Author: Eating For Free Podcast
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Child Star Hell: Justin Bieber’s Inferno
This week on Child Star Hell, “Justin Bieber’s Inferno”, we begin to examine how the patron saint of “Bieber Fever” went from an unknown Youtube prodigy… to the most famous kid on earth… to the most hated man in America.. all in just five years! Links:
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Child Star Hell: Selena Gomez vs. Justin Bieber
Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber, haunted by adolescent fame, have been entangled for over a decade. Invasions of privacy, exploitation, and stints in rehab are just the tip of the iceberg. What can save their souls from this child star hell? Links:
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Kim Kardashian Put $350,000 of Embezzled Funds In a Garbage Bag?
Former 1MDB consultant ‘Jho Low’ famously embezzled billions of tax-dollars to fund his lavish Hollywood lifestyle. Celebs like Leonardo DiCaprio & Kim Kardashian received millions to party with him, only to find they’d been tricked years later. We break it down in today’s episode! Links:
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Pop Music That F*cks: The Long War Against Rap
In 1990, a landmark case about “obscenity” in rap music sparked decades of discourse. 30 years later, hundreds of black artists have been prosecuted based on lyrics and their music. Part three of “Pop Music That F*cks”, The Long War on Rap, is out now! Links:
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The Ozempic-ification of Hollywood
From ‘The Real Housewives’ to A-listers, controversial diabetes drug Ozempic is the talk of TikTok and Tinseltown med-spas. This week, we trace its origins, unpack its ubiquity, and link it to past weight loss drug disasters like fen-phen in the ’90s. Sources:
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The Nepo Baby Wars (feat. Emily Alford)
[Link to episode] While the nepo baby panic rages on with no end in sight, everyone tip-toes around that rather obvious pile of class anxieties 🤔 So join us and special guest Emily Alford this week in search of an answer to the ancient question: What’s up with rich and famous people?! Featuring cameous from our favorite friends…
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Jen Shah’s Worst Crime Was Making Andy Cohen Richer
[Link to episode] Jen Shah has faced many accusations for many crimes. But what of the cast members and producers in her orbit, who’ve hung around her like carrion vultures desperate for every last scrap of rotted flesh? This week, we look into all the ways people like Heather Gay, Meredith Marks, and Andy Cohen…
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Avatar: The Way of Making the Worst Movie Ever Made
[Link to part one] / [Link to part two] James Cameron’s Avatar series promises to haunt us for another decade, after disappearing into the jungles of Pandora since 2009. In our first series of the year, we look at the making of James Cameron’s $2 billion sex dream phantasmagoria nightmare horror fest featuring suburban heterosexual…
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Harry Styles Wore The Try Guys’ Balenciaga NFT To Lea Michele’s ‘Mr. Beast’ Broadway Performance
[Link to episode] 2022 was a monumentally horrible, terrible, no good, evil, despicable, heinous, apocalyptic year in pop culture history. Everything happening everywhere all at once all the time! Links: About: Hosted by journalists Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson, Eating For Free is a weekly podcast that explores gossip and power in the pop culture…
