Movie Review: ‘Dumbo’
Miranda Sandoval, staff writer
April 10, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Student Life, Top Stories
Dumbo is a favorite childhood character. His cute floppy ears, his adorable sparkling blue eyes, innocence, and charisma that seems to make everyone smile. Tim Burton made one of our dreams come true by creating a live-action ‘Dumbo’ movie. In the new version of ‘Dumbo,’ there are a few new...
Clairo: Rise of fame
Megan Gillespie, staff writer
April 9, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features, Student Life, Top Stories, Trends
Claire Cottrill, AKA “Clairo,” has been gaining a massive amount of followers and attention over the past few months. In high school, she began publishing small snippets of original songs and full covers on websites such as bandcamp and SoundCloud. In May of 2016, she began to publish her covers...
Olivia Jade is the bronzed face of the college admissions scandal
Rhea Braganza, staff writer
March 28, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features, News, Student Life, Top Stories, Trends
“Full House” star Lori Loughlin, known as “Aunt Becky” on the show, and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, were arrested for bribing University of Southern California (USC) in order to get their daughters, Olivia Jade Giannulli and Isabella Rose Giannulli, into the college. Loughlin...
Movie Review: ‘Captain Marvel’
Daphne Ngo, staff writer
March 15, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Student Life, Top Stories
'Captain Marvel' came out only recently, but it’s been subject to controversy ever since it was first announced. Whether it was because people didn’t like the idea of a female superhero or because Brie Larson was cast as the lead, the outlook on this movie was never overwhelmingly positive. Even...
Michael B. Jordan partakes in the harness trend
Sean Caceres, staff writer
March 13, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, News, Sports, Student Life, Trends
Celebrities are profoundly known for each of their sets of skills including acting, cooking, singing, producing, and directing. Celebrities they are also known for their different senses of fashion. High fashion goes back to 1858 when Charles Frederick Worth was the first designer to have his label...
Katsucon 2019
Kristina Schwarzkopf, staff writer
March 12, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features, Student Life
Were you bored this past Valentine's weekend? You wouldn’t have been if you were one of the several thousands of people who spent that time at Katsucon, a well-known anime, comic book, videogame and movie convention that takes place annually at the National Harbor in DC. Katsucon, with its hundreds...
Kacey Musgraves reigns supreme
Emily Idelson, staff writer
March 4, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features, Student Life, Top Stories
The 2019 Grammys have people divided on who won versus who was deserving of a win. One category in particular that had people questioning the Recording Academy’s choices, was Album of the Year. With a stacked nominee list like Drake’s Scorpion, the Black Panther soundtrack, and Post Malone’s Beerbongs...
Ariana Grande to perform at Manchester Pride
Daphne Ngo, staff writer
March 1, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features, News, Student Life, Top Stories
Near the end of February, Ariana Grande was announced as the headliner of Manchester Pride. Almost immediately, she was faced with backlash from the LGBT+ community, many of the arguments surrounding the fact that she was a straight, cis woman performing at Pride, something meant for those in the LGBT+...
‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ Review
Pramod Mamilapalli, layout editor
February 28, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Student Life, Top Stories
On December 28, 2018, Netflix released a interactive movie titled ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch,’ the biggest step in its move toward interactive entertainment, which is part of the hit Netflix series,’Black Mirror.’ ‘Bandersnatch’ allowed users to choose the course of the story by selecting...
Restaurant Review: Coastal Flats
Miranda Sandoval, online editor
February 26, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features, Student Life, The Advice Page, Top Stories
The other day, my Mom and I drove to Fairfax Corner and arrived at Coastal Flats around 4:30 for dinner. A part of the Great American Restaurant chain, I have frequented it many times while growing up; I’ve had consistently good experiences each time and so it has earned my respect. Anyways, since...
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