Pulling Back the Curtain on the Songwriting Process by Grace Whitman ’22 A&E Staff Ever since the year 2002, when American Idol began on Fox, America has been in love with singing competition shows. These shows seek to discover the best vocal singers in the country through a series of nationwide auditions. The power is […]
Netflix and Hulu Battle for Streaming Supremacy by Anne DeLello ’20 A&E Staff With every new season comes a new set of shows and movies to be added to the various streaming sites; Netflix and Hulu are the main competitors once again. In a world where cable is slowly dying and the entertainment competition is […]
by Julia Vaccarella ’20 A&E Staff As consumers continue to shift from traditional cable television to streaming services, many companies are now jumping on the bandwagon. These services have become a more popular option in recent years due to the instant gratification of having multiple seasons of shows available coupled with the elimination of commercials. […]
Celebrates Black Pride Looking Back at Coachella 2018 by Anne DeLello ’20 A&E Staff In between the two weekends of Coachella 2019, fans of the festival were pleasantly surprised by the reveal of Beyoncé’s Homecoming documentary, which details the road to her 2018 Coachella performance. Not only does Beyoncé’s documentary feature segments of her journey […]
by Madeline Weaver-Nolting ’19 A&E Staff Get ready to laugh, cry, cheer, and say goodbye to some of your favorite superheroes. I, like hundreds of thousands of people around the world, watched Avengers: Endgame during its opening weekend. This spoiler- free review focuses on the end of the Avengers era, but the beginning of a […]
by Madeline Weaver-Nolting ’19 A&E Staff At first glance, Hulu’s new original TV show The Act might seem like a crazy, fictitious show, but it is based on real events. The first season is based on the life of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who plotted with her internet boyfriend to murder her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, […]
Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Perspectives Revealed by Catherine Goldberg ’20 A&E Staff Unfazed by a Twitter ban, “R” rating, and a restriction to be shown in select theaters throughout the U.S., the new pro-life film Unplanned,is currently among one of the top 10 films in the box-office. The film stirred controversy among Hollywood producers and pro-choice […]
by Joshua Carone ’22 A&E Staff Here is a sentence you never thought you would read: Tracy Morgan using a vape is terrifying. However, The Twilight Zone was always known for pushing the boundaries of reality, so this seems about right. The hit series from the 1960s was announced to be developing a reboot earlier […]
Political Comedy Show Stays Relevant Amidst Changing Times by Julia Vaccarella ’20 A&E Staff There is no shortage of political television shows available today with series like House of Cards and Scandal. However, both shows have since run their courses, and HBO’s series, Veep, which aired the first episode of its final season on March […]
Viewers and Critics Battle Over Peele’s Us by Joshua Carone ’22 A&E Staff Anyone who doubted Jordan Peele’s staying power was proved wrong this weekend as his sophomore film Us made a colossal $70 million upon its release. Peele’s genre-bending thriller broke several box office records including biggest opening for an original R-rated movie and biggest […]