Popular culture
Set of norms or trends dominant in a society at a given time
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| 2024 | Won the Nela Academy Award for his notable acting and meaningful social and cultural contributions. |
| 2024 |
Star Wars reference books
Upcoming publication of 'Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire' by Dr. Chris Kempshall, offering a scholarly perspective on the fictional political history of Star Wars.
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| 2024 |
Star Wars reference books
Publication of 'Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy', featuring the most extensive collection of reference material covering multiple Star Wars TV series, films, and media up to that point.
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| 2024 |
Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture
Night Call, a Belgian-French film directed by Michiel Blanchart, was set during a Black Lives Matter protest in Belgium.
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| June 2024 |
Page 3
The documentary caused a significant spike in Wikipedia page views, becoming the most popular search term with 589,000 page views in a single day and over 800,000 views for the month, compared to the typical 25,000 monthly views.
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| June 17 2024 |
Page 3
Channel Four aired the documentary 'Page Three: The Naked Truth' on the fiftieth anniversary of the Page 3 feature, highlighting stories and updates about women who appeared in the magazine over the years.
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| 2023 | Performed as a Police Officer in 'Griswold - Community Reading', a rehearsed reading of Angela J Davis's new play at The Playground Theatre. |
| 2023 | Lloyd serves as a guest presenter on Mind Over Matter TV Show, presenting Episode 5 of the online factual television show |
| 2023 | Lloyd creates BBC Comedy AFRISH: AN AFRO SCOT IN BRIXTON, a television comedy show created by Eunice Olumide |
| 2023 | Worked on 'VOLUMETRIC CAPTURE' internal project for Wapping press/Synthesia, playing multiple characters and serving as a presenter. |
| 2023 | Ricardo P. Lloyd contributed a voiceover/narration for the crime fiction book 'Silenced' by Jennie Ensor, published by Hobeck Books, playing the character Luke. |
| April 2023 | Portrayed George Augustus Polgreen at the National Maritime Museum for the second year of the Caribbean Takeover. |
| 2022 | Lloyd plays Johnny Smythe in the docudrama 'Flying For Britain', which was funded by the Heritage Fund with support from the Royal Air Force. |
| 2022 | Futurama was announced to be renewed for 20 additional episodes on Hulu. |
| 2022 |
Climate change in popular culture
Midnight Oil released final album Resist, with climate change as a central theme.
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| 2022 |
Climate change in popular culture
An analysis of 250 popular fictional films revealed that only 12.8% depicted climate change existing in their narrative, and merely 9.6% showed characters acknowledging its existence.
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| 2022 |
Albinism in popular culture
Release of video game 'The Quarry' featuring Silas Vorez, a werewolf with albinism known as the 'white wolf'.
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| August 28 2022 | Won the Anglia Ruskin University Vice Counsellor Alumni Contribution to Culture award. |
| July 18 2022 | Broadcasted his radio documentary 'My Name Is Ricardo P Lloyd' on BBC Radio 4, featuring Aml Ameen and Tobi Bakare. |
| April 9 2022 | Played John Blanke at the National Maritime Museum during the Caribbean Takeover event celebrating black history. |
| January 2022 | Announced as the narrator for the audiobook of the crime novel 'Silenced' by Jennie Ensor. |
| 2021 | Lloyd appears as Jaden in the short film 'Conspiracies', produced by the National Film and Television School. |
| 2021 | Participated in Omnibus Theatre Workshop for new play development. |
| 2021 | Ricardo P. Lloyd performed a virtual monologue titled 'My Story, My Monologue' as a poet intruder, hosted by BlackRock, presenting to a live online audience. |
| 2021 | Wrote, acted, produced, and filmed his own short film 'Call It A Problem' to inspire youth during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2021 | Minister Taf releases 'All things are possible' music video, featuring Ricardo P. Lloyd playing the lead character Robert. |
| 2021 |
Lego in popular culture
Twenty people worldwide became Lego Certified Professionals, receiving special recognition from the Lego Group to use the Lego name and logo.
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| 2021 |
Climate change in popular culture
Release of 'Don't Look Up', an apocalyptic black comedy film satirizing public denial and apathy towards climate change, featuring astronomers attempting to warn the world about an impending comet impact.
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| 2021 |
Climate change in popular culture
Battlefield 2042 video game released, presenting a narrative where climate change triggers global conflicts, including a massive refugee crisis and geopolitical collapse by 2035.
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| 2021 |
Climate change in popular culture
British soap operas conducted a crossover event featuring climate change references, leading up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
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| 2021 |
Climate change in popular culture
Marina released single 'Purge the Poison' addressing climate change.
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| 2021 |
Climate change in popular culture
Bill Gates published 'How to Avoid a Climate Disaster', providing strategies to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
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| 2021 |
Climate change in popular culture
Release of 'I Am Greta', a documentary following teenaged climate activist Greta Thunberg's efforts to raise awareness about climate change.
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| 2021 |
Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture
Station 19 season 4 dealt intensively with Black Lives Matter themes in nearly every episode.
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| September 22 2021 |
Climate change in popular culture
A group of prominent American late-night television hosts, including Samantha Bee, Trevor Noah, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, James Corden, Stephen Colbert, and Jimmy Fallon, simultaneously dedicated segments of their shows to discussing climate change, creating a coordinated media awareness effort.
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| August 3 2021 |
Tuzki
The crossover episode 'Lamput meets Tuzki' was released.
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| April 20 2021 |
Tuzki
A crossover between Tuzki and the Indian animated series Lamput was announced.
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| 2020 | Worked on Creation Theatre Company's The Time Machine: A Virtual Reality in the West End and performed at the Lyric Theatre during the Evolution festival. |
| 2020 | Performed as Jahieem in 'LYRIC EVOLUTION 2020' at Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), as part of their Selected Scratch Play Performances |
| 2020 | The Voice magazine named Lloyd as one of the Top 20 talents to watch out for. |
| 2020 | Ricardo P. Lloyd appears in the documentary film 'Arts hole', produced by Wendy Richardson and co-produced by Tara Dominick. |
| 2020 | Appeared in promotional video 'kar-go UK Official Launch' as James during their Autonomous UK delivery launch campaign. |
| 2020 |
Star Wars reference books
Release of 'The Star Wars Book: Expand your knowledge of a galaxy far, far away' by Cole Horton, Pablo Hidalgo, and Dan Zehr, providing an in-depth exploration of the Star Wars universe.
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| 2020 |
Star Wars reference books
Publication of 'The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' by Phil Szostak.
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| 2020 |
Climate change in popular culture
Doctor Who aired 'Orphan 55' episode, depicting a future Earth devastated by climate change and nuclear warfare.
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| 2020 |
Climate change in popular culture
Multiple climate change-themed music releases: Rina Sawayama's 'XS', Grimes' Miss Anthropocene album, Pearl Jam's 'Retrograde' music video, Sepultura's 'Guardians of Earth', Massive Attack's Eutopia EP, Greg Barnett's The Flat White Album.
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| 2020 |
Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture
Rob Bliss created a short film 'Holding a Black Lives Matter Sign in America's Most Racist Town', depicting interactions with racist passersby.
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| 2020 |
Black Lives Matter movement in popular culture
Black Lives Matter street paintings created in multiple cities including Birmingham, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Seattle, Charlotte, Denver, Dallas, and in front of the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
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