Review: Lil Wayne – Dedication 4
BY SABRINA VICTOR Lil Wayne (Dwayne M. Carter, Jr.) is one of rap’s most influential artists. On Wayne’s new mixtape, Dedication 4, he raps with aggressive intensity and great flow, using his brilliant rhyming techniques to create his best work since Tha Carter IV. On every track of Dedication... Read more
YouTube Creates It’s Own Celebrities
BY STACEY PASTERNAK What’s the first thing you do when you log onto your computer? Check Facebook? Twitter? Watch YouTube videos? YouTube has quickly become one of the most visited sites on the Internet, and not long after that did it take people to figure out the inner workings of YouTube... Read more
The Albums That Changed My Life
BY JEREMY HAAS Throughout my life, like any other music lover, there have been a few albums that really influenced my taste and overall musical outlook.  When initially discovering an artist, rather than picking and choosing hits, or diving in headfirst and downloading an entire discography, I choose an... Read more
Revised And Reviled: Movies That Should Not Have Been Remade
BY VICTORIA ESTRADA It’s not every day that we come across a movie that blows our minds.  Lately, it has become really difficult to find a movie that is worth sitting through and leaves one saying “Wow, that was amazing!” But recent movie remakes are especially dull.  Rehashed versions... Read more
Here We Are, Now Entertain Us Blog: Super-Bored
BY BLUE KAUFMAN I’m going to be honest here, some of the best movies in this past decade have featured superheroes.  These films have supplied us with various technological advances, not to mention several unforgettable screen characters, including Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.)  in Iron Man and The Joker... Read more
Technically Speaking Blog: The iPhone 5
BY ALEX BARNARD Following Apple’s yearly iPhone revision pattern, the unveiling of the iPhone 5 on September 21st came as a surprise to nobody. Last year’s iPhone 4S faced many criticisms for hinging its existence on its heavily advertised feature Siri, an “intelligent assistant”, which ended up being unable... Read more
Review: Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel…
BY JACK BRADY After years of what some might call self-imposed exile, cult singer/songwriter Fiona Apple has returned with new album The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do; which is truly the re-emergence... Read more
Review: Metric – Synthetica
BY JEREMY HAAS To name an album the best of anything, whether it’s of the year, the month, or the season is an honor, to say the least.  It has to be able to entertain, and at the same time truly reach a listener, while still standing out above... Read more
Fantasy Tip Sheet Blog: Week 3 Recap
BY AJ KURZMAN Week 3 was a bad week to be a leading rusher in the NFL. Both C.J. Spiller (#1 running back) and Reggie Bush (#2 running back) went down with injuries. It is doubtful that Spiller will recover for week four, but there is a possibility of Bush... Read more
Who Is Lana Del Rey?

Who Is Lana Del Rey?

Entertainment September 25, 2012

BY OLIVIA PASCALE-WONG Elizabeth Grant, who most people know as Lana Del Rey, was born in New York City and raised in Lake Placid, New York. This one-of-a kind artist has had an overnight success, as well as some heavy backlash.  Grant’s controversial persona has caused her a critic-fueling... Read more