Big Splash for Big Fish
The latest musical coming to Eastern’s stage
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Winnings at the Emmys: A Recap of the 75th Annual Emmys Award Show
While the Oscars might be more well-known, the Emmys Award Show continues to be a popular occasion to pay attention to. While the Emmys this year reached its smallest audience yet, the award show still had about 4.3 million viewers on live television. If you don’t know, while the Oscars are an award show for
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Dear Hollywood: A media review of a podcast centered on advocating for children in the industry
Child stardom has been at the forefront of public consciousness in the past few years. From Miley Cyrus evoking her “Wrecking Ball” days with the song “Used To Be Young” to Jennette McCurdy’s memoir “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” we have been reminded of a generation of stars now reaching their thirties who burned hot
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Victims of “The Imp of the Perverse”: Edgar Allan Poe’s psychological commentary on why we do what we ought not to do
“We have a task before us which must be speedily performed. We know that it will be ruinous to make delay.” This sounds familiar. Urges to curl up in bed and rot, catch up on some much-needed sleep, play a board game with some friends or doom scroll take over our need to do the
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The WGA Continues to Strike: An update and review of the continuing strike of the Writers’ Guild of America
May 2, 2023 marked the beginning of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike. WGA is a coalition of two writers’ labor unions comprising over 11,000 writers of film, television, news, radio and online media. The strike began after unmet demands were made for higher pay, a more stable pay structure, fairer deals, contracts and
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Nuance in Plastic: A review of the movie, “Barbie”.
Let me be frank, I don’t like Barbies. Now that this important bit of information has been conveyed, I will say what I really want to say and that is, the “Barbie” movie might just be my favorite movie I have seen all year. I went to the theater fearing I was going to watch
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Theatre Preview: Hamlet
Hamlet is a work that stands tall, even among the many legendary plays of Shakespeare. It is a tale of revenge, madness, love, betrayal, life and death that has captivated many since its release in the early 17th century. This semester, the (arguably) most renowned work of the English language’s greatest playwright is being performed
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The Art of Chants: An exploration into the beauty and holiness of chanting.
Growing up in Athens Greece, a primarily Orthodox country, the sound of Byzantine chants mingled with the smell of incense in the city air was not uncommon. But, despite my country’s religious affinity, my church was far from liturgical. Now, years later, I find myself ignorant of these traditions, but I don’t feel that I
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2023 Oscars Recap: Taking a look into this March’s Academy Awards
By: Brian Lines As we look back on the movies of 2022, the 2023 Oscars results have a little bit of surprise mixed with a pinch of met expectations. With over 50 films being nominated for various awards at the prestigious ceremony, only 13 different movies walked away with awards. So let’s dive right in
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“The Art of” Making TikToks: A look into the creative genius that calls for making these viral videos
By: Katherine Seeley Setting up a camera, finding good lighting, finding the right angle, the perfect shot and the perfect songs are all part of the TikTok making process. When it comes to making TikToks, there is an art to it. It is not simply setting up your phone and hitting “record.” You collect videos