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An Evening with Aziz

"Funniest man under 30," as Rolling Stone called him, is quite an understatement - Aziz Ansari is one of the funniest men, period.


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Season two of

AMC's The Walking Dead has been nothing short of a phenomenon. The season two premiere episode, which aired Sunday, Oct.


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Natural Born Killers

"A lot of people walkin' 'round out there already dead, just need to be put out of their misery," explains mass murderer Mickey Knox (Woody Harrelson). He has been on a murderous rampage throughout the southern United States with his wife, Mallory (Juliette Lewis). Separately, they're two messed up animals who kill whatever they want.


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Avoid

I just have to ask: Why does Hollywood keep remaking perfectly good films? The latest example is The Thing, a new "horror" movie from first-time director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.


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Welcome to Pawnee

Moonshine chugging contests, phallic photos from government employees and break-ins at a birth certificate office are just a few of the antics from this season of Parks and Recreation, NBC's hilarious comedy about the daily bureaucratic shenanigans of Pawnee, Indiana. A quintessential example of the mundane-turned-quirky, Parks and Recreation's fourth season continues the series' impressive streak of witty comedy in the fictional small town of Pawnee.


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Labor of love

Having a baby changes everything. That's the premise behind Lorne Michael's new NBC comedy Up All Night.


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In 1920s Atlantic City, the Ku Klux Klan terrorized, the Republicans were in office and America stemmed into a dangerous consumerism amidst rivers of moonshine.


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Who's in, who's out?

Who's in: Kelly Clarkson: With Stronger, Clarkson has belted her way through her best album since...well...ever. Coldplay: With Mylo Xyloto, the band's finest work since Parachutes, Coldplay has overcome a series of diminishing returns and struck musical gold.


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Hometown Heroes: Tom Shadyac

If you are a child of the '90s, you loved watching such films as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Nutty Professor, and you have definitely heard of the television series Magnum P.I.


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Forward

In the age of big, bloated Michael Bay monstrosities and flippant, soulless romantic comedies, one begins to worry about the direction of the film industry.


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What happens when you combine winning comedic chops and a large surplus of free time? For recent U.Va.


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Breaking Bad

Walter White is a father, a husband, a chemistry teacher, a meth manufacturer and the protagonist of Breaking Bad.


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Fancy footwork

Footloose, a remake of the 1984 classic, accomplishes its overall goal of being a fun-loving movie that makes its audience want to dance out of the theater.


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Hollywood has produced plenty of horrible movies with over-the-top cheesy scripts and mediocre acting.

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Latest Podcast

The University’s Orientation and Transition programs are vital to supporting first year and transfer students throughout their entire transition to college. But much of their work goes into planning summer orientation sessions. Funlola Fagbohun, associate director of the first year experience, describes her experience working with OTP and how she strives to create a welcoming environment for first-years during orientation and beyond. Along with her role as associate director, summer Orientation leaders and OTP staff work continually to provide a safe and memorable experience for incoming students.