Archive | Arts & Entertainment
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Album review: Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump fails to deliver on solo effort
Fall Out Boy is on hiatus, and nothing has solidified that greater than "Soul Punk," Patrick Stump's first solo release since abandoning his role as pop-punk's superstar. Without the limits of traditional musicianship, Stump strives to tap in to the much more pop side of things.
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Frog Thor, Line, and Geeks Galore: 6th Annual NYCC Convention
Geeks. Nerds. Otaku. Whatever you want to call them, you’ll find them at the Sixth Annual New York Comic Con (NYCC). An East Coast Mecca for all things nerdy, NYCC is located at the Javits Center and can be divided up into three different sections: panels, Artist Alley, and the show floor.
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Movie review: Breakout documentary awes with riveting portrait of run-down California
Bombay Beach, now considered one of the poorest towns in California, was a thriving destination in the 1950s for vacationers wanting to jet ski, fish and lie out on the sandy beach of the man-made Salton Sea. But its population, as of 2010, is 295.
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Column: Jon Stewart as the post-political ringmaster
You’re watching The Daily Show. WHOA THAT WAS THE FUNNIEST JOKE EVER, IT CAME FROM NOWHERE HOW COULD ANYONE THI — Now pause. Firstly: you’re smiling. Your eyes are closed — you’ve, for all intents and purposes, “blinded” yourself.
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Virtual games cause very real problems
Whether it’s classified as an addiction or not, there’s little doubt that excessive video game playing can cause students a lot of problems.
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TV review: Season finale of ‘Breaking Bad’ blows viewers away
In terms of qualifications, it does not get much more impressive than AMC’s drug-drama “Breaking Bad.
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TV review: “The Walking Dead” returns
American Movie Channel (AMC) is a cable network that has become synonymous with award-winning programs like "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad" ever since the former series debuted in 2007.
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Movie review: Clooney resurrects ancient scandal
In William Shakespeare’s political drama Julius Caesar, the titular Roman statesman is famously warned to “beware the Ides of March,” which unbeknownst to him is the date of his brutal assassination.
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Photo: ESPN College GameDay sets up on campus
Droves of students stopped to watch workers build the set of ESPN College GameDay on the Memorial Quad. Set up began early this morning while ESPN personalities including Kirk Herbstreit and Erin Andrews arrive on campus Friday to begin broadcasting segments for SportsCenter.