Two years ago when news began to surface that Miley Cyrus, a young, hip, and showy pop star, was going to have part in Woody Allen’s six episode Amazon series, the world was mostly quiet. A Crisis in Six Scenes was released in 2016 and was met with apathy from viewers and critics alike. Now, … Continue reading
It has taken me a few days to settle down from the Gilmore Girls mania of this past weekend. On Saturday, June 6, in Austin, Texas, at A Television Experience, or ATX Festival, Gilmore creator Amy Sherman-Palladino joined Gilmore girls Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel and Kelly Bishop and a large part of the rest of … Continue reading
High school kids can be vicious. I attended one of the many public high schools in Southern California and my experience was pretty normal. Football games on Fridays in the fall, school dances sprinkled here and there, and the occasional bout of drama. During the first half of my freshman year I was enrolled in … Continue reading
If you’ve logged into any social network this week, it’s likely that you’ve seen some headlines about Fifty Shades of Grey. The highly anticipated film adaptation of the erotic Fifty Shades trilogy is opening in theaters February 12, just in time for Valentine’s Day (can you sense my sarcasm?). I was perusing both Facebook and Tumblr, and started … Continue reading
Being born in 1994 has its perks. The majority of the millennials who share my birth year owned Furbees and Hip Clips, grew up watching Doug and All That, and were just old enough to remember New Year’s Eve of the year 2000. iTunes, YouTube, and online streaming services were on the very distant horizon— … Continue reading
If you’ve scrolled through a Tumblr dashboard within the past six months you’ve probably come across lists of life hacks, a few over-edited photos of roses, and most likely, a screen capture or gif set from the movie The Dreamers. It probably looked a little bit like this: This scene and quote from the movie … Continue reading
By Katie Olson @nosloka Jack Antonoff, the guitarist from the pop group Fun., took what many people (in the entertainment industry and beyond) are thinking and put it into a song. Antonoff’s side project, Bleachers, released a single titled, “I Wanna Get Better” in the middle of February. Today, the band released a music video … Continue reading
By Katie Olson @nosloka The 86th Annual Academy Awards, held on Sunday, March 2nd, was full of surprises. Aside from the Academy’s habitually prevalent controversy, beauty and blunders abounded. But when your program host is Ellen DeGeneres, anything that goes wrong will be bushed off with a laugh. Here’s a list of the best things … Continue reading
By Katie Olson @nosloka I heard about HBO’s new series, Looking, through a friend who told me that “it’s supposed to be like the gay version of Girls.” As a devout member of the Girls audience, I was eager to watch the pilot but also hesitant, worrying that the aesthetic wouldn’t transfer well from one … Continue reading
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