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The Tea About Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza

Well, Shane Dawson’s done it again. If you’re not familiar with the 30-year-old YouTuber, Dawson gained popularity in the late 2000s on the video-sharing site doing pop culture-related, highly click... Read more

By February 25, 2019

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NAACP Image Awards Provide Relief from an Exhausting 2019 Awards Season

This awards season has been tiring. The snubs, the Oscars doing everything in their power to annoy their core audience, the never-ending persistence of Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody—it’s all... Read more

By February 22, 2019

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A Proposal for a Best Animal Award at the Oscars

The bumpy road to the Academy Awards has been full of hosting controversies, an unpopular “popular film” award, and key categories getting moved (then unmoved) to ad breaks. But against... Read more

By February 21, 2019

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Trailer Takes: Frozen II, Long Shot,and Yesterday

Frozen II: https://www.youtube.com/user/disneyanimation Juliana: OK, I can’t be the only one who saw Elsa (Idina Menzel) running towards the ocean and was like, “Ah, great, we’re getting a Frozen/Moana crossover.”... Read more

By , and February 20, 2019

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The Weekly List: Travel By Train

Travel by train: The journey calls for an early rising time, dark coffee, and school reading. The long-awaited long weekend presents the ideal opportunity to see my sister and father... Read more

By February 19, 2019

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After Four Years Out of the Spotlight, Marina Announces Her Upcoming Album Love + Fear

Following a four year hiatus, indie-pop artist Marina Diamandis has made her long-awaited return with “Handmade Heaven,” the lead single off of her upcoming album Love + Fear (2019). The... Read more

By February 18, 2019

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The Meme Files: Powerful Shaggy

I like to consider myself pretty well-versed in memes. I keep up with trends, and even if I’m confronted with a meme format I’ve never seen before, I’ve never found... Read more

By February 15, 2019

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Trailer Takes: The Sun is Also A Star, Shaft, and Shazam!

The Sun is Also A Star: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnbdH4IHvkM Jake: What I’ve always appreciated about every rom-com made after the release of Notting Hill (1999) on May 13, 1999 is how definitively... Read more

By , and February 14, 2019

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The Weekly List: Love Galore

Loveless or love-stricken, lovesick or sick of love, these are your jams for this Valentine’s Day. Eat some chocolate, send some flowers, and listen up.   1. “Everybody Here Wants... Read more

By February 12, 2019

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Halftime Takes: What The Oscars Missed

Whether you love them or hate them, the Oscars have been filled with controversies. With the ceremony coming soon, Halftime Leisure staff is getting ready for it with our opinions... Read more

By , and February 11, 2019

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Conversations with a Killer: Netflix Reads Ted Bundy’s Wikipedia Page

Netflix’s recent release of Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes reflects a renewed fascination with notorious serial killers and their horrific crimes. With 100 hours of recorded data,... Read more

By and February 7, 2019

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Trailer Takes: Little, The Secret Life of Pets 2, and Russian Doll

Little: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKwhs5u9z8c   Jake S. : I was really worried that this movie was an unoriginal take on 17 Again (2009) that would take all the deserved rep Issa Rae... Read more

By , and February 6, 2019

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Runaways Doesn’t Slow Down in Sophomore Season

Spoiler Alert! Contains major spoilers for Marvel’s Runaways Season 2. Runaways finished its first season with genius Alex Wilder (Rhenzy Feliz), gothic witch Nico Minoru (Lyrica Okano), rainbow-colored alien Karolina Dean... Read more

By February 5, 2019

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The Weekly List: GUSA Season

With GUSA season well under way, I’m personally exhausted by campaign platitudes and promises. Abolish GUSA flyers litter Red Square, and dissatisfaction and mistrust seem to be at a peak... Read more

By February 4, 2019

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The Best Covers of Recent Memory

Hozier – “Say My Name” (Destiny’s Child) I heard this song and immediately ascended into another dimension. Hozier turned a Destiny’s Child bop for the ages into a smooth jazz... Read more

By February 1, 2019

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Mark Hoppus and Alex Gaskarth Rattled the Rock World with Their “Simple Creatures” Announcement

Pop punk icons, Mark Hoppus of blink-182 and Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low completely blindsided the punk world last weekend when they announced on Twitter that they are forming... Read more

By January 31, 2019

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Trailer Takes: Extremely Wicked, Shocking Evil, and Vile, A Dog’s Way Home, and Fast Color

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v38MNmDcgrM Panna: Initially the overabundant presence of celebrities in this trailer turned me off, but I have to admit that both Zac Efron and... Read more

By , and January 30, 2019

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The Weekly List: Jazzing It Up!

Jazz is genius. I’m currently reading a 254 page book called The Jazz of Physics (by Stephon Alexander), and the only reason I can begin to understand the complexities of... Read more

By January 28, 2019

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Liz Flemming: From School to Schooled

Firsts are a big thing in American culture: a baby’s first steps, the first time you fall off your bicycle, your kid’s first solo drive; the list goes on forever.... Read more

By January 25, 2019

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Louis the Child does not win crown at concert

On the night of the first snowfall in Washington, DC, dozens of colorfully underdressed audience members, most with large, ugly, green stamps on the back of their hands, waited in... Read more

By January 24, 2019