Pop of Culture

Here is this weeks collection of news from all around the popular culture realm.

Frozen- this movie has officially passed Skyfall to become the 8th highest grossing film ever (check it here). I also read that it just hit $100 million in Japan, so it seems that Frozen is still going strong. Disney hasn't released their figures from DVD sales but I'm sure those are also huge. Surprisingly, I haven't gotten the movie yet, but I definitely will. It's crazy to think that this movie is only $7 million from passing LOTR: Return of the King to make it into the number 7 spot.

Sherlock- In an interview, star Benedict Cumberbatch expressed his doubts on future seasons of the show Sherlock. The writers/creators Stephen Moffat and Mark Gatiss also work on Doctor Who and Cumberbatch and Freemen just signed on to do London plays, so if season 4 does come out, it won't be for another 2 years, which is a little disappointing. The reason for the last gap was their growing popularity that led to their roles on the Hobbit movies.

Game of Thrones- this week, GOT maintained their high ratings (6.3 million) for the Purple Wedding. It also broke torrent records with 1.5 million people downloading the episode in a single day. Safe to say, GOT is huge and is super in-demand. It was a surprising episode as we've only be trained to big events happening in the latter part of the season, but obviously all bets are off.

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Allegiant- it was announced that the third movie based on the book series, Divergent would be split into two movies, following the likes of Harry Potter, Twilight, The Hunger Games and the Hobbit. While some of these splits were warranted, most are just used as a blatant cash grab and turns off fans who would otherwise be excited to see this movie. Allegiant didn't receive great reviews not just from the ending, but the entire structure of the book, so it will be interesting to see how they fix/add things to make it enjoyable for the people like me who regret reading the books in the first place.

Stephen Colbert- after a week of wondering, CBS announced that Stephen Colbert would be replacing David Letterman as the head of the Late Show. Colbert won't be in his iconic character, so it will be interesting to see how his comedy will fare and if he can retain as big of an audience that he currently has.