(Helen L. Montoya/Express-News) Brenda Mize, 9, is a huge fan of Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers and has the merchandise on her bedroom wall to prove it. Her sister Jovanie, 10, is wild about...
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Embracing Japanese pop culture 
MSNBC
MSNBC
'Cuteness, coolness and playfulness' could bring big business to U.S. AP> By Laura Tiffany Once one starts listing the examples of Japanese culture infiltrating the United States, it's pretty hard to stop. One of the most-anticipated summer movies,...
Born 100 years ago, Pulitzer winner William Saroyan was a pop-culture icon in his heyday
The News & Observer
The News & Observer
Channels pop up, then disappear in latest radio trend
Omaha World-Herald
Omaha World-Herald
THE WASHINGTON POST Just as the Eliot Spitzer sex scandal was becoming the ultimate water-cooler conversation topic recently - if only for a few days - Sirius Satellite Radio launched Client 9 Radio, a 24/7 all-Spitzer channel. But just for a few...
Hollywood J-pop
The Star
The Star
Increasingly, anime and manga are being turned into big-budgeted, live-action movies by Tinseltown. IN early March, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) hosted "J-Wave USA", a three-day conference devoted to exploring and exposing the...
Noel Lyn Smith: Come one, come all! Comicon promises something for all pop-pulp lovers
Seattle Post-Intelligence
Seattle Post-Intelligence
ALL DISCUSSION this weekend at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center likely will be about comics. Emerald City Comicon -- short for comic convention -- is the largest comic and pop-culture gathering in the Northwest, offering comic fans...
