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Shakira's Global Impact: How the Colombian Icon Shaped Latin Music Worldwide
The lights drop over a packed stadium and a woman in a metallic costume rolls her hips in a way that seems to defy the joints they hang from, her … Read more»
Burna Boy's Journey to Global Stardom: The Making of an Afrobeats Ambassador
Floodlights swept across a packed bowl in east London on the night of June 3, 2023, and the roar that answered them did not sound like a normal concert crowd. … Read more»
Tom Brady's Second Act: Broadcasting, Business, and Life After the NFL
Ten years and a reported $375 million. That is the figure FOX Sports committed to a man who had never called a single professional football game. The contract, signed in … Read more»
Kola Oyewo: The Voice of Jogbo Falls Silent at 80
The crown sat heavy on Oba Lapite's head, and he wore it like a man who knew exactly how to make a kingdom kneel. In Tunde Kelani's 1999 classic Saworoide, … Read more»
Sean Strickland: Inside the Mind of UFC's Most Polarizing Fighter
Somewhere in the last decade, the job description of a prizefighter quietly expanded. Winning was no longer the whole assignment. The modern fighter is also a broadcaster, a streamer, a … Read more»
Tyla's Meteoric Rise: How South African Pop Conquered the World
Fifty-five years. That is how long it had been since a solo South African artist appeared on the US Billboard Hot 100 before "Water" pushed its way to number seven … Read more»
Ilia Topuria: The Georgian-Spanish Fighter Redefining Modern UFC Stardom
Floodlights washed over the South Lawn of the White House, and for three rounds the man in the red corner looked exactly like the fighter the world had come to … Read more»
Gene Shalit (1926 - 2026): Remembering the Today Show Critic Who Made Reviewing Fun
A television critic does something stranger than telling an audience whether a movie is good. The critic teaches that audience how to talk about the movie at all - which … Read more»
Katy Perry's Brand Evolution: From Pop Princess to Global Entertainer
Silver sequins catching the stadium lights, a ten-year-old held aloft in her arms, and the flags of dozens of nations spinning in a circle around her. That was the image … Read more»