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Asst. Prof. of Hip-Hop and the Global South A.D. Carson
A&E

A new home for hip-hop at U.Va.

As Asst. Prof. of Hip-Hop and the Global South, Carson’s classes will be more like ciphers — informal rap sessions that give students the opportunity to freestyle and write original raps. 


Denzel Curry's "13" dropped this week.
A&E

Making Noise

"13" is packed with some of Curry’s most high-energy, explosive deliveries yet — but don’t tell that to Curry.


A&E

A conversation with Kevin Spacey

The University welcomed world-renowned entertainer Kevin Spacey to John Paul Jones Arena Saturday, in the second installment of the President’s Speaker for the Arts series. The sold-out event was preceded by performances from University dance students and selections from the University Singers’, in celebration of the University’s revitalized commitment to enriching arts initiatives and programs across a variety of creative outlets.


News

“BoJack Horseman” is too stable of an animated comedy

If talking dog Brian from “Family Guy” had an alcoholic love child with the eponymous spy from “Archer,” you’d pretty much have the titular character of new Netflix original series “BoJack Horseman.”The animated adult cartoon, which premiered in late August, follows the life of washed-up sitcom star BoJack Horseman.


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“Wilfred” goes out in a whimper

Warning: This review contains spoilers of the show’s final season. The final season of “Wilfred” was said to contain the long awaited answer to the show’s central mystery: Why does Ryan (played by Elijah Wood) see his neighbor Jenna’s (played by Fiona Gubelmann) dog as an Australian man in a dog suit (played by Jason Gann)? The season got off to a shaky start. From its outset, “Wilfred” tended to overuse the “it was all a dream/hallucination” plot device, and the season four premiere is a telling example of this.


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