Kim Kardashian Files For Divorce

Kim Kardashian has confirmed today that she will be filing for divorce against Kris Humphries. This is ridiculous. It was YESTERDAY that Kim’s Fairytale Wedding was playing on E! This marriage according to People Magazine only lasted 72 days and Ryan Seacrest weighs in: ” “I’ve spoken to her briefly and she says she’s sad … Read more

America’s Next Top Model: All Star Season

There have been about seven episodes of America’s Next Top Model Cycle 17 and this season is the All Star Season – meaning that the contestants are all former contestants who made it far, but didn’t win. The cast members who were notorious and who fans just loved, and that is probably why I actually … Read more

Herman Cain’s New Ad

Let’s just analyze this new ad that Herman Cain has on Youtube for his Presidential Campaign, because last night on Anderson Cooper there was an analysis of this by both sides and neither thought too favorably of it. The ad has a man, Mark Block, speaking about Cain’s campaign and how there has never been … Read more

Is Water Shortage Real?

This is a paper I wrote for my Contemporary Global Issues Class regarding Water Shortage. I am not including the bibliography, as this is a blog post, but if you need to know where my sources are feel free to contact me. By Nikky Raney Water Sanitation The water crisis may not seem realistic to … Read more

Bachmann’s Staff in NH Quits

Reuters reported October 21, 2011 that Michele Bachmann’s campaign staff in New Hampshire has quit. This is very good news for other Republican candidates, because New Hampshire is an important state (it’s my state, but it’s also the first primary state). There is speculation that Bachmann doesn’t even care about winning New Hampshire: ” “It … Read more

NESCom’s New Degree Program

New Degree Program at NESCom Nikky Raney New England School of Communications added a new degree program as of the Fall 2011 semester, and although it is quite new it already has ten students enrolled. The degree program is a Bachelors Degree in Entertainment Production; this means all the behind the scenes set ups that … Read more

Jersey Shore Italy Finale and Reunion

Last night MTV decided to play the Jersey Shore Season Finale for Italy and the Reunion Show for Italy back to back, and both seemed like they were lacking. I don’t even remember the host of the reunion talking to JWOWW. The finale wasn’t as interesting as the reunion – so I will focus on … Read more

Muammar Gaddafi is Dead

Muammar Gaddafi was killed by Libyan Rebels earlier today, various news sources have reacted similarly to the reaction that came from Osama Bin Laden’s death. The Libyan people are shown as being very happy now. The headline story for CNN, MSNBC, FOX, ABC, CBS and BBC were all that Gaddafi was killed – not all … Read more

Romney and Perry Go At It

The GOP Debate last night on CNN was insane, and Anderson Cooper seemed to enjoy every moment. The candidates ran amok at certain points, most notably Mitt Romney and Rick Perry. The two had some back and forth banter and Romney even put his hand on Perry at one point. It got very intense and … Read more

Jersey Shore: Almost out of Italy

The biggest thing that I got out of the most recent episode of Jersey Shore (the second to last episode in Italy) is that there will be another season in Seaside. After doing further research there is speculation that season five in New Jersey will be the final season, and that they have already finished … Read more

New York ComicCon Starts

Months after San Diego’s Comic Convention today starts the New York Comic Con. The event started today (October 13) and will continue through October 16. So, for those who missed out on the San Diego Comic Con here is the second chance to experience every comic book collector’s dream. There are so many events going … Read more

Arab American Festival Case Study

Dearborn, Michigan has held the Arab American Festival for the past 16-years. The festival is hosted by the Arab American Council, and the media coverage that it receives is mostly focused on the Christian protestors who attend the event and get arrested. The most recent Arab American festival got a lot of media coverage, because … Read more

Herman Cain Weighs in on Occupy Wall Street Protests

GOP Presidential hopeful Herman Cain has always prided himself on being a business man and not a politician, and he is going back to defending the big business and verbally attacking the protestors at Wall Street. On CBS’ “Face The Nation,” he called the protestors “jealous” Americans who play the “victim card,” and he even … Read more

Steve Jobs Passes at 56

Yesterday all over my Facebook feed I saw “RIP STEVE JOBS” from my peers. At New England School of Communications we thrive on Apple products. Every computer classroom has an iMAC and most students have MacBooks and MacBook Pros – this is being typed on a MacBook Pro. It was not too long ago that … Read more

Kristin Cavallari Leaves DWTS

Kristin Cavallari and her partner Mark Ballas performed Beyonce’s Crazy In Love for the Monday night performance. The performers were supposed to pick a song from a year that was memorable, and I remember her from Laguna Beach on MTV and that song makes sense for her and her at the time boyfriend Stephen Colletti. … Read more

Amanda Knox Back in Seattle

Amanda Knox reminds me of Casey Anthony; I don’t know why this is, but it could be the fact that they are both woman who “got away with murder.” Amanda Knox will be returning to Seattle, Washington today at 8 p.m. ET which is less than half an hour away. USA Today reports that Knox … Read more

Cute Kitty Cat Fears Hurricane Irene in Bangor Maine

At the end of August the east coast was hit with Hurricane Irene. People on the west coast may not have seen it as a big deal, but although many people were fine there were some instances such as in Vermont where students were trapped and unable to get to school. In Bangor, Maine my … Read more

New York Comic Con

San Diego’s Comic Convention over the summer was a big hit and now the New York Comic Con is on just around the corner. The days of New York Comic Con are October 13-16. Kinetic News reports: “NYCC, which attracted 96,000 attendees in 2010, celebrates comics, television, movies, toys, games, and the popular arts from … Read more

Jaime Zapata Case Study

Originally posted at NikkyRaney.com – The Future of Journalism Ice.Gov In the case of the murder of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, agent Jaime Zapata the media had adequate coverage. It is actually surprising that this Latino man wasn’t stereotyped in the way that other Latinos in the news may be. This could be partly … Read more

Gary Johnson vs Ron Paul

Ron Paul has always been set a part from all the other Republicans running for President, because he is so much different in his views than the others who stood on the stage with him. His libertarian beliefs made him stronger, but now there is someone who has entered the race that people are pinning … Read more

Jersey Shore Tonight

MTV has hyped tonight’s episode of Jersey Shore to be intense – and definitely worth watching. From the clips released in previews we know that Snooki’s boyfriend Jionni is coming to visit, and this will be dramatic. There’s footage of him leaving her at the club, and JWOWW tries to calm her down but Snooki … Read more

Charlie Sheen’s Roast

The Roast of Charlie Sheen was on last night and it was quite amusing – other than that Amy blonde chick who tried to make a joke about Ryan Dunn’s death; granted Ryan Dunn would have joked about his own death the way the joke was presented to Steve-O just sucked. How many jokes about … Read more

Cantaloupe Recall

A farm in Colorado has to recall its entire cantaloupe harvest due to one of the melons testing positive for Listeria. Listeria is a bacteria that can cause complications during pregnancy, it can cause serious illness to anyone who consumes it. There are 17 states where the cantaloupe is being recalled. The Christian Science Monitor … Read more

President Obama’s New Plan

President Barack Obama has laid out a new deficit plan earlier today, Monday, September 19. The New York Times reports: “The president proposed raising taxes by $1.5 trillion, mostly on the wealthy, while making only modest cuts in Medicare and Medicaid, and walling off Social Security from any changes. The plan also would reduce military … Read more

Jersey Shore: Meatballs in Riccione

Team Meatball dominated episode seven of season four of Jersey Shore. The crew all went on a vacation to Riccione, Italy – which the cast members describe as being like a beach and Snooki goes on trying to say it’s like “the edge of the continent.” In any event, the episode was mainly focusing on … Read more

Perry and Romney at the Tea Party Debate

CNN hosted the Tea Party Republican Debate last night in Tampa, Florida. The eight presidential nominees were there, but the spotlight was really on Rick Perry and Mitt Romney – the two bickered back and forth a lot within the debate and watching it was amusing. CNN opened the show by giving each person a … Read more

Dr. Phil Met With Casey Anthony’s Parents

Casey Anthony’s parents have met with the famous televised psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw. Radar Online talks about the excerpts of the show that were shown on the Today Show earlier today, and it’s really interesting: ” “This mother gave chance after chance for her daughter to change but instead more lies, more betrayal.” Cindy tells … Read more

NBC Hacked With Phony Ground Zero Attack Tweets

Venture Beat captured the following screenshot of NBC’s Twitter page which was hacked earlier: The tweets kept insisting that Ground Zero had been attacked and that this was no joke. Well, it was a joke – and it wasn’t a funny joke at all. There have been many speculations about another terrorist attack on the … Read more