The long-awaited nominations for the 96th Academy Awards were finally revealed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday. Like any other award show, this year’s nominations are filled with snubs and surprises, so here’s a list...

It’s Ken’s world, and we’re just living in it. Well, at least that’s what the award shows want us to think. Oscar nominations came out Tuesday, and, like always, they caused some stir in the film world.  Whether it be the Flamin’ Hot...

An enchanting tale of tragedy, triumph and love entices readers as we enter a world of heroes, villains and magic.   Sajni Patel delivers a beautifully diverse and colorful story, dripping with female empowerment, in her latest novel "A Drop of Venom."  On...

Former Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke along with Jonny Greenwood, former Radiohead guitarist, and Tom Skinner, former Sons of Kemet drummer, combine into the indie hit The Smile.  After debuting in 2022, the trio has released another album, and with...

“Mean Girls” was a terrible movie ... and I loved it. Now, don’t get me wrong. This is not one of those movies where I like it in spite of all of the abhorrent things wrong with it.  No, I liked it because of everything wrong with it. To...

For bookworms, a new semester and new year means getting to read anticipated novels releasing in 2024. Of course, with back-to-school season 2.0 in full swing, readers will have less time to read as academic work quickly builds up again. Whether readers...

The film “American Fiction” is not what it seems.  The trailers make it out to be a simplistic comedy about a Black man who writes an overly-stereotyped book about Black life to thumb his nose at the publishing industry. The film itself looked...

With films like “Oppenheimer” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” coming out in 2023, it was a strong year for movie releases. Since 2024 is just beginning, here’s a list of some of the most anticipated movies released over winter break. “Wonka” Timothée...

When it comes to film, I tend not to like the most masculine ones out there. I thought “The Godfather” was an objectively great movie, but I don’t really care for it. Westerns are my least favorite genre; I would much rather watch a good noir-romance.  So,...

Myth and magic collide as Disney delivers an enchanting mix of Greek mythology and modern pop culture in “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” based on the best-selling series of the same name by Rick Riordan.   The series follows the adventures...

U.S. presidents and Taylor Swift: not a comparison you see every day, but surprisingly many presidents do line up with at least one of her many eras. Each era of U.S. presidents can be connected to one of Swift’s 10 eras, some a bit more obvious than...

What do red Solo cup toting country boys jamming out to the Zac Brown Band’s “Chicken Fried,” the rock icon David Bowie and an ancient Greek soldier all have in common?  No, this isn’t the setup to some corny dad joke – though if anyone...