James Cameron has accomplished an amazing feat, having made not only the top, but the top two highest grossing films of all time – “Avatar” and “Titanic.” Read more...
Arts Columns
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July 29, 12:17 am
Love or Hate: Does Alfonso Cuarón’s distinctive style fall flat?
Last week, a trailer for director Alfonso Cuarón’s new feature “Gravity” was released online, causing a stir among movie fanatics and casual moviegoers alike. The film, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, Cuarón’s first feature since 2006’s “Children of Men,” depicts the terrifying experience of two astronauts on a spacewalk disrupted by flying debris that destroys their shuttle. Read more...
Arts, Arts Columns
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July 22, 1:00 am
Love or Hate: Are the Emmys respectable or irrelevant?
The annual Emmy Awards are rolling around again, with all its requisite surprises and snubs, and a new wave of either outrage or relief is washing over those keeping track of award shows. Read more...
Photo: Kevin Spacey as U.S. congressman Frank Underwood.
Arts, Arts Columns, Lifestyle
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July 22, 1:00 am
Anneta Konstantinides: Transfer students should revel in dorm experience
We pulled up to Hedrick Hall on a warm September afternoon. My mom’s Honda CR-V was packed with clothes, shower caddiesand twin XL sheets. Read more...
Arts, Arts Columns, Music
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July 8, 12:50 am
Love or Hate: Jay-Z’s ‘Magna Carta… Holy Grail’ – clever or too commercial?
Already causing a stir within the Billboard and Recording Industry Association of America sales figures, is the album an intelligent marketing strategy or just a ploy for attention? Read more...
Arts, Arts Columns
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May 29, 1:40 am
Ready Player One: Music levels up video game play
My level-35 catlike Khajiit crouches in the mountains of “Skyrim” and peers over a ridge that overlooks a camp of marauders. Read more...
Arts, Arts Columns, Music
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May 29, 1:34 am
B-Sides: Lesser-known talent showcased in Sasquatch! Music Festival
We set up our campsite and got right to what we were there for: the Sasquatch! Music Festival. Read more...
Photo: Sasquatch! Music Festival was packed with big headliners such as Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, but it had plenty of great lesser-known bands worth checking out as well.