The 95th Academy Award Oscars took place on Thursday, March 2 where we saw some of the most impactful actors and actresses of 2022 gather. This year’s award show was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel as stars from every corner of Hollywood arrived and walked the red carpet— better known now as the new and improved […]
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I Binged Daisy Jones & The Six in 24 Hours and Here’s What Happened…
First, the blue jean bell bottoms appeared. Then, some big sunglasses and a suede vest. All of a sudden, I was transported into the ‘70s, driving a cool convertible while blasting Aerosmith. Daisy Jones & The Six is a time machine waiting to be watched. Based in the ‘70s and on the best-selling novel by […]
Taylor Swift Kicks Off Highly Anticipated Eras Tour
How does Taylor Swift celebrate the start of a long-awaited tour? In Swift-like fashion, she drops four unreleased tracks! From the start of The Eras Tour to the release of four songs, there is more than enough content for Swifties to sift through. For your sake, I’m going to examine her latest releases, the first […]
How to Form a Band
It was the summer of ’68 when Marc Muller, present-day professional musician and Monmouth University adjunct professor, was gifted his first real six-string. For him, forming a band was as easy as forming a sentence. At the time, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, and Jimi Hendrix were releasing new music and inspiring the youth; it […]
A Look into “A Doll’s House”
This past weekend, I had the privilege of attending the University’s production of A Doll’s House at Lauren K. Woods Theatre. Written by Henrik Ibsen, this adaptation featured the characteristics of the original work with a modern-day twist: the lead female character wears clothes that are trendy according to today’s standards and maintains a contemporary […]
Sea Hear Now: The Best Local Music Festival of the Year
If you enjoy sitting on the beach with a drink in your hand and great music, you’re going to want to hear about this. Asbury Park is notorious for the music it produces and hosts, in addition to the local waves that surfers love to ride. If you mash those two together, you get this […]
Abbott Elementary Sweeps the 2022 Award Season
As the 2022 award season for television wraps up, audiences have spent the year immersing themselves in a plethora of different realties. For instance, we’ve seen the story behind the infamous Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee tape in Pam & Tommy, as well as the dysfunctional patrons and staff of a luxury resort in The […]
Five Best College Representations to Watch
College is an experience like no other. Whether you enjoy making new friends or partying all weekend, we take pleasure in living vicariously through the big screen’s characters. In seeing the highs and the lows of living on your own with a group of vastly different people, we are not only entertained, but we also […]
“Hip Hop in the Round” Commemorates50 Years of Hip Hop
2023 marks 50 years since hip hop’s inception. I had the opportunity to attend “Hip Hop in the Round” at Woods Theatre on Wednesday, Feb. 22, which celebrated this milestone year. In coordination with the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music, Blue Hawk Records promoted its own artists and spotlighted the genre’s deep […]
First Impressions of Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
For months, social media has buzzed about the novel Legendborn by Tracy Deonn. I finally got around to giving it a read; my timing aligned well, as February was Black History Month. Though I have yet to complete the book, I have enough to form a first impression of what I have read so far. […]