Archive | Arts & Entertainment
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TV review: Ashley Judd shines in ABC’s exciting but unoriginal ‘Missing’
The abduction of a child is a parent’s worst nightmare. ABC’s “Missing” speaks to this hellish ordeal with a straightforward, action-packed plot, featuring Ashley Judd’s first appearance on a network television series.
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Student’s love for Japanese convenience stores goes viral
Becoming a Japanese pop icon was not what Noah Oskow, a U. Kansas senior from Minneapolis, Minn., expected when he decided to study abroad in Japan for two years. However, Oskow, with the help of fellow students at Sophia U.
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Q&A with SNL star Seth Meyers
The Herald: A lot of your work involves political humor. Do you think that humor has the power to influence politics or sway voters? Seth Meyers: You know, I think in certain cases, it does. I mean, when we write it, you have to write it for it to be funny.
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SNL star delivers weeknight update
Seth Meyers, the head writer for Saturday Night Live, entertained a packed crowd at Brown U. last night, performing stand-up, answering questions and even sharing some “Weekend Update” jokes that were censored from SNL — all while talking a mile a minute.
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Playing video games not a waste of time, according to recent studies
Whether it’s Angry Birds, World of Warcraft or SimCity, research has found that playing video games can improve the way people think. Within the last few years, several University studies have shown that video games can boost creativity, reaction time and decision making.
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TV review: Intriguing premise can’t save ‘Grimm’
Despite lacking character development and cohesive plot arcs, the charming and endearing qualities of NBC’s “Grimm” stand firm. But whether or not these qualities are enough to make up for the show’s general letdowns is another question entirely.
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Movie review: “Flynn” falls
Director Paul Weitz’s new film, Being Flynn, starring Robert DeNiro, Paul Dano and Julianne Moore, doesn’t quite have the emotional resonance one would expect from such an all-star team.
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Book review: ‘Hunger Games’ series is cornucopia of disappointment
I’ll be the first to admit I love fantasy, the imagined story world where things happen, people travel across galaxies and risk their lives for the greater good. And when people read books, they read to escape, to flee into the recesses of a beloved tale or forgotten adventure.
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Column: Kony 2012 film is start, but not the end
Anyone with a Facebook account spent much of last evening watching their Facebook news feed blowup with reposts of the “Kony 2012” film made by Invisible Children.