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Alcatraz

February 16, 2012 • Joseph Swit, Staff Writer

Mysterious disappearances, criminal masterminds, the most notorious prison in American history, and a likeable crime solving duo characterize FOX’s new Monday night thriller “Alcatraz”. The premise of the new show, which premiered on January 16th is that Alcatraz’s closing in 1963 was to cover...

Napoleon Dynamite: Cartoonized

January 9, 2012 • Emily Hall, Online Arts Editor

Bursting back into the comedy scene, or rather, being pulled by a ten-gauge bike back onto the comedy scene after a seven year hiatus are the stars of “Napoleon Dynamite”, this time turned cartoon. The new show on Fox, set to air Jan. 15, features all of the old gang: Aaron Ruell (Kip), Jon Heder...

Awkward Awarders

March 1, 2011 • Angela Zhang, Online/Asst Arts Editor

A hyperactive Anne Hathaway and old fart of a James Franco were chosen to tag team the hosting of the 83rd annual Academy Awards on Sunday night. When the designated hosts were revealed, people doubted that they would make for an entertaining couple. They were right—the hosting proved dull and uncomfortable. Hathaway...

Ballet Dancers, Lesbians, Oh My!

March 1, 2011 • Ari Brin, CAF Editor

Well, Natalie Portman won. Big ole’ honkin’ slice o’ surprise, right? Of course, predictability reigned again supreme at the 83rd Academy Awards. Once Hollywood has decided a star must win, a star usually wins. We saw this tireless trend last year, when comedy queen Sandra Bullock won for portraying...

Long Live the King: Colin Firth Wins Best Leading Actor at 83rd Oscars

March 1, 2011 • Tim Kontje, Staff writer

C -cc-cc-Colin Firth had one more speech to deliver and he did so humbly and humorously, joking that “I’m afraid I have to warn you that I’m experiencing stirrings somewhere in the upper abdominals which are threatening to form themselves into dance moves.” This is the first Academy...

Cee Lo Green wows at Grammys

February 25, 2011 • Katie Berriochoa, Staff writer

Everyone has thought it, everyone has wished they had the nerve to say it, and Cee Lo Green has perpetually blasted it across the entire nation. Green has essentially given the middle finger to all those losers we’ve all had to deal with and has people swooning over his lyrics. It’s no wonder...

Off the Map

February 22, 2011 • Kira Gaby, Staff writer

“Off the Map”, ABC’s newest medical drama, has received a certain amount of criticism for its “Grey’s Anatomy” type approach. Certainly, the links are obvious right from the pilot episode. Replanting the show at an underfunded medical clinic “somewhere in South America” couldn’t change...

53rd Annual Grammy Awards Performances

February 17, 2011

Each year, the Grammys celebrate some of music’s greatest achievements. Though awards are the basis of the annual show, the Grammys are also well known for their firework live performances, often from Grammy nominees and past recipients. This year’s telecast was especially successful, with an average...

They Wear Their Hearts on their Skins

January 28, 2011 • Cherise Lopes-Baker, Staff Writer

“Skins,” a recent MTV import from Britain’s Channel 4 follows a group of teenagers as they fall in and out of drugs, sex, and friendships. Not exactly the Parents Television Counsel’s dream. But then again, so many things aren’t. The fact is, “Skins” may be rude, and it may be infinitely...

The Onion Sportsdome

January 24, 2011 • Anna Sheridan, Assistant Sports Editor

If you turned on Comedy Central on Tuesday night at 10:30, you might be fooled into thinking you were watching Sports Network. The music is the same, the lights are the same, and the set is the same. But that deception wouldn’t last long, as the “sports broadcasters” started on the list of inappropriate...