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85th Annual Academy Awards: An Editor’s Predictions
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Under the Sea at the Segerstrom Center
Established at the heart of Germany in 1973 and having toured and performed in Asia, Europe and the United States, this is not the Hamburg Ballet company’s first time performing on the Sergerstrom stage. In 2004, they performed their world-famous “Nijinsky” ballet and returned in 2007 to perform “Lady of Camellias,” and in 2013, the [...]
These Marshals Are ‘Justified’
Fugitive searches, countless arrest warrants and shootouts between criminal organizations? That’s just a day in the life of the United States Marshals of Lexington, Kentucky on the hit FX television series, “Justified.” Starring Timothy Olyphant as Deputy U.S. marshal Raylan Givens, “Justified” follows Raylan as he enforces the law by his own standards. With his [...]
New ‘Girls’ Run HBO
Beyoncé says it best. Girls run the world, and it seems like HBO’s “Girls” will be running the world a little longer. Well, at least the TV world. After much anticipation, the series is back in its second season. Under Judd Apatow’s guiding wing, Lena Dunham — show star and creator — has established a [...]
LACMA Takes a ‘Look’ at Kubrick
It’s a busy Saturday afternoon at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Families, couples and singles alike pour into the museum’s Art of the Americas building, which, since November, has had written on its twin pairs of glass doors, the name “Kubrick.” In the first retrospective art museum exhibition of his work, from his [...]
‘Chasing’ Another Guilty Pleasure
While the British Invasion continues, The Saturdays are trying to make their big break in the American pop market while starring in their own reality TV show on E! Network titled “Chasing The Saturdays.” The Saturdays are a British girl group similar to the Spice Girls. Compared to other current UK girl bands, The Saturdays [...]
EDU’s SUPERLOVE
Red, blue and green lasers shot through a thicket of smoke as the fog machines exhaled their cloudy layer over the dance floor. Flashes of light pulsated with a crowd of pumping fists. Feet shuffled back and forth over a sea of glow sticks that lit up the dance floor. Overhead, red and white balloon [...]
An ‘Awakening’ for the 3DS
“Fire Emblem Awakening” is one of the best 3DS games to date, and it should be a part of every 3DS owner’s library. Both the story and gameplay of the latest “Fire Emblem” game are incredible, and together they make the game engaging from the start. For those unfamiliar, “Fire Emblem” is Nintendo’s long-running strategy [...]
‘Dancing’ into America’s Hearts
We all have our guilty pleasure TV shows that we know are terrible and make people question our judgment and intelligence, but keep drawing us in just so we can watch the latest installment of the train wreck each week. For me, this silly joy is “Dance Moms,” the “reality” show on Lifetime that follows [...]
A Sturdy ‘House of Cards’
The way we watch television has changed. Almost a decade ago, in order to keep up with our favorite shows, we had to either watch each episode on the exact day and time it aired or be forced to watch it rerun on another day. While we still do that nowadays, the Internet has shifted [...]
