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POP CULTURE













Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum in Independence Day (1996).

In the summer of 1996, “Macarena” was on its way to becoming the year’s number one pop hit and an alien invasion movie was about to rocket Will Smith into the outer stratosphere of fame.

Janet Burns












NBC Television - eBay, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons

The classic game show’s panelist Charles Nelson Reilly was fond of saying, “This is not a job, it's a social engagement.”

Kara Kovalchik