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The art of the romantic comedy is generally not too difficult to master. I always imagine film company executives sitting down in a conference room, spinning a wheel with a selection of tropes, selecting two attractive leads, and then exclaiming, “There! We’ve got the next blockbuster romcom.” This is not a blanket critique of delightfully …
Procrastinator truisms:1. Deadlines will pass if you procrastinate long enough.2. Postpone reality by not looking at your grades.3. You can always take care of your procrastination issues later.
About two years ago, I was having dinner with a childhood friend, and the conversation shifted to music. As we were effusively praising the convenience and supremacy of Spotify, she suddenly looked up at me with a mischievous smirk on her face and asked, “Do you have a boyfriend? You have so many Spotify playlists …
Hamilton, the popular Broadway musical created by Lin Manuel Miranda, made its debut in Honolulu this past December. From powerful vocals to heartwarming storytelling, Hamilton in Hawaii did not disappoint. The play is set in the late 1700s during the American Revolution, and it follows the life of Alexander Hamilton, one of America’s Founding Fathers. …
No matter how you look at it, college is the only gateway to success. Every well-paying, respectable job requires you to have a college degree, so deciding which college to attend is the single most important decision that you will make, that is if you care about becoming a successful, respectable person. Choose the wrong …
This year at the Oscars, a deaf man won the Academy award for Best Supporting Actor, the first time in history; “Dune” won six Oscars, the most at the ceremony; and a movie produced by a streaming service won Best Picture, hinting that the industry may be headed in a new direction. Yet all of …
We've entered the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic and it seems that we have finally turned a corner. But many of us can't shake the feeling that another Covid-variant might just dash our hopes again.
There'll be more than just graduation caps being thrown into the air this year.
When I started reading Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, I didn’t know what to expect. In comparison to other books I have read, this book had the least exposure, which is understandable since this is Honeyman’s first novel. The book begins with an introduction of the story’s protagonist, Eleanor Oliphant. The title is self-explanatory and completely …
