaves Black history at the door.
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#BlackHistoryMatters #HBOBackToTheFrontier #RewritingHistory #BlackVoices #FYP #DecolonizeHistory #CultureCritic
Back to Whose Frontier?: How HBO Rewrote Black History in Plain Sight
HBO’s new reality show, Back to the Frontier, wants to be a social experiment. It aims to teach us something about grit, survival, and the…
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July 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
✨New on Substack✨
Pop feminism is selling us glitter while patriarchy pulls the strings. From Deuxmoi to The Barbie Movie to MAGA's Stepford candidates, it’s all a mirage.
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July 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Is America Beating the Empathy Out of Us? | Karel Cast Ep. 25-25
Is America Beating the Empathy Out of Us? | Karel Cast Ep. 25-25 Description: Trump announces a ceasefire that lasts just 12 minutes and then unleashes a profanity-laced rant—why don’t I care? Another promise broken by Trump and his loyalists—why doesn’t it faze me? LGBTQ suicide prevention services are defunded—this should devastate me… but it doesn’t stick. And when record-breaking heat slams the U.S., I don’t even blink. From absurd headlines to real tragedies, I’m asking the big question: Is America beating the empathy out of us? In today’s Karel Cast, I dig into why emotional burnout is becoming the norm and whether it’s okay to prioritize your dog, your friends, and your survival over everything else. Is it apathy? Or is it self-preservation in a country gone mad? ⚡ Watch, like, subscribe and support at patreon.com/reallykarel 🎙️ Stream everywhere: Apple, Spotify, iHeart, Spreaker and more 📺 Catch video clips on TikTok and Instagram @reallykarel 🐾 Broadcasting live Mon–Thurs 10:30am PST from Las Vegas with my girl Ember #Hashtags: #KarelCast, #EmotionalBurnout, #EmpathyCrisis, #TrumpNews, #LGBTQRights, #MentalHealthMatters, #ClimateChange, #PoliticalFatigue, #NewsCommentary, #ApathyOrSurvival, #QueerVoices, #ProgressiveMedia, #PodcastLife, #LasVegasLife, #DogDad, #CultureCritic, #LGBTQPodcast, #CurrentEvents, #KarelAndEmber, #NewsFatigue https://youtube.com/live/LYZ0cRBw5a8
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June 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Theatre has always been a reflection of its audience — but what happens when audience behavior starts to undermine the performance itself?

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#KnowBeforeYouGo #Etiquette101 #TheatreDiscourse
The Kael Report’s Guide to Theatre Etiquette in the Modern Age
A Manual for Modern Theatregoing Conduct
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May 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Uno de los Correos de Noticias que recibo y son una delicia: #CultureCritic, hoy aborda ¿Estaba en lo cierto Dn. Ari Stóteles sobre la felicidad.

Para leer más tarde con la vianda o el bocata:
Was Aristotle Right About Happiness?
Conversation with Classical Wisdom
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March 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Den værste av de jeg veit om. En konto om hvordan alt var bedre før og hvordan vest er best. Er i tillegg kristenfundamentalistisk og har stadig tråder om hvordan Likkledet i Torino er ekte og viser Guds herlighet og lignende.
February 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The Best Self-Help Manual Ever Written
A guide to Dante’s Purgatory

https://open.substack.com/pub/culturecritic/p/dantes-purgatory?r=cv9fc
April 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The 9 Levels of Hell: A guide to the bottom of Dante's Inferno.

https://open.substack.com/pub/culturecritic/p/the-9-levels-of-hell?r=cv9fc
April 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM