It's difficult to stay grounded in Hollywood. There is never a shortage of film crews hanging out on The Grove, shooting the latest blockbuster action scene, paparazzi following the town's new "It Girl," or a new club opening hoping to attract high-profile clientele.
Last Saturday, flocks of readers congregated in Washington D.C. for the 10th annual National Book Festival, which gathered dozens of renowned writers under white tents on the National Mall.
The University of Virginia Art Museum hosts an array of exhibits each year, highlighting classic works of art from American artists, as well as those from much further away. The exhibit "Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens," showing until Oct.
You may want to heed my advice before you decide to get Maroon 5's new album, Hands All Over. On a scale from "Please, change it!" to "Play it again!", there is no doubt that this album spans the whole spectrum.
How would you feel if you knew what you were doing was futile? Those are the shoes that Halo: Reach, the newest installment of the popular video game franchise, puts you in.
When The Killers decided to take a year off, front man Brandon Flowers decided to spend his downtime undertaking a solo project.
June 10, 2007, the last episode of The Sopranos aired on HBO. This left many diehard fans of the series in a misty haze of disbelief.
Twenty-three years later, Gordon Gekko is back. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps stars Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf and Josh Brolin in the sequel to the 1987 hit, Wall Street.
This season of television offers a wide selection of new shows, including both remakes of beloved, if clich
Director Will Gluck (Fired Up!) brings viewers a fresh take on the high school comedy with Easy A. The effortless charm and vivacity of Emma Stone (Zombieland) combines with a quirky plot to save Easy A from becoming nothing more than an obnoxiously self-aware satire of teen comedies; instead, it is a decently entertaining, self-aware satire of teen comedies. The themes that Easy A deals with have been not-so-subtly hashed out in countless high school movies: the importance of reputation, the harmfulness of the rumor mill, the moral debate (both external and internal) about losing one's virginity.
Ben Affleck stepped up to the plate with his first major screenplay, Good Will Hunting. He received rave reviews for Gone Baby Gone, which he directed and co-wrote.
After the completely outrageous end to season three of Gossip Girl, I approached the premiere of season four hesitantly.
When I first heard that Wiz Khalifa was making an appearance at the downtown Jefferson Theater, I was among the first to order tickets to the much-hyped concert, which quickly sold out.
I have to admit, when I went to the Student Activities Building Saturday to see Chiddy Bang in concert, I harbored a few preemptive doubts about the show.
Comparable to Lebron James' self-serving summer spectacle, "The Decision," Fox announced the new judges for "American Idol" yesterday in an online live-streaming announcement titled, "The Forum." It turned out to be the worst kept secret in Hollywood - Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler will form the panel when the show returns in January, to the surprise of no one who has had Internet access during the last few weeks.
Celebrities are not "just like the rest of us." Celebrities have used this deceiving axiom to make themselves appear more approachable and likable to the public.
Sara Bareilles wasn't going to write you a love song back in 2007, but her latest album release proves that she can and will write you a dynamic and expressive record.
The air is turning crisp, leaves are starting to change and sweaters are being pulled out of drawers; there's no doubt about it - fall is approaching Charlottesville, and this year, it has brought more than 3,000 new students with it. "Voices of the Class" is a compilation of skits based on first-year students' admissions essays.
This year's MTV Video Music Awards slipped past relatively quietly, especially in comparison to last year's Kanye West/Taylor Swift fiasco in which West stormed the stage, grabbed the mike from Swift while she accepted her award and - Feel like you've heard this before? That's how I felt when Taylor Swift and Kanye West once again took the stage during this year's VMAs.
Next time you think of uttering the name "Nic Cage," think again. You're likely to have your ears instantly blasted with innumerable insults about the actor.
