Shacknews Presents: Pop! Goes the Culture! Episode 118

We're diving deep into the new trailer for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and discussing changes to Netflix's Avatar series.

Happy Friday! Pop! Goes the Culture is once again airing on a day that isn't Thursday, but no need to fear, we've still got plenty of interesting movie and TV news to break down.

Episode 118 of Pop! Goes the Culture! goes live on the Shacknews Twitch Channel today at 12 p.m. PT/ 3 p.m. ET. The stream is available to watch right here using the embed below.

Here’s a rundown of some of the news topics featured on today’s episode of Pop! Goes the Culture!:


We'll open our show with some unfortunate news, as the legendary Carl Weathers has passed away. We still have some light-hearted topics on the schedule, including the new trailer for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Jim Carrey's return to the Sonic films.

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Don't make a sound, it's time for Episode 118 of Shacknews Presents: Pop! Goes the Culture!

Donovan is a young journalist from Maryland, who likes to game. His oldest gaming memory is playing Pajama Sam on his mom's desktop during weekends. Pokémon Emerald, Halo 2, and the original Star Wars Battlefront 2 were some of the most influential titles in awakening his love for video games. After interning for Shacknews throughout college, Donovan graduated from Bowie State University in 2020 with a major in broadcast journalism and joined the team full-time. He is a huge Scream nerd and film fanatic that will talk with you about movies and games all day. You can follow him on twitter @Donimals_

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