Werner Herzog’s new documentary "Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World" (2016), which originally premiered on Jan. 23 at the Sundance Festival, takes its name from the first message sent from one networked computer to another. A connection between a computer at University of California, ...
Yu launched the #StarringJohnCho Twitter campaign in May, following his research. The campaign includes a Photoshop project that replaces white lead actors on movie posters with "Harold & Kumar" actor John Cho in order to draw attention to the lack of Asian-American representation in the media.
iPhone and iPad owners have a great deal to look forward to in iOS 10, the most recent update to Apple’s mobile operating system, which was released yesterday. iOS 10 overhauls a number of features such as the Siri digital assistant, the Messages application and lock screen notifications, while ...
"Loosely Exactly Nicole," which premiered its first-ever episode on Sept. 5, is loosely based on the life of actress and comedian Nicole Byer, best known for her appearances on MTV's "Girl Code" (2013 - present). Byer shines throughout her segments on "Girl Code," ...
As evidenced by the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy’s installment of Ai Weiwei’s public art masterpiece, “Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads," or the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) upcoming launch of the mfaNOW program, art institutions in the Boston area have been focusing on contemporary art ...
The decline and fall of Britney Spears represents one of the darkest periods in American pop culture. After emerging onto the scene as America’s bona fide pop princess of the late 1990s and early 2000s, Spears experienced a very public breakdown in 2007, which culminated in one deeply distressing ...
Netflix’s bilingual drug drama “Narcos” (2015-present) returned Sept. 2 for its second season.Season one of Narcos follows the rise of infamous Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar (Wagner Moura) as he blazed a bloody trail from small time smuggler to ruler of a cocaine empire that made him one of ...
While no stranger to depicting heroism in his work, Clint Eastwood uses a remarkably light touch this time around in his latest film “Sully” (2016). Without sensationalizing the already extraordinary event of Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger’s forced water landing on the Hudson ...
"Pretty Little Liars" (2010 - present), a staple of the Freeform network, formerly called ABC Family, has earned a top spot on many TV-goers' guilty-pleasure watchlists. Loosely based on the book series of the same name by Sara Shepard, "Pretty Little Liars" ("PLL") has ...
With the end of summer comes the end of the superhero and mega-blockbuster season. And with the beginning of fall comes the arrival of prestige pictures and potential Oscar winners. A slew of socially and culturally relevant films, as well as a few big-budget stragglers, are coming this September and ...
Pokémon Go (2016) went from zero to viral faster than anything we’ve ever seen. At its peak, the hit augmented-reality mobile exploration game had more daily active users than Twitter and more engagement than Snapchat and Facebook.Niantic, the title's developer, was inundated on social media ...
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (2009-present) may not be the highest rated reality competition show on-air, but it sure is the most addictive one. Taking in one episode of the show is enough to make anyone binge-watch the whole series on Hulu while scrolling through AV Club recaps and Reddit threads. The ...
From Britney Spears and Madonna’s surprise make out to Kanye West crashing Taylor Swift’s Best Female Video acceptance speech to Nicki Minaj's “Miley, what’s good?,” MTV’s Video Music Awards (VMAs) have always been delightfully unpredictable. While nothing during this year's show ...
Though Instagram was primarily in the public eye this summer for snake emoji-based celebrity feuds, and Twitter has been best known recently for hosting an unfiltered Donald Trump, both have also become platforms for artists to flaunt their pieces. Bristol-based sculptor Verity Filipow is one of ...
"Stranger Things"On July 15, Netflix premiered the Duffer Brothers’ "Stranger Things," an eight-episode series redolent of 1980s science fiction, adventure and horror films. The show perfectly harnesses the atmosphere of '80s pop culture and movies by drawing obvious parallels ...
As Orientation Week continues, be sure to catch one of the orientation shows presented by Torn Ticket II and 3Ps (Pen, Paint and Pretzels), two of Tufts’ student-run theater groups. Here is a sneak preview of what they have in store for you:Ordinary DaysTorn Ticket II is going back to the basics ...
In the weeks preceding the release of his now iconic debut album “channel ORANGE” (2012), R&B singer Frank Ocean published a letterin the middle of the night on his Tumblr page detailing a previous love affair with a man. While the letter refrains from ever explicitly announcing Ocean’s sexuality, ...
Critics vs. Fans: The ultimate showdown. Forget about that super guy and bat dude who fought for all of five minutes in what was supposedly a film about their head-scratching rivalry, only to bond over something as quasi-monumental as the shared name of their mothers. No, no. The conflict worth following ...
Editor’s note: This column is part of a fictional weekly serial.Nothing had gone the way Edgar had planned, which in his experience was rather par for the course when one was dealing with hotheaded criminals and international intrigue, but it was still an enormous disappointment. He had to accept ...
Summer is fast approaching, and whether you're working an internship, doing research or even moving into the adult world, there should always be some time in summer for reading. So here's an almost alphabet of books for the summer (as long as word counts will allow).Douglas Adams, “The Hitchhiker's ...
