Charlottesville-wide pre-game tailgate FridayWant to see Al Groh off the football field?
The ladies of Playboy are often stereotyped as beautiful, sweet and rather simple, intellectually speaking.
This summer Hollywood continued its trend of turning Broadway musicals into films with Mamma Mia! The movie, inspired by the hit songs of 1970s rock ensemble ABBA, has its ups and downs but ultimately leaves audience members slightly disappointed.The story centers around an island wedding.
At the beginning of each school year, it can be difficult to keep your head above water. With the inundation of new people, new classes, new credit card debt (going online for your textbooks will ease the pain considerably) and, of course, the huge demands of your social calendar, it can be difficult to find time to flex your artistic muscle.
Since entering the nation?s consciousness more than a decade ago with his super-hit ?Loser,? Beck has built up a gloriously diverse resume.
Virginia Film Festival planning underwayAs students begin to invade Charlottesville, enjoying their last precious days free from responsibility, Media Studies professor and Virginia Film Festival artistic director Richard Herskowitz is hard at work preparing for the 21st annual festival.
As a long-time custom for Hollywood filmmakers, the remaking of a well-loved and highly praised novel into a film is nothing new.
So, here?s the thing. I hate Ben Stiller. I really, really don?t like him, nor do I like how he always plays the dopey guy with bad luck (There?s Something About Mary, Meet the Parents, Along Came Polly, Night at the Museum, The Heartbreak Kid) And you know what?
As a third-year English major, I am ashamed to admit that until last year, I was unaware of the enviable number of talented, award-winning authors who call the University home.
The Happening (June 13) Critics and audiences take great pleasure in the resounding thud with which M.
Ah, Charlottesville. What can we say that hasn't already been said about the city also known as "C-ville," "Hook-ville" and "Hoo-ville?" In 2004, Frommer's called Charlottesville the United States' best city to live in, and Money Magazine continues to recognize it as the best place to live.
Judd Apatow has a unique bead on his audience. Whether you want to say he makes chick flicks masquerading as guy flicks or vice-versa, the director/writer/producer can attribute the meteoric rise of his Hollywood star to a near filmic paradox -- romantic comedies with a largely male fan-base.
Supergrass, known for "Pumping on Your Stereo" and feeling "Alright" in the 90s, released their seventh album, titled Diamond Hoo Ha, in the U.K.
Opening the menu at Basil Mediterranean Bistro can be vastly overwhelming. If you don't have a background in Greek or Lebanese cuisine, it is tempting to stick to many of the menu's tried-and-true favorites -- Philly cheese steak sub, Caesar salad or pepperoni pizza, all of which are delicious.
For many 18- to 24-year-olds in America, the media has become one of our greatest influences. We grew up watching our idols on the news, on television shows and in the movies.
U.Va. Drama presents "The Voysey Inheritance" U.Va.'s Drama Department is currently in the midst of its showing of "The Voysey Inheritance", a play that follows the story of Edward Voysey after he finds that his father has been misappropriating the funds of family clients.
Ask Boards of Canada to make a My Bloody Valentine record, and you might end up with a product sounding something like France's M83.
A little more than three years ago, Satellite Ballroom converted a Plan 9 Music sublet into a hotspot for local and independent music.
Usually when picking something to review for "From the Vault," the choice is left up to the writer's whimsical tendencies.
