Joaquin Phoenix Brings New Perspective to DC’s Popular Villain by: Madeline Weaver-Nolting ’19 A&E Staff One of the darkest villains of all time is about to get his own movie. Actor Joaquin Phoenix is set to star in the Warner Bros. newest film, Joker. With big shoes to fill, including Jack Nicolson and the late […]
by: Dr. René Alexander Orquiza Assistant Professor of History Life is too short to read everything. It may even be too short to major in American Studies, History, or English. This column, brought to you by professors in American Studies, History, and English, highlights the books you simply cannot let pass, whatever your major. Start […]
by: Anne DeLello ’20 A&E Staff At the 2018 Emmy Awards, some unexpected twists made for both excited and disappointed actors, actresses, and fans. However, there was one overarching victory that represents something more important than individual winners and losers. For the first time in the history of the Creative Arts Emmys, four African American […]
iridescence is a Culmination of the Band’s Struggles and Rise to Fame by: Peter Keough ’20 A&E Staff BROCKHAMPTON, the amorphous 13-member Los Angeles via San Marcos, Texas hip-hop collective, openly brands itself as “The World’s Greatest Boyband.” After releasing three interconnected and consistently improving albums within the span of 2017, the group gained rapid […]
Jonah Hill and Emma Stone Shine in Netflix’s New Twisting Sci-Fi Series by: William Burleigh ’19 A&E Staff A new Netflix limited series premiered last weekend, on Sept. 21: Maniac, a surrealistic science fiction show starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill. Maniac, a dark comedy set in a futuristic world, tells the story of […]
by: Julia Vaccarella ’20 A&E Staff The first season of the unsurprisingly popular investigative podcast, Serial, was released back in 2014. Serial’s debut provided listeners with an introspective look into the 1999 homicide of high school student, Hae Min Lee, and the case of her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, who was ultimately convicted of her murder. […]
by: Brigid Walshe ’19 A&E Staff Some people may recognize Lily James from her performances as Lady Rose MacClare on Downton Abbey, Cinderella in Disney’s 2015 live-action remake Cinderella, or even from her more recent roles in Baby Driver and Darkest Hour. Whether you have been a fan of hers for years or are just […]
by: Madeline Weaver-Nolting ’19 A&E Staff Amazon Prime’s original series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel may have only had one season so far, but it is taking the world by storm. At the 2018 Emmy Awards, the show won more awards with a single season than any comedy has before with eight wins out of a […]
by William Burleigh ’19 A&E Staff On Sept. 6, Childish Gambino kicked off his This Is America tour in Atlanta, Georgia. The rapper, whose real name is Donald Glover, confirmed at the concert that this will be his last tour under the Childish Gambino name: “If you’re at this show, then you know that this […]
by Sara Conway ’21 A&E Staff The children’s literature community spoke up and took action when needed most. This past June when the Trump administration declared a “Zero Tolerance” immigration policy that literally tore families apart. About 2,000 children were separated from their parents and detained at the U.S./Mexico border, some being kept in cages […]