Arts & Entertainment
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Emmys 2026: Highs and “Whys?”
Arts and EntertainmentJack Garcevic’30garcevicem@lakeforest.eduStaff Writer Argued by many to be the annual biggest night of TV, the 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards delivered TV’s biggest entertainment stars for its 78th year. “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” star Mariska Hargitay hosted the awards and started the night with a musical number, “I Love TV Screens,” a…
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Project Hail Mary Movie Review
Alec Hall 30’hallal@lakeforest.eduStaff Writer8.9/10 Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) wakes up in space with no memory of how he got there. He’s light-years away from Earth, all alone, after finding out his other two crewmates are dead. His memory comes back in pieces. Grace remembers Astrophage, the light-consuming alien organism that’s draining energy from the sun…
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Do modern day performance arts go beyond theatre and filmmaking?
Leonor Valente ‘29deoliveiraleit@lakeforest.eduStaff Writer Since its origin, film has been taking over the performance arts stage. With the technological boom of the two world wars, a shift from Europe to the United States as the central stage for filmmaking and the idolization of actors, American filmmaking has never been more prevalent in the global scope…
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“The Drama” examines how well you know your partner.
Allyn Aliyeva ’29aliyevan@lakeforest.eduStaff Writer Unconditional love is often described as love without judgment. But does it truly exist? Unlike typical rom-coms, A24’s “The Drama” follows a happily engaged couple, Emma (Zendaya) and Charlie (Robert Pattinson), in the week leading up to their wedding. A few days before the ceremony, however, the couple and two of…
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Look Out For New Music in 2026
Melanie Mandelke Staff Writer One thing has been made clear from the start of 2026: new music is on the way. With only one full month checked off the calendar, there have already been a variety of new releases, from artists like J. Cole to bands like Megadeth. But who else can we expect music…
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That’s Not How Life Is: stereotypical love tropes in novels
Lucie Sautriot Bruneaux ‘26 Staff Writer Meet-cute, enemies-to-lovers, office romance — how many of us have actually experienced these tropes? It must be true for some people, but why aren’t real-life situations written about more in romance novels? Would it be boring? Would there be no story to tell? These are valid questions, but it…
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Through the Aperture: Harry Styles returns with new single
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Synth, snare, snow: albums to make your winter pop
Music tends to follow individuals through the seasons, and as winter approaches, people will dust off their holiday records to hone in holiday joy. Though the smooth singing and catchy tunes of holiday pop dominate the music rotations of many, I propose three albums that, rather, characterize the winter season from start to finish and…
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Minecraft: A Timeless Art
Minecraft seems to have done the impossible. The popularity of a given video game tends to deplete shortly after its release, but Minecraft hasn’t followed this trend. Since its creation in 2009 and rise to stardom in 2013, several revivals have prevented a downfall that seemed inevitable for other video games. Whether it was sprinting…
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Lux – Rosalía’s new album brings women, spirituality and music together as one
By Leonor Valente ‘29Staff Writer The much-anticipated Rosalía album, following her Grammy-awarded project “Motomami,” was released Nov. 7 and soon took the heart of many fans. Once again, Rosalía proved that she is not just a singer, but an extremely talented and creative artist. The PR strategy for “LUX” was quite unusual, with the first…