Contagion Infects Audience with a Scare
October 10, 2011 • Jessica Jayson, Staff Reporter
Filed under Entertainment, Top Stories
Directed by Steven Soderbergh, Contagion is a realistic story of an extremely contagious virus spiraling out of control. Gwenyth Paltrow plays an ordinary woman who travels to China on a business trip and catches a sickness that quickly spreads around the world. Doctors scramble to find the cause and... Read more »
The Help a literary and cinematic success
September 30, 2011 • Evelyn Minaise, Editor-in-Chief
Filed under Entertainment
When I was a junior last year, AP US History teacher Zach Lipman told me I was the only student who wrote my summer book review on a book other than Fast Food Nation or Lies My Teacher Told Me. I chose The Help by Kathryn Stockett so I could read the book English teacher Lisa Fulton recommended throughout... Read more »
The Lion King’s a roaring success
September 30, 2011 • Kelly McDeavitt, Staff Reporter
Filed under Entertainment
Be prepared, Disney fans: The Lion King has returned to theaters. Grossing $29.3 million in the opening weekend, this movie’s got fans young and old entranced by the film’s old charm and new effects. Fortunately (or unfortunately), The Lion King chose to keep it simple with the 3D effects.... Read more »
It’s Time Music Went Social
September 30, 2011 • Jason Almeida, Staff Reporter
Filed under Entertainment
Spotify allows you to discover and share music with all your friends. It is a music subscription service that began in Europe and only recently arrived in the US, putting it in direct competition with Apple’s iTunes Music store. Spotify has already gained a significant user base in the US, thanks to... Read more »
L.A. Noire doesn’t disappoint
June 8, 2011 • Duncan Morrow, Staff Reporter
Filed under Entertainment
Rockstar Studios has a bit of a reputation behind it, to say the least. Sure, some of the best games of all time have come been developed in their loving care, mostly the infamous Grand Theft Auto series, but they always seem to attract the harshest possible media criticism – who doesn’t remember... Read more »
Summer fun at the movies (Part 1)
May 17, 2011 • Kristen McDeavitt, Copy Editor
Filed under Entertainment, Top Stories
This summer, the theme in Hollywood is sequels and superheroes. With movies like Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Cars 2, The Hangover 2, Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, we are sure to see many of our favorite actors reprise their beloved roles on screen. Cars... Read more »
Legendary artists ‘voice’ their opinion
May 12, 2011 • Katie Bartlett, Staff Reporter
Filed under Entertainment
Step aside American Idol, there’s a new hit TV show determined to find America’s next great recording artist. NBC’s new show “The Voice” features aspiring artists, hoping for that one shot at fame, singing in front of a panel of judges: Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, and Cee... Read more »
Russel Brand’s New Movie a is Side-Splitter
May 12, 2011 • Stephanie Holmes
Filed under Entertainment
The first time I saw the trailer, I knew that I wanted to go and see the new movie Arthur because I think that the movie’s leading actor Russell Brand, is truly, genuinely, outrageously funny (despite the countless controversies he has stirred). His particular type of humor is witty, dry and inherently... Read more »
Won’t you come OutsideLands?
May 11, 2011 • Jack Lambert, Entertainment Editor
Filed under Entertainment
Bay area music alums have been waiting in anticipation for the lineup for the annual Outside Lands Music Festival hosted in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, held August 12-14 this summer. Festival goers were teased by tweets Outside Land’s official mascot Ranger Dave, a fictional cartoon park ranger... Read more »
“That’s not all, folks:” Looney Tunes back on air
May 2, 2011 • Terry Zhou, Staff reporter
Filed under Entertainment
Eighty years after Porky Pig first stuttered “T-t-t-that’s all, folks!” in black-and-white, Looney Tunes is coming back. The newly renamed Looney Tunes Show will premiere on Cartoon Network on May 3—next Tuesday—at 8/7c. No longer a series of disconnected musical flicks, the show now features... Read more »
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