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‘Euphoria’ Season 3 details revealed | ‘The Trend’ Episode 29

By Brynn Krug, Editor in Chief | February 24, 2025

In Episode 29 of "The Trend," Editor-in-Chief Brynn Krug and Managing Editor Sarah Rose discuss "Euphoria" Season 3 details and the winners of the 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards. While no release date has been announced, filming for the newest season...

Assistant Video Editor Ryan Day, Assistant Lifestyle Editor Kahlil Kambui and Videographer Alexis Williams discuss their thoughts and reactions to "Heart Eyes." "Heart Eyes" is a slasher horror that takes place on Valentine's Day. (Ryan Day | Assistant Video Editor)

StarNotes: Lovely horror to celebrate Valentine’s Day

By Jonathan Shelby, Lifestyle Editor | February 12, 2025

In this episode of StarNotes, Assistant Lifestyle Editor Kahlil Kambui, Assistant Video Editor Ryan Day and Videographer Alexis Williams discuss the details of the new horror movie “Heart Eyes” and their thoughts on it as a whole. 

The faces of Ryan Day, Nia Jackson and Kahlil Kambui hang next to the StarNotes logo. "Dogman" was released last Friday and is based off of the series by Dav Pilkey. (Ryan Day | Northern Star)

StarNotes: ‘Dog Man’ Dreamworks’ next success

By Jonathan Shelby, Lifestyle Editor | February 5, 2025

In this episode of “StarNotes,” Ryan Day, Nia Jackson and Kahlil Kambui discuss their thoughts on the “Dog Man” movie released Friday.

The faces of Ryan Day, Emily Beebe, Nia Jackson and Kahlil Kambui are placed next to the StarNotes logo. In this episode, they discuss their thoughts on the "Mufasa" movie and the "Lion King" franchise. (Ryan Day | Northern Star)

StarNotes: ‘Mufasa,’ an odd addition to ‘Lion King’ franchise

By Jonathan Shelby, Lifestyle Editor | January 28, 2025

In this episode of "StarNotes," Ryan Day, Kahlil Kambui, Emily Beebe and Nia Jackson discuss their thoughts on the live action movie “Mufasa.” Released last month, this film takes place before the events of “The Lion King" and follows the early...

The faces of Ryan Day, Austin Lamb and Kahlil Kambui are placed next to the StarNotes logo. In this episode, they discuss what happened in Season 2 of the Netflix series, "Squid Game." (Ryan Day | Northern Star)

StarNotes: Breaking down ‘Squid Game’ Season 2

By Jonathan Shelby, Lifestyle Editor | January 23, 2025

In this episode of "StarNotes," Ryan Day, Kahlil Kambui and Austin Lamb discuss the events from Season 2 of Netflix's "Squid Games" series.

Ryan Day, Ethan Rodriguez and Jonathan Shelby share their thoughts on the "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" movie. "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" was released last month and was faithful to the franchise. (Ryan Day | Northern Star)

StarNotes: the good and bad of the ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’ movie

By Jonathan Shelby, Lifestyle Editor | January 15, 2025

In this episode of "StarNotes," Ryan Day, Ethan Rodriguez and Jonathan Shelby discuss the contents of Paramount's "Sonic the Hedgehog 3," which was released last month.

Brynn Krug (left) and Sarah Rose sit in the Northern Star podcast room. The two discuss recent events in recent popular culture including Kate Middleton's disappearance from the public eye. (Bryn Krug | Northern Star)

Kate Middleton’s absence, ‘Quiet on Set’

By Brynn Krug and Sarah Rose | March 25, 2024

This week’s episode of the trend discusses Kate Middleton’s absence from the media, the “Quiet on Set” docuseries and “GUTS (spilled).”

Anna Scanlan (from left), Olivia Zapf and Nick Glover in the Northern Star podcast room. Episode 5 of Star Notes discusses the upcoming Dune movie. (Anna Scanlan | Northern Star)

‘Dune’ is very sandy

By Olivia Zapf, Anna Scanlan, and Nick Glover | February 21, 2024

Anna and Nick teach Olivia all about "Dune." This video covers all you need to know before jumping into the second installment in the franchise. "Dune: Part 2" comes out on March 1.

Brynn Krug (left) and Sarah Rose sit at a podcast set up and converse. This week’s episode of “The Trend” covers social media phenomena from the week of Feb. 12. (Brynn Krug | Northern Star)

No one likes ‘Madame Web’

By Sarah Rose and Brynn Krug | February 19, 2024

Join Sarah and Brynn as they discuss this past week in pop culture. From Madame Web, to Kanye West's album being taken down to the Dune 2 premier outfits, get the rundown here. What are your thoughts on these topics? Are they "in" or are they "out"?

Ethan Gonzales (from left) and Zack Rodriguez sit down with Matthew Zuber and Jacobi Jackson from NIU wrestling in the podcast room. This week’s “All-Star” episode discusses life as a NIU wrestler. (Ethan Gonzales | Northern Star)

A chat with NIU wrestling

By Ethan Gonzales, Zack Rodriguez, and Anna Scanlan | February 19, 2024

Ethan and Zack sit down with Matthew Zuber and Jacobi Jackson from NIU wrestling. They discuss the team's season thus far and the ins and outs of wrestling culture.

Santiago Montañez Bertoletti (left), Angelina Padilla-Tompkins, Emily Beebe and Ian Halterman sit in the Northern Star's podcast studio. Star Notes episode 5 discuss Star Wars: Bad Batch ahead of the third season's upcoming release. (Olivia Zapf and Brynn Krug | Northern Star)

‘The Bad Batch’ coming soon, Disney’s Star Wars vision

Ian and Santiago teach Emily and Angelina about "The Bad Batch" before Season 3 comes out on Feb. 21. Angelina also shares her thoughts about the direction Disney has taken the Star Wars franchise.

Skyler Kisellus (from left), Ethan Gonzales, Emmalise Nock and Dawsyn Sallee sit in a podcast room. All-Star episode 34 discusses NIU gymnastics. (Anna Scanlan | Northern Star)

A sit down with NIU gymnastics

By Ethan Gonzales, Skyler Kisellus, and Anna Scanlan | February 14, 2024

Ethan and Skyler sit down with Emmalise Nock and Dawsyn Sallee with NIU gymnastics. They discuss the ins and outs of the sport, the season so far and life as college athletes. What sport do you want to see next?

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