A prominent YouTube star has lost a lucrative contract after The Wall Street Journal pointed out a series of anti-Semitic jokes and Nazi-related images in his videos.
Felix Kjellberg is better known as PewDiePie — a profane, prolific video producer and comedian. He rose to prominence largely through videos of him playing video games, but now creates a wide range of popular videos, from pranks to sketches to commentary.
He's the most popular video producer on YouTube, with more than 50 million subscribers. Read More...
While there were the big-budget extravaganzas starring Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Jeetendra and the likes were the big draw of the ’80s, the era also saw the emergence of the art films and the middle-of-the-road movies that captured the imagination of the audience. The story and not the star was the king in such movies. They revolved around people just like us -- denizens of the middle class who struggled with everyday problems. Read More...
The accomplishments of the Mormon Battalion are indisputable — it helped create wagon roads as it marched through what is now southwest United States. After their enlistment was completed, battalion members helped with additional wagon routes connecting California, Nevada and Utah. Many followed those routes, and they impacted the boundaries of the United States.
“For a one-year enlistment, the Mormon Battalion had an outsized presence in the history of the United States, not just the history of the Church,” said Greg Christofferson, vice president of the Mormon Battalion Association. Read More...