Author: gporcek20
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How To Take Back Your Life During A Pandemic, in Six Apps
By Kaya Patel ’22 and Annika Inampudi ’21, Arts and Entertainment Writers As of the time we’re writing this article, the entire world is in effective lockdown. Busy city streets are now empty, people are standing six feet apart from each other in the grocery store, and the idea of going into a crowd is…
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Sundance Film Festival
By Vittoria Socolof ’22, Arts and Entertainment Writer Every year in mid-January, hundreds of filmmakers and celebrities travel to Park City, Utah for one of the most prestigious film festivals in the United States. Sundance Film Festival is a ten-day screening of independent films, as well as parties, music, and more. The festival predicts movie…
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Everything You Need to Know About Tiger King
By Molly Lindstrom ’20, Arts and Entertainment Writer Tiger King, the new hit Netflix documentary series, has recently been ranked by Rotten Tomatoes as TV’s most popular show. The series has it all: crime, romance, drama, music videos, and (of course) bizarre characters. In just seven episodes, we learn all about the personal lives of…
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An Examination of the Anonymous Artist
By Annika Inampudi ‘21, Arts and Entertainment Writer The first thing that you notice when you look at country musician Orville Peck’s face is his eyes. They’re the only part of his face that you can see behind the “Lone Ranger” mask that he wears in public. He’s a strange amalgamation of American culture– a…
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Was the Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show a Political Statement?
By Dafne Hernandez ’20, Arts and Entertainment Writer People loved that the NFL finally represented Latinx culture at this year’s Super Bowl, by having two of the most talented female performers of Latinx descent, J-Lo and Shakira, headline the show. Latino communities saw people who shared their stories and struggles sing and dance on the…
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MLK Day Speaker, Aisha Glover: Advice From a Successful Activist
By Kaya Patel ‘22, Arts & Entertainment Writer As part of the Month of Action, instead of just honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a day off from school, many students, faculty, and family members took the opportunity to treat it as a “day on” for service learning and projects. On Martin Luther King…
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The Grammys: A Tribute to Kobe Bryant
By Asha Varma ‘20, Arts and Entertainment Editor The 62nd annual Grammy Awards were held on January 26, 2020. Though it was a night that celebrated the accomplishments of some of the biggest names in the music industry, it was impossible for everyone in the audience, as well as the rest of the world watching,…
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The Oscars and Fashion Should Be Kept Separate
By Gianna Porcek ’20, Arts and Entertainment Editor After watching the Oscars with my family, I immediately looked at my phone after the awards show was finished and found a slew of notifications with titles like, “The Best and Worst Dressed at the Oscars” or “These Oscar Nominees Should Have Kept These Outfits in the…
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A New Breed of Influencer
By Annika Inampudi ’21, Arts and Entertainment Staff Writer If I weren’t so accustomed to it, the word “influencer” would sound almost dystopian, like a creeping shadow, silently pulling at the strings of our minds, pulling us along like puppets. It is simultaneously scary and empowering to think about this new wave of marketing that’s…
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