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After the success of Thor: Ragnarok, many fans had high hopes for director Taika Waititi’s sequel Thor: Love and Thunder. However, the film released to mixed reviews, becoming one of the worst–rated Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movies on Rotten Tomatoes.
Ella Jane is your typical Taylor Swift–loving, city–dwelling, anxiety–ridden 20–year–old. She loves to write and sing, mindlessly scroll through her TikTok feed, and make Spotify playlists catering to her moods. But, Ella has a unique second life; she's a rising popstar, with one EP released, an album on the way, and a headlining tour starting next month.
Ed. note: On Aug. 29, the Sept. 7 move out deadline for the UC Townhomes was pushed back to Oct. 8 after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development agreed to extend the complex’s affordable housing contract. This is the second time that the owners of the townhomes have received a contract extension from HUD.
Music can make or break a party. From trap and house to teen pop and EDM, a single energetic song can revive an otherwise dead atmosphere. For this issue on party culture at Penn, Street staff is sharing some of their favorite party anthems, including the most overplayed tracks at formals and the most underrated bops while pregaming.
After rendering Pharrell Williams speechless in a New York University masterclass with the lilting folktronica song “Alaska,” Maggie Rogers became famous in the way that singer–songwriters only dream of—overnight and all at once. But instead of capitalizing on her newfound fame, she disappeared after her 2019 tour, retreating to coastal Maine to cope with burnout. Rogers enrolled in Harvard Divinity School and began creating music once again, culminating in her second album, Surrender, which is aptly titled after her master's thesis—an examination of the almost spiritual relationship among artist, audience, and performance.
What makes us hate a fictional character? Greed? Dishonesty? Immorality?
Transportive. That’s the best way to describe the experience of listening to the new self–titled album by Florist—less a band than an entity of folk music, conjured by songwriter Emily Sprague in solitude and in communion with a trio of friends. To make this record, the group lived and improvised together in a Hudson River Valley house as an exercise in resynthesis.
The summer after COVID–19 hit, I didn't have a job.
From driving down dark, endless suburban California highways to exploring star–lit desert forests, songwriting duo Lila Dubois (C’ 25) and Miles Tobel are creating music that can’t be missed. In their premier album, Maybe This is a Bad Idea, the pair amplifies acoustic emotions into cinematic experiences. Through musical landscapes and gritty lyrics, their artistic relationship is one of sophisticated harmony.
On Feb. 9, 1958, Steve Allen and the guests of his Sunday night variety series marched through the NBC studios with Dinah Shore over to the set of her own show, singing and dancing all the way. The group followed cameras around hallway corners while performing Allen’s “This Could Be The Start of Something Big.” The final product survives in video form, a wildly impressive technological feat for its decade.
In the middle of June, just a couple blocks away from Malcolm X Park, a little yellow cafe was overcome by allegations of wage theft, anti–Blackness, and manipulation. On July 1st, it closed permanently. The reason, the owners said, was a swift drop in revenue due to the controversy.
As a result of the most controversial casting decision in contemporary musical theater, actress Lea Michele will debut as Fanny Brice in the broadway revival of Funny Girl on Sept. 6. On July 11, the show announced Michele will replace Beanie Feldstein, whose final show is on July 31.
It’s not every day a politician dedicates herself to her city more than her job title. For Helen Gym (C '93), though, that’s her daily reality.
On July 12, 2022, NASA released the first James Webb Space Telescope images to the public. The telescope has been in the works since the late '90s, and after being launched in December of 2021, it’s now operational and sending data back to Earth.
One month ago, I had never used Gopuff, despite being tech–savvy and usually in–the–know.
In these times of turmoil, upheaval, and rights reversals, there are only a few things more horrifying than seeing your favorite indie artist blow up on TikTok. The songs you used to secretly bump in the car seem to have gained 200,000 more listens on Spotify overnight. Some part of your heart hurts every time you scroll through your For You page and hear the remixed version of “Softcore” by The Neighbourhood. “I was here first,” you think. “This new generation can’t appreciate music like I can,” you think.
Watching America’s Got Talent (AGT) was a weekly tradition for my family. I was ecstatic to sit down on the couch with a mug of ice cream and watch act after act, from jaw–dropping danger stunts to elegant opera singers, performing in front of judges Howie Mandel, Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum, and Howard Stern.
Content warning: This article describes sexual abuse, domestic abuse, and assault, which may be disturbing and/or triggering for some readers.
Aesthetics have always been a part of LGBTQ identity. Whether it be through clothing, hairstyle, or pastel hair dye, fashion choices can serve as visual symbols of queerness.
At first glance, the representation of LGBTQ identities in corporate America seems nothing short of supportive and refreshing. The clothing racks at Target lined with kitschy rainbow T–shirts, rainbow home decor, and limited edition cosmetic products boast the reason for the Pride season.
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