“Just Having a Really Good Time” Olivia Rodrigo: driving home 2 u Celebrates the Artist’s Rise to Fame By Caitlin Ariel ’24 Olivia Rodrigo’s megahit “drivers license” shattered Spotify records worldwide after its Jan. 11, 2021 release, such as most global streams in a day and most streams in a week. The song, as well […]
Stellar The Batman Delivers the Batman of Comic Book Lore Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson Give New Life to the Superhero Aidan Lerner ’22 Matt Reeves’ The Batman is the most accurate depiction of the character to appear in a live-action film with regard to the film’s adherence to the characteristics that have been foundational […]
A Slap in the Face to Filmmakers Sharing Underrepresented Stories A Recap of The 94th Academy Awards Grace Whitman ’22 Art has the power to tell the stories of people who would otherwise be unrepresented and thus forgotten, and this year’s Academy Awards truly encapsulated this fact. In 2020, the Academy, the governing body that […]
Keeping up and Catching up The Kardashians Couldn’t Stay Away From Reality TV Talia Rueda ’23 The “first family of reality television,” the Kardashians, is back and better than ever. After a leave of absence that gave the family a much-needed break from being surrounded by cameras for 15 years, they are returning to the […]
Dearest Readers, Bridgerton Has Returned A Review of the Hit Period Drama’s Second Season Caitlin Ariel ’24 After it was announced in April 2021 that the Duke of Hastings (played by Regé-Jean Page) would not be returning for the highly anticipated second season of Netflix’s hit period drama Bridgerton, fans were left puzzled for nearly […]
An Inappropriate View on The View Whoopi Goldberg Suspended from Talk Show Nikki Idelson ’22 Popular talk show host Whoopi Goldberg was recently suspended from the television program The View for making controversial claims. As IMDB explains, The View centers on “five women with very different outlooks on politics” who discuss “current events discuss these […]
Film Review: jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy An Intimate Look at Kanye West’s Life and Career Talia Rueda ’23 Fans of Kanye West can now catch a glimpse into the saga of the artist’s battles and brilliance that have unfolded over the course of his 20-year career thanks to West’s longtime friend, filmmaker Coodie Simmons. Although […]
Euphoria Season 2 Recap Zendaya and Company Shock Viewers Once Again Caitlin Ariel ’24 After the finale of Euphoria’s jaw-dropping first season in 2019, fans had to wait an agonizing two and a half years for its sophomore season, which aired on Jan. 9. Indeed, with the pandemic delaying the filming of season two, it […]
A Superb Super Bowl Halftime Show Hip-Hop Artists Deliver a Historic Performance Olivia Riportella ’25 The Super Bowl LVI halftime show could quite possibly go down as the greatest halftime show of all time. With electrifying performances from superstars Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, and a surprise appearance from 50 […]
Hit Movie Warns What Happens If We Don’t Look Up The Shocking, Star-Studded Dark Comedy Taking the Internet by Storm Caitlin Ariel ’24 On Christmas Day, as the suspense of gift-giving and stuffing one’s face with cookies winds down and exhaustion sinks in, it is a typical family tradition to end the day with a […]