The Scene Articles

Mr. BC

A who's who guide to the nominees for Boston College's most prestigious award

By Laura Ting
Miss USA. Miss Teen USA. Donald Trump. Pageants haven't fared so well in the past year. But the Mr. BC competition of 2007, sponsored by the Resident Hall Association, seeks to bring back poise, prestige, and class to the realm of talent competitions. Tonight marks Mr.

The Chief Problem? The same old

By Joshua Paterno
The Kaiser Chiefs formed in Leeds, England, in 2003.Their debut album, Employment, released in 2005, was hailed by the music press as the savior of British rock, and in many ways, that assessment was correct. Songs such as "Everyday I Love You Less and Less" and "I Predict a Riot" were loud, vibrant, witty, and fresh.

'La Cantante': J. Lo returns - in Spanish

By Joseph Neese / Arts & Review Editor
Jennifer Lopez's latest album perfectly reflects its title - Como Ama Una Mujer (How a Woman Loves). Her new disc, which is composed largely of ballads, reflects the trials and tribulations that women encounter every day in their relationships. Among the highlights are "Te Voy a Querer" ("I Am Going to Love You") and "Que Hiciste," ("What Did You Do?").

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Swaying the Vote

By Blair Thill
I have always been fascinated by the ABC show Dancing with the Stars. I have never really known why. Perhaps it's because the "stars" to which the title alludes have been the likes of sitcom has-beens and boy band wash-ups. Nevertheless, I have been a fan for the past three years.

Through the Grapevine

By Meghan Thomson / Reporter
The party is over for the very hip couple Petra Nemcova and James Blunt, People magazine confirmed exclusively on Tuesday. The two, who had been dating for just over a year, "split in February. It's very amicable," said a source close to Blunt. The last time the model and singer were spotted together was when they hit the Oscar party circuit, including the Elton John viewing party where Blunt performed.

A Second Opinion

By Joseph Neese / Arts & Review Editor
It irritates me to see television actors get obnoxiously large paychecks. (Need I mention Ray Romano's $1.6 million per episode on Everybody Loves Raymond?) The Friends negotiation set a torrid example that has left stars greedy for more and more money.

Mind on Music

By Jeff Wallace
Let's face it: the music industry is dead. Evidence of this casualty (to list a few reasons) are the decline in album sales, increase in ticket prices, or even the increase in MTV's propensity to show My Super Sweet 16 rather than actual music videos. Still, I am not worried: Music will always be made, even if no one is listening.

Tracks from the Underground

By Michael O'Brien / Marketplace Editor
As the Recording Industry Association of America continues to scare Internet downloaders into using programs like iTunes or buying albums at a store, a related, yet older debate over intellectual property is still occurring between musicians, authors, painters, directors, and other artists and their respective corporate counterparts (publishers, agents, etc.

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Absolut Madness

By Claudia Huapaya
This is it: We've been glued to our television sets for two weeks now and we're at the Final Four, and my bracket was almost 70 percent correct this year. Crazy! In honor of March Madness and everyone's favorite energy drink, Monster, I give you Absolut Madness.

Drink Here

By Sean Goldthwaite
For those of us who've had IDs long enough to remember Kinvara, it was somewhat of a disappointment to hear that it had fallen under new ownership and adopted a much lamer name: The Draft. There's still trivia on Wednesday nights, and the dartboard is still in the same spot, but those seem to be the only similarities that this new bar shares with the former.

Spot this hole-in-the-wall for some real Sol

By Alexi Chi / Editor-In-Chief
The term "hole-in-the-wall" is often used to refer to dumpy diners and dive bars with little ambiance and less-than-high-class fare. Though such is not the case with Café Sol Azteca, this small Mexican restaurant is, most literally, a hole in a wall. Rather than detract from the Newton Center café's atmosphere, however, the plain façade and narrow, alley-like stairway add character and make guests feel as if they've discovered a hidden treasure.

Preview Review

By Alex Nordenson / Heights Senior Staff
28 Weeks Later, May 11 This sequel to the 2002's 28 Days Later looks intriguing, but its trailer lacks spark. Without the "red eyes" of Cillian Murphy as the pencil-thin protagonist, this follow-up might not be able to rise above the zombie-flick trash barrel.

'The Lookout'

Who needs ice skaters when you have a perfectly respectable heist about to go down? Not us, that's for sure.

By Ryan Keefe / Reporter
Reader, you would not believe the restraint I had to exert this week. The new Will Ferrell movie, despite the fact that it's just Talladega Nights on ice, was calling out to me like a Siren. With statements like, "I'll get inside your face," any maturity I had was withering away.

Close-up on: Shooter's Kate Mara

By Stuart Pike / Heights Senior Staff
FROM THREESOMES ON NIP/TUCK TO cyber-nerding on 24, Kate Mara is no stranger to playing a diverse range of roles in television dramas. In Brokeback Mountain, she broke hearts with her portrayal of Heath Ledger's daughter; in her most recent big-screen foray, she plays Kentuckian Sarah Fenn, again breaking hearts (this time, with a shotgun).

Reel Life

By Ryan Malone
Cap'n Jack Sparrow set to tour 'Sin City' Johnny Depp. Antonio Banderas. Sin City. Sentence fragments dramatic. The phrase "historically significant" gets bandied about all too often these days, but possibilities like this indeed warrant its usage. According to Robert Rodriguez, director of the first Sin City, Banderas might appear in Sin City 2 and Depp is penciled in for the third.

Top 5

By Alex Nordenson / Heights Senior Staff
1. Boston Common Though we can't be too sure here in the land of Paul Revere and meteorological unpredictability, it appears that spring has finally sprung. For most of us, that's a great thing. For those of you who aren't too cool to spend a weekend afternoon in a garden, take a few hours to sit your rear end down on the soggy earth of Boston Common.