“Our nation must come together to unite,” said the 43rd President George W. Bush. Perhaps he was thinking that when he was seated next to talk-show queen Ellen DeGeneres. The internet did not like it.
Do you like K-pop? What is that you ask: only the largest growing music industry comprised of music artists coming out of South Korea. Unfortunately, the K-pop lost someone.
What is old is new again, well not really. A vintage photo from over a century-and-a-half ago, is reborn. The first airborne photo of America is memorialized.
Another entertainment icon raises eyebrows, with the U.S. president and America no less. Does George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the U.S., needs the friendship of Ellen DeGeneres, talk-show queen, and LGBT icon? Some would argue who cares, but others feel it does matter.
For some context, Ellen was spotted sitting next to President Bush at a football event: Dallas Cowboys vs. Green Bay Packers. The country was outraged, and not about what they paid for their tickets. Just kidding. It was their perceived friendship, and people, especially celebrities, were split: they either defended DeGeneres or did not. While DeGeneres supported the pair’s friendship on her show, stating, “I’m friends with George Bush. In fact, I’m friends with a lot of people who don’t share the same beliefs that I have. We’re all different and I think that we’ve forgotten that that’s OK,” adding “When I say ‘be kind to one another,’ I don’t mean only the people that think the same way that you do. I mean be kind to everyone. Doesn’t matter.”
People on social media, as well as active celebrities on their social media strongly disagreed, or sided with DeGeneres. People like Mark Ruffalo star of “The Avengers” films, “The Normal Heart,” etc. said via Twitter: “Sorry, until George W. Bush is brought to justice for the crimes of the Iraq War, (including American-lead torture, Iraqi deaths & displacement, and the deep scars—emotional & otherwise—inflicted on our military that served his folly), we can’t even begin to talk about kindness.”
Oscar winner and activist, and star of “Thelma and Louise” and “Feud: Bette and Joan,” Susan Sarandon, simply re-Tweeted what one Out.com writer wrote: “But missing the point entirely, DeGeneres framed the issue as simply a matter of her hanging out with someone with different opinions, not a man repeatedly accused of being a war criminal.”
However, people such as Kristen Bell, Dax Shepherd, Blake Shelton, and others defended the comedian by stating they agreed with every word, or “PREACH!!!”
From the dancing talk-show queen maven to dancing K-pop stars, and the one we lost, too soon. Sulli, a child actress and K-pop star of the group f(x), passed away in Seoul, South Korea; she was 25. Sulli was discovered deceased at her home in the capital.
Sulli was well-liked and loved by the K-pop fandom far and wide. As stated, Sulli was part of the group f(x), back in 2014- an all-girl group- in which she became known for, but she had originally started out as a young child actress, in 2005. Later she was discovered by an entertainment organization SM Entertainment. It seemed like a year after joining f(x), 2014-2015, Sulli’s time was not meant to be, as she left in 2015, citing she was leaving due to cyber-bullying.
Sulli later pursued a solo singing and acting career.
SM Entertainment still manages f(x), along with other popular K-pop groups such as SuperM, and NCT Dream, just to name a few.
SM Entertainment statement about Sulli reads in part: “This is SM Entertainment. We are sorry to tell everyone the sorrowful and sad news. Sulli has left us… we are simply in a state of grief. Please refrain from spreading speculative articles or rumors in respect of the bereaved’s family who are saddened by the sudden tragedy…our deepest condolences to the deceased, who went on their final path.”
Sulli is gone, but never forgotten by her fans. What is now re-remembered is an old photo. How old is too old? An antique photo puts that question to the test and to rest. In 1860 on October 13, James Wallace Black took a picture of Boston from a hot air balloon 1,200 feet in the air. The photo of Boston titled “Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It,” and one can argue they did.
This is perhaps one of the first aerial photographs in America. The photo can be palely described in words, you can get a glimpse of it below. You can see it online at The MET, it is unfortunately not on view.
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