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Cable-crossed lovers:

Distance sucks. There’s really no other way to put it. Sure, with the Internet expediting communication and shows like “Catfish” glamorizing transcontinental romance, you’d think it’d be easy to surmount hundreds of miles in pursuit of love.


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'Philomena' not just filler

The Virginia Film Festival has a rich tradition of bringing the silver screen’s best to Charlottesville, and this year was no exception with “Philomena” as a shining beacon.


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A Princess on Fire

At the tender age of 5 years old, my grandfather took me to see Disney on Ice: Beauty and the Beast.


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Sinister shadows

The old photograph hanging in the Fralin Museum wouldn’t seem special on its own. It’s just a 1930s group shot: a bunch of people on a ship deck, gathered around a lifebuoy that reads “SS Europa.” They are actually the African-American cast of a 1932 film, “Black and White,” en route to Moscow for filming.


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Ansel Adams’ ‘legacy’

Thirty-four original Ansel Adams photographs on display at the Fralin Museum bring visitors through his professional career, from his early work in the 1920s up through his ’50s masterpieces.


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Please, "Getaway"

What makes a car chase movie special? Certainly not what Courtney Solomon’s latest flick “Getaway” presented.


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Woody Allen knocks us over, again

Legendary director Woody Allen is back again with another film exemplifying his storytelling prowess, “Blue Jasmine.” Taking place in modern-day San Francisco, the film focuses on the perils of financial downfall.


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(No) Singing in the Rain

The Lawn will come alive Wednesday as students congregate to take part in one of the University’s most treasured traditions: Rotunda Sing.


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Mayer's newest album provides a little bit of 'Paradise'

Let’s forget for a minute that John Mayer spent his early career as a brooding ladies’ man, that he has dated every vapid starlet in Hollywood from Jessica Simpson to Taylor Swift and that his early singing style was so breathy he might have in fact swallowed several microphones.


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Maddening 'Vineyard' withers on the vine

Some people say that television rots the brain. I never believed this to be true until I flipped through channels and came across ABC Family’s ‘The Vineyard.’ After watching one episode of the hour-long program, I felt my intelligence insulted by the contrived and shallow premise.


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'Newsroom' still snoozefest

The words “pompous” and “pretentious” are bound to come up in any discussion of Aaron Sorkin, given the award-winning writer’s propensity for stuffing his characters’ mouths with the sort of pseudo-intellectual babble you might expect to hear in a high school politics classroom.


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Uh-oh, those summer nights

With looming finals dampening everyone’s spirits, it seems to be the perfect time to look ahead to a sunnier, more melodic season.


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Heads will roll ... again

Believe it or not, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have been around for a decade now. While most bands would have faded into obscurity since then, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs prove that they are more than capable of producing fresh, new music with the release of their new album, Mosquito, last Tuesday.


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Killswitch Engage offers 'disarming' metal record

If you’re a true metal fan, you’ve likely been spending the last few weeks biting your fingernails with your Monthly Metal Allowance crinkling in your pocket while you anxiously scan The Cavalier Daily for my judgment of Killswitch Engage’s (KSE’s) latest album, ‘Disarm the Descent.’


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XCX marks the spot

The low-profile Charlotte Aitchison, who performs under the moniker Charli XCX and gained international popularity as the featured artist of Icona Pop’s anthemic “I Love It,” recently released her own studio debut, ‘True Romance,’ an album full of songs about love, relationships and partying.

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Since the Contemplative Commons opening April 4, the building has hosted events for the University community. Sam Cole, Commons’ Assistant Director of Student Engagement, discusses how the Contemplative Sciences Center is molding itself to meet students’ needs and provide a wide range of opportunities for students to discover contemplative practices that can help them thrive at the University.