Ben has many dark secrets, including blandnessby Kirsten Nolan Staff Kartrashian This past winter America was introduced to vanilla, personified on season 20 of the reality dating competition show The Bachelor. Ben Higgins, the bachelor, and the winner of his season, the woman he chose as his bride, Lauren Bushnell, are about as boring as they come. Ben is so boring that Saturday Night Live parodied him and dubbed him Bland Man. So, I was both surprised and intrigued when I learned that the couple was going to have their own spinoff show on the cable channel Freeform called Ben & Lauren: Happily Ever After?
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He hopes he Kipps you entertainedby Scott Saffran Staff Interviewer Before his stand-up show this past Friday night, I got the chance to sit down with my friend Stephen Kipp to talk about his life as a comedian and our mutual love of comedy. Stephen is from Chicago and is a junior majoring in English. He performs regular stand-up shows on campus, as well as in Manhattan.
{For this interview, Scott will be represented by S, and Stephen will be represented by K} S: What clubs or activities do you participate in here on campus? K: On campus I am on Fordham Stand-Up and Fordham’s improve team, Stranded In Pittsburgh. Yeah, those are the two things that I do. No other things on campus, really. S: So, for anyone interested in those clubs, will there be another time this year to audition? I know there were auditions in the fall, are you holding more in the spring? K: Yes, we have them at the beginning of every semester. Apparently we’re not very good at advertising because people who don’t have friends in the club don’t know about the club. We advertise on social media…I don’t even know if we use OrgSync, but who looks at OrgSync? S: Not a soul. Editors' note: we didn't name thisby Rachel Poe Features and Lists Co-Editor Guys, I had the best time writing this article, I swear. Scooby-Doo is my shit. I’ve loved this franchise since I was a kid. There’s pictures of me at three years old sitting in a little arm chair, wearing my Scooby-Doo robe watching re-runs of the old cartoon. It was a bonding thing for me and my dad, there were always tapes of the movies and the shows at his house. Yeah, I’ve been watching Scooby-Doo for so fucking long that I used to watch it on VHS. Hell, I even know that the original “Jeepers, It’s the Creeper” premiered on my birthday in 1970. Yeah. So in the spirit of Halloween (heh, like that pun?) I’ve decided to pay tribute to my favorite spOOKy series by doing a nostalgia review of some of my favorite Scooby-Doo movies. I’m excluding the live-action ones with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. because we all already know how fucking fantastic those are.
One could say it's completely out of focusby Nathan Crawford Staff Museum Critic For a few more months you can see an exhibit titled Private, Public, Secret at the International Center of Photography Museum. Or don’t, if you don’t I think you’ll be fine. This exhibit sounds interesting, but unfortunately it falls short. It’s full of things that feel interesting, but upon closer inspection are not.
Being a hoe of art for art's sakeby Annie Muscat Staff Art Hoe Imagine this: you’re enjoying a day with a friend at an art gallery. You come upon a slightly abstract painting. As you attempt to interpret and decipher the meaning of the work, your friend jokes that “the artist must have been tripping on so many drugs when he painted this.”
Are you ready for the memories...they're eviiiilby Scott Saffran Staff Nostalgic Reviewer Since the earliest October 31st that I can remember (1999, and I dressed up as the Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz, thank you very much), Halloween has been my favorite holiday. I could never fully grasp that I was actually encouraged to dress up as my favorite fictional characters and would be rewarded for it with pounds of candy. With each ensuing All Hallows’ Eve (post-my costume peak), a new facet would be added to the celebration: one year a Haunted House; the next a neighborhood costume party. In 2004 my sisters and I crowded around the Zenith television in our basement for Cartoon Network’s showing of Scary Godmother’s Halloween Spooktacular. For those of you who have not been graced by this spectacular work of animated cinema, you really ought to dig up this gem. It was my first true Halloween movie; a tradition my family has held close ever since.
Be warned, it's much more sinister than you think...by Kelly Tyra Co-Editor-in-Chief If you grew up with cable television in the late 90s then you already know Halloweentown is the shit. The cult classic DCOM is a transcendent tale of family, self-discovery, conquering evil, and of course, magic. If you haven’t seen it, I’m sorry but this short synopsis will have to suffice until you can engage in the glory that is Halloweentown on your own time.
Players spend entire life savings on loot boxesby Meredith Mclaughlin Staff Symmetra Main It’s that time of the year again: Halloween! Are you pumped? I know I am, because with Halloween comes the spookification of a ton of products and brand names. And honestly what’s better than the Halloween aesthetic? This Halloween is unique though, in that it’s the first Halloween that we have been graced with the gift of Halloween-themed Overwatch skins. However, just like Whoopers candy, not all skins are the ones that you want to get put in your loot box. So let’s sort out our Overwatch skins from worst to best and find out which ones are worth spending coins on. Sorry in advance for the Overwatch quote puns.
Unsurprisingly, it's owned by Disneyby Scott Saffran Staff Action Figure Star Wars is the cultural phenomenon of cultural phenomena. Its seven movies have grossed over $6.5 billion. The franchise sold for over $4 billion during the 2012 sale to Disney. Star Wars has come to consume our cinemas, book stores, comic shops, department retailers, and mostly importantly, toy stores. Star Wars toys are merchandising unlike any other. Film and design enthusiasts fawn over the intricate costume and set design, and marketing specialists’ pupils turn into dollar signs. Star Wars merchandise pulled in a reported $32 billion, even before the Disney acquisition. Put simply, Star Wars is toyetic. Each character, no matter how minor or obscure, is uniquely designed and impressively marketable. Boba Fett has about five lines in the entire saga, but has sold no less than one metric shit-tonne of toys. Even I have a little Dengar action figure, the dude with the diaper on his head who never speaks once.
You should definitely "sea" itby Declan Murphy Staff Seaman One of the major problems with film festivals is the exponential factor of word-of-mouth promotion. Early releases, especially those that have debuted at other festivals, are expected to be better than others, and audience members tend to agree with the perception of the film that had generated prior to the screening. Take, for instance, festival darling Steve Jobs. The movie premiered at festivals last year to widespread acclaim, even serving as the centerpiece of last year’s New York Film Festival. But after disappointing box office returns, the reputation of the film had petered out by awards season.
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