Category: Culture

  • Tiffany Haddish On Branching Out and Nourishing Community (Part 2 of 3)

    Tiffany Haddish On Branching Out and Nourishing Community (Part 2 of 3)

    [ad_1] You may recognize their names, but what they’re up to may surprise you. Meet three extraordinary superstars who are breaking new ground in health and wellness. In Part 1, we featured Halle Berry. In Part 2, we look at Tiffany Haddish. Cross-cultural comic and actor Tiffany Haddish has been making us bust a gut…

  • Halle Berry Puts A New Spin On Aging (Part 1 of 3)

    Halle Berry Puts A New Spin On Aging (Part 1 of 3)

    [ad_1] You may recognize their names, but what they’re up to may surprise you. Meet three extraordinary superstars who are breaking new ground in health and wellness. In Part 1, we look at Halle Berry. Cross-cultural, mixed-race actor Halle Berry has been wowing moviegoers for over 30 years. In the early 90s, Berry co-starred in…

  • A Wonderfully Multicultural Woman: Gal Gadot

    A Wonderfully Multicultural Woman: Gal Gadot

    [ad_1] Most may know Gal Gadot from “Wonder Woman,” Gisele from the “Fast and Furious” franchise or the new hit star of Netflix’s “Red Notice,” but she has a lot more talent under her belt. Not only is Gadot the groundbreaking female lead for “Wonder Woman,” but she is also a model, soldier, mother and…

  • Dates For The 2023 Asian World Film Festival Have Been Announced

    Dates For The 2023 Asian World Film Festival Have Been Announced

    [ad_1] This year’s Asian World Film Festival will open with a Korean movie and close with a Chinese one. The festival, scheduled for Nov. 8-17, will open with Um Tae-hwa’s post-apocalyptic film “Concrete Utopia” (Korea) and close with Wuershan’s classic mythology movie “Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms” (China). The festival will comprise…

  • Hattie McDaniel — Replacing An Iconic Actor’s Long-Lost Academy Award

    Hattie McDaniel — Replacing An Iconic Actor’s Long-Lost Academy Award

    [ad_1] At some point in the 1960s, the Oscar that was awarded to Hattie McDaniel for her best supporting role in 1939’s “Gone With The Wind” disappeared from Howard University’s drama department. Publicity photo for ‘Gone with the Wind’ featuring Hattie McDaniel, Olivia de Havilland and Vivien Leigh The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and…

  • An Interactive Muslim Prayer Mat Will Be Featured At The New York Toy Fair

    An Interactive Muslim Prayer Mat Will Be Featured At The New York Toy Fair

    [ad_1] A U.K.-based company that makes an interactive Muslim prayer mat will be showcasing it this coming weekend at the 2023 New York Toy Fair in New York City, U.S.A. The My Salah Mat is a product made by a Muslim parent for children struggling to learn how to pray, i.e. “Salah.” It’s an interactive…

  • World Culture Festival Set For 450,000 Attendees

    World Culture Festival Set For 450,000 Attendees

    [ad_1] The Art of Living Foundation, organizer of the semiannual World Culture Festival, says more than 450,000 people have registered for this weekend’s event on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The three-day festival is scheduled to feature more than 17,000 diverse cultural artists, entertainers and speakers. World Culture Festival (Photo Credit: Art of Living…

  • Diversity and Modern Day Cultural Fluidity Within All Sports

    Diversity and Modern Day Cultural Fluidity Within All Sports

    [ad_1] Sports can illustrate all different types of cultural fluidity. Sports can help break down prejudice, preconceptions, cultural differences, ignorance, intolerance and injustice by encouraging communication and overcoming differences. Photo via Envato Elements ‘A UNIVERSAL ELEMENT IN ALL CULTURES’ According to the Council of Europe: “Sport is a universal element in all cultures and therefore…

  • Drue Kataoka and the Fine Line Between Technology and Art

    Drue Kataoka and the Fine Line Between Technology and Art

    [ad_1] Drue Kataoka is an artist who pushes the bounds of art and technology by combining them. She’s known for her interactive pieces and political commentary through her art. In her early years, Kataoka and her family lived in Tokyo, Japan before moving to the United States. From there she moved all over the country…

  • Traveling Overseas To Do Something You Love — Part 1: The Food

    Traveling Overseas To Do Something You Love — Part 1: The Food

    [ad_1] Individual involvement is common in several sports, but in most cases, sports competition is centered on collaboration. This is where inclusivity and multiculturalism come into play. Sports give an interesting view on diversity and inclusion through the notion of a team and culture. This writer interviewed a couple relatives that have played professionally overseas…