This past summer the city of Oakland, California was the setting for two critically acclaimed films. Sorry to Bother You tells the story of Cassius (Lakeith Stanfield), a 20-something who takes a job at a call center to pay rent, and Blindspotting tells the story of Collin (Daveed Diggs), a convict trying to make it […]
Aries; March 21 – April 19 A new school year, a new you! Join something fun like the starving vegetarians club, the hoola-hooping house, or start a band of mermaids to glam up Peacock Pond! Taurus; April 20 – May 20 Someone will come into your life who you will love deeply, but they will […]
This past week, several students, including Jennifer Loveland-Rose ’20, Omar Almujahed ’18, Dalia Baban, Peter Honarvar and Matthew Ghattas, hosted the 2018 Middle East Week on campus. From April 10 to 14, a multitude of events were held in honor of the culture as well as to educate other Wheaton students and faculty on Middle […]
Cardi B, the enigmatic, authoritative stripper and Instagram star turned rapper, infiltrated the air waves this summer with her aggressive, unavoidable hit “Bodak Yellow.” “Bodak Yellow” illustrates a rags to riches story: from being a stripper to having the song of the summer and wearing red bottomed, “bloody” Louboutin heels. Since this summer of success, […]
Scorpio | Oct. 23 to Nov. 21 If you sing “Let it Snow” one more time, your friends are going to think you control the weather, and they will be very mad at you. We all will. Stop making it snow, we beg you. Sagittarius | Nov. 22 to Dec. 21 Later today, you will […]
The latest Wes Anderson film, “Isle of Dogs”, is as strange as one might expect from the acclaimed director. This stop-motion animation has a major star-studded voice cast, an interesting story, and offbeat humor. The wide range of talent in the acting department is a big selling point. Bryan Cranston voices the lead dog, Chief, […]
As we live in an age of social media, dating apps and internet stimulation, singer-songwriter Rina Sawayama has capitalized on these topics as sources of inspiration for her music. Sawayama is a U.K.-based artist who has significantly risen in popularity over the past several years due to her unique, synth-heavy, J-pop-inspired sound. Her music stands […]
Guillermo del Toro’s latest work is an alluringly unique and strangely captivating film. Nominated for the most Oscars this year, the story follows a deaf, lonely woman suffering a midlife crisis. Then, her life turns upside-down when she meets a humanoid sea creature and forms a special bond with him. Sally Hawkins plays Elisa Esposito, […]
Recently, Disney and 21st Century Fox have been talking about a possible acquisition. According to David Faber of CNBC, Disney wants to purchase most of Fox’s assets, excluding Fox News and any sports coverage. Disney would buy the rights to all of Fox’s media franchises; however, it would not buy Fox’s sports programming assets because […]