Best Picture: 12 Years A Slave (Steve McQueen) Surpassing both the popularity and ratings of his last notable film, Hunger, McQueen captures the full range of human brutality and sympathy in the pre-Civil War  South. Already a Golden Globe award winner for Best Drama Motion Picture, this movie’s talented stars  summon tears of fear, happiness,…

Academy students were whisked back in time during Saturday night’s Winter Formal, thrown by none other than Jay Gatsby. The hallway between the gyms was transformed into an elegant boardwalk – complete with various casino games and a silhouette of New York City–ideal for taking photos of this memorable night. A string of lights softly…

Skating together for 17 years, Davis, 27 years old, and White, 26, set a record of  78.89 to bring home the gold.  As children, they lived ten minutes away from each other in Detroit and became a team when they were eight. (White figured skating would  help him with ice hockey.) 

A recent Forbes article shows that Netflix has the loyalty and attention of more viewers than any cable network. A BTIG analyst, Richard Greenfield, has found that the use of Netflix averages out to about 80 minutes of viewing per subscriber per day. As of the end of last year, Netflix accounted for more than…

Eating dinner at Kihachi is not a one-or-two course meal in the traditional sense—rather, it is a multi-course meal with many small (yet extremely delicious) diverse portions, such as sautéed vegetables to grilled and fried meats of every sort to even a sweet rice cake. The first course is a luscious spinach, lightly cooked and…

Can a man fall in love with his computer? Spike Jonze, writer and director of the Golden Globe winning screenplay for Her, asks this question of his audience. Certainly a thought-provoking film, its plot forces us to ask ourselves how we define love.

Artist: M.I.A Album: Matangi Release Date: November 5, 2013 The hit single “Bad Girls” that’s been out for a while  finally has an album to call home. MIA’s sixth album Matangi has been criticized, however, since it echoes her signature style shown in her most popular song “Paper Planes.”  International sounds of the Middle East…

Frozen, the latest Disney princess movie, has achieved phenomenal success since its opening on November 27, 2013, leading the box office for several weeks and being nominated for Best Animated Feature. In the past few years, a series of new princesses, including Tiana from The Princess and the Frog (2009) and Rapunzel from Tangled (2010)…

The past year proved to be momentous for the biggest boy band in the world, One Direction, and 2014 is projected to be an even bigger year for them with estimates that they will become billionaires. Formed by Simon Cowell four years ago and featured on the hit British television show, The X-Factor, this British/Irish boy band includes…

1.   Fried Kool-Aid. What?  Balls of flour, water, and Kool-Aid deep-fried in oil? 2.   Taco Bell’s Waffle Taco. The restaurant introduced this odd-looking menu item in Southern California. It’s an easy way to get your daily calories in one sitting! 3.   Pizza Hut’s Crown Crust Cheeseburger Pizza. A pizza that has cheeseburgers as the crust.…