Charles Stockdale - Author for 24/7 Wall St.
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Summer is a time for the outdoors, for leisurely nights, and for having lots of fun. It’s also the perfect season for concerts. Luckily for concertgoers in the United States, there’s no shortage...
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Star Wars has dominated at the American box office for the past 40 years. One-third of the country’s 15 top-grossing films of all time are Star Wars movies, and it is likely that future releases...
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Since the days of Elvis Presley, as television began to play an increasingly important role in a musician’s success, it’s been difficult to rise to stardom in popular music without also being...
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For many Americans, music is often associated with memories. Songs from the past can evoke powerful personal emotions and trigger vivid memories. The music of Woodstock can send one hurtling down...
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An increasing number of Americans are leaving their cars at home and turning to their bicycles to get around. According to the League of American Bicyclists, from 2000 to 2013, the rate of people...
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Cinema has been in a state of constant evolution ever since the first moving images were created in the 19th century, thanks mostly to advances in technology. One can only imagine how audiences from...
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Thanks to technological developments, shooting a movie is easier than ever before. Despite this, Hollywood has produced over the last two decades some of the most expensive films ever made. These...
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Americans love celebrities – especially movie stars. We look to them for entertainment, cultural leadership, and – for better or worse – political guidance. Any way you look at it, actors have...
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A successful film franchise can can ensure box office earnings like few other movie offerings can. For this reason, major movie studios are almost certain to follow up a successful blockbuster with...
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In their perpetual pursuit of profits, movie studios often remake films rather than take a risk on something completely new. These safe bets often pan out, as audiences flock to the theater to see...
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Though comedy films of the 1990s may seem like they were strictly vehicles for comedians such as Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, and Mike Myers, the decade offered much more. The comedy genre, even in the...
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The Billboard Hot 100 has been tracking the most popular music in America for nearly 60 years. And while thousands of artists have succeeded to get a song on the list, barely 600 have managed to...
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The rate of twin births increased in recent decades, soaring by 76% from 1980 to 2011, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Despite the near record high rate, twin births remain...
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Debates over what constitutes great art will likely never come to a conclusion. This is especially true when it comes to a medium as personal to people as music. While it is difficult to quantify the...
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