By: Brennan Carley
Although actors who rap are not an anomaly in today’s multifaceted world of entertainment, Donald Glover has, in a seemingly swift amount of time, amassed both critical and mass adulation behind both of his careers.
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Independent Frame of Mind
By: Brennan Carley
After several minutes of uneasiness inside the closet, Saturday Night Live writer Mike O’Brien decided to just go for it, but Amy Poehler wasn’t messing around.
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Musicians ‘Mix’ It Up At Hatch Shell
By: Brennan Carley
“Who is that?” screamed the little boy from atop his father’s shoulders as the sun set over the audience at the DCR Memorial Hatch Shell late on Saturday afternoon. He, among countless other families, college students, and dogs were part of the thousands-large crowd watching Boston’s annual MIXFest, free for the first time this year.
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No Spare Parts
By: Darren Ranck, Brennan Carley, Charlotte Parish
With Ryan Gosling’s Drive opening this weekend, the car takes center stage once again. Recently, cars fulfill death defying stunts, but the car has filled many roles in pop culture history. buckle up for a crash course in vehicular media.
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Feats And Flights Light Up Cirque’s ‘Quidam’
By: Brennan Carley
The saying “a little goes a long way” is rarely adhered to anymore, in an age where bigger means better. On Friday night, however, Cirque du Soleil’s revamped revival of its famous Quidam allowed a sparse, minimalistic show to fill the cavernous Agganis Arena. It was an enjoyable departure from the bombastic troop, one that never sacrificed sheer delight while scaling down.
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The ‘Beat’ Flatlines Too Often On Guetta’s Newest Album
By: Brennan Carley
With David Guetta, what you see is what you get. His music professes to be nothing more than party anthems, wriggling, wormlike songs that will eventually find a home in the retirement community that is the Now That’s What I Call Music series.
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All Grown Up
By: Darren Ranck, Brennan Carley, Charlotte Parish
Williamsburg is not the only place where vintage and throwbacks are in vogue. This summer, Nickelodeon pulled out some of their television gems from the back shelf and dusted off six of their most popular shows from the ’90s. . to 4 a.m. time slot on July 18, pulling in about 555,000 viewers longing for a fix of their favorite childhood shows.
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Summer Lovin’
By: Darren Ranck, Brennan Carley, Charlotte Parish
With summer comes fascinating freedom, a time where students return home to their friends, their cars, and jobs galore. Cheesy movies, deep-fried whatnots, lazy days spent lounging by the pool—Americans eat these types of things up every summer, and rightly so.
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Murder Mystery Finds A Home With CCE
By: Brennan Carley
On Friday and Saturday evenings, a murder most foul took place in the O’Connell House as part of Superdead, the Creative Committee for Enactment’s annual celebration of all things zany and improvised. Upon entering the dimly lit mansion in the middle of Upper Campus, audience members were warned that the show was an interactive one in which the characters might directly address the audience, in which case showgoers were encouraged to interact with them.
