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Even Barbara Walters Regretted How She Pressed Ricky Martin On Whether He Was Gay

Brian Cronin — Sat, 31 Dec 2022 12:04:48 +0000

In a feature spotlighting pop culture moments that were a mistake, Brian takes a look at the time that Barbara Walters essentially tried to publicly out Ricky Martin back in 2000.

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The American Music Awards Once Gave Out ‘Black’ Awards

Brian Cronin — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 21:37:20 +0000

In a feature spotlighting pop culture moments that were a mistake, Brian takes a look at how the American Music Awards briefly decided to give out "Black" awards, like "Favorite Black Single," etc.

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How Was It Ever Acceptable to Refer to Lana Turner as ‘Sweater Girl’?

Brian Cronin — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 04:54:38 +0000

In a feature spotlighting pop culture moments that were a mistake, Brian takes a look at how gross it was for Warner Bros. to nickname their own teenage star "The Sweater Girl"

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Growing Pains’ Disturbingly Gross Treatment of Tracey Gold’s Weight

Brian Cronin — Tue, 03 May 2022 02:34:23 +0000

In a feature spotlighting plots that were a mistake, Brian takes a look at how gross Growing Pains treated Tracey Gold with her weight issues.

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Vision Quest Grossly Glosses Over its Attempted Rape Scene

Brian Cronin — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 22:00:03 +0000

In a feature spotlighting plots that were almost assuredly a mistake, Brian takes a look at how poorly the film, Vision Quest, handles an attempted date rape in the film.

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