I think award shows are dumb. I am really sorry. I just think they're pointless at best and incredibly insulting at worst. They last way too long, the hosts can sometimes be entertaining but, like the...

Between Kristen Wiig and Shia LaBeouf, it seems like all the cool kids are doing one thing: dancing in nude leotards and blonde wigs while singer-songwriter Sia belts in the background. It seems that...

When I watch the Oscars with my friends, the noise tends to frighten them off. Not the show's noise, mind you; my noise. From the first red-carpet starlet to the final shiny trophy, my co-viewers are subjected...

In last week's Grammy, A&E Editor Mason Walker lamented that "Beyonce was a little jipped," and that Beck won the Album of the Year category for an LP that was an "echo" of his better work. Here,...

The podcast always seems like a medium that no one talks about. Since just about anyone can make a podcast, the market is really oversaturated. This means that a lot of them  languish in obscurity, except...

Alright, y'all. In case you didn't know, it's the most wonderful time of the year"”in San Antonio, that is. It's rodeo time! As a San Antonio native, I grew up making a yearly pilgrimage to the rodeo,...

I could hardly narrow these down! So here are three. Current favorite: a line from Stoney LaRue's "Look At Me Fly." "I'm high above the water now, never think twice/Look at me fly." These lines revel...

Since I started living in a dorm, the spaces in my brain that used to be filled with "how to use a television" are now filled with more important pieces of information like "how to just eat the Easy...

If there were an awards show for awards shows, I'd totally give the trophy to the Oscars instead of the Grammys. Look, I don't DISLIKE the Grammys, and I'd certainly prefer them over the Adam Sandlerized...

It's Rachel again. Now that you know your way around the rodeo, I'd like to introduce you to Texas country music. For you country skeptics out there, don't write me off just yet. I used to be one of you....

Ben Affleck confuses me. He confuses me in an "Am I attracted to this man?" way but also in a "Who is this guy exactly?" way. He's going to be the new Batman. He's regarded as a nuanced actor after...

Chutes & Ladders is my earliest board game memory. I remember the game so vividly, but I don't  recall where I used to play it. In some memories, I see myself playing it at my old Catholic school...