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(04/10/13 8:21am)
Brazilian director Walter Salles’ screen adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s classic ‘On the Road’ was released in select theaters this past December and has since remained under the pop-culture radar. Based on a novel that defined a subculture and an era, its big screen production was surely an intimidating task, but Salles has presented a respectable, if flawed, tribute to the Beat Bible. Based on Kerouac’s own adventures with friend and muse Neal Cassady, the book pays homage to the Beat Generation, the post-World War II counterculture that arose in opposition to a nation reveling in suburban life — think today’s hipsters, minus self-awareness and Instagram.
(01/17/13 4:16am)
Last Sunday’s U.S. premiere of Masterpiece Theater’s Downton Abbey garnered a very respectable 7.9 million viewers, making it one of the most viewed programs of all time on PBS and surpassing the audience of fellow cult favorite Mad Men. The season three premiere of the program, which was originally imported from the UK in 2010, was anything but disappointing. Dame Maggie Smith (aka the Dowager Countess of Grantham) sums it up best: “Nothing succeeds like excess.”
(02/21/12 4:45am)
The University will be treated to the third annual SingFest Friday, an "Acapellapalooza" featuring a range of the student body's finest vocal ensembles, including the Virginia Glee Club, the Virginia Gentlemen and the Virginia Sil'hooettes.
(02/17/12 2:35am)
The premiere of NBC's new show Smash last Monday was yet another magical product of the United States' longtime love affair with glamour and show business. Directed by Michael Mayer and produced by Steven Spielberg, the hour-long drama documents the classic U.S. tale of an outsider, Karen Cartwright (American Idol season five runner-up Katharine McPhee) trying to make her way onto New York's Broadway stage. Smash centers on the production of a new Broadway musical about the life of Marilyn Monroe, written by Julia Houston (Emmy winner Debra Messing) and Tom Levitt (Christian Borle).
(12/01/11 5:36am)
Although it has only existed for a few short months at the University, College Fashionista has already become a presence in the local fashion scene. Since the beginning of the semester, students of all backgrounds have been drawn to the website by links posted on Facebook or Twitter, thirsting to know more about College Fashionista.
(10/06/11 5:20am)
There were multiple times during the season five premiere of Gossip Girl that I felt as if I was trapped between episodes of Teen Mom and Say Yes to the Dress. The soap-operatic, or maybe reality television quality of the show has been lamentable, but there was also something refreshing about the show's reappearance after a long summer break.
(04/07/11 5:22am)
"Could I be the same one who came from a far away life/ Just to make it in these Broadway lights?/ Now I'm shining in the broad daylight - go figure." Go figure. The song is "A Star Is Born," from Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3, the verse, a cameo by J. Cole, the freshman rapper who quickly is becoming the star he wanted to be. Cole is Jay-Z's prot
(12/02/10 5:56am)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One marks the beginning of an end for the Potter franchise, which has dominated popular culture for well more than a decade. Although the previous films have not been disasters by any means, seeing this seventh installment makes its predecessors fall - with an audible thump - by the wayside. Those behind the Harry Potter series have at last learned how to make a brilliant movie.
(09/23/10 5:10am)
After the completely outrageous end to season three of Gossip Girl, I approached the premiere of season four hesitantly. Last spring's season finale went out with a bang - pun intended - as Chuck Bass lay in an alleyway after being shot, while the love of his life, Blair, flitted off to Paris for a summer of "culture," otherwise known as retail therapy. Dan Humphrey was confronted by a very pregnant Georgina Sparks, and both Nate and Serena were as pouty and confused as ever. Although a devoted follower of the show, I found it difficult to stomach the plotlines. Even so, I retained some vestiges of hope for recovery in season four.