Ariana Grande shows her vulnerable yet savage side with new album “thank u, next”
Tiara White, Staff Writer
February 13, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features, Music, Reviews
Less than six months after Ariana Grande dropped her Grammy winning album “Sweetener,” she came back as her most authentic and savage self on Feb. 8 with another non-skippable album full of pure and raw emotion, “thank u, next." While “Sweetener” highlights Grande’s process of picking...
The 61st Annual Grammy Awards salutes women and diversity
Eunice Barron, Co-Online Editor
February 13, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Features, Music, Reviews
CBS broadcasted the 61st annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 10, which sensationally demonstrated both the celebration of cultural diversity and female empowerment, despite some minor flaws during the event. The Grammys was mainly focused on empowering women by including the Gender-equality theme stole the...
The outstanding brilliance of Russian Doll’s twist on a horror dramedy
Guadalupe Zaragoza, A & E Editor
February 10, 2019
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The new existential Netflix dramedy series, Russian Doll, is different in which it fulfills a satisfying ending, rather than TV shows nowadays which go on and on before getting to its point. It shares such a power of recurrence. The show provides a basic premise for the eight episodes in which the...
Netflix’s ‘Ted Bundy Tapes’ series leaves a shocking revelation
Guadalupe Zaragoza, Arts and Entertainment Editor
January 30, 2019
Filed under Arts, Arts & Entertainment, Features, Movies, Reviews, Top Stories
Known as the 30th anniversary of Ted Bundy's death by electric chair, Netflix premiered the most compelling yet horrific four-part docuseries "Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes" on Jan. 24. The documentary series fulfills an explanation of how this convicted rapist and mass murderer...
Metalcore to Pop- Bring me the Horizon’s New Sound
Julissa Villalobos, Staff Writer
January 30, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Music, Reviews
Taking a drastic turn, Bring Me the Horizon has released their first pop album, yes dare I say POP album, “Amo” on Jan. 25. Although the desire was a metal album, "Amo" did not disappoint. It delivered. Tarring away from their metalcore roots BMTH has their fans questioning the future of this...
Fox’s Rent not so ‘live’ is spectacularly delightful
Eunice Barron, Co-Online editor
January 30, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Movies, Music, Reviews
Fox's live adaptation production of the 1996 Tony Award-winning broadway musical, Rent premiered Jan. 27, which promised to deliver a spectacular nostalgic performance in which it did despite of not being "Live" as it was expected. "Rent: Live" made it's theatrical debut on the small screen as a television...
J. Cole is back again with new hit “Middle Child”
Guadalupe Zaragoza, Arts and Entertainment Editor
January 26, 2019
Filed under Arts, Music, Reviews
With the release of his song "Middle Child" on Jan. 23, J. Cole has definitely put the rap game on notice, as well as left fans asking for more. The song was produced by Cole and T-Minus who worked together last year on "Kevin's Heart" and 6LACK's and Cole's "Pretty Little Fears." It continues...
There is a motherfucking FEVER
Julissa Villalobos, Staff Writer
January 21, 2019
Filed under Arts, Music, Reviews
In the mix of a government shut down and over 35,000 LAUSD teachers marching for their students, The Fever333 drops an album that starts a fire, actually a fever in everyone who listens. Let this fever be a source of strength to make the changes you want to see in your community. The Fever333 is...
As weak as ‘Glass’
Edgar Mendoza, Staff Writer
January 19, 2019
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The sequel to both "Unbreakable" and "Split" is passable, but undoubtedly the weakest installment in the trilogy. It serves as a great standalone film, but when compared to its predecessors it simply does not follow through on the grand picture painted by M. Night Shyamalan. Exploring a mental...
Dragon Ball Super: Broly is a Super Saiyan Success
Edgar Mendoza, Staff Writer
January 19, 2019
Written by Akira Toriyama and directed by Tatsuya Nagamine, Dragon Ball Super: Broly serves a wonderfully action-packed return to a franchise loved by many. The Film centers around three survivors of an alien race. These Saiyans have their fates intertwined by the destruction of their planet, adding...
