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Arts & Entertainment

Guilty Pleasures: Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)

Confessions of a Shopaholic is like main character Rebecca Bloomwood’s favorite pair of high heels: hot pink, bejeweled and shamelessly overstated.

by MONICA PFISTER

Making Headlines

The Investigative Reporter By uncovering the Watergate scandal and bringing down a president, Woodward and Bernstein made journalistic history.

by HILARY MILLER

If He Only Had A Brain

Like just about every other member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Ghostface Killah has long seemed able to pull off anything.

by ELENA GOORAY

One Track Mind: 10.8.09

“Meet Me Halfway” by The Black Eyed Peas Whether you love the Black Eyed Peas or feel ill at the very mention of Fergie, you will find something to love about “Meet Me Halfway,” the third single off of The E.N.D. The song juxtaposes Fergie’s soulful vocals with will.i.am’s auto-tuned rap verses.

by COLETTE BLOOM

Defibrillator Special Edition: Bringin' Back Motown 1959-1972

Every genre has its time and place. You may bust out the Beethoven as you’re finishing up that overdue essay, but you’d certainly hesitate to blast it at that late night rager two hours later.

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We're With the Band

Mask and Wig Few acts on campus are as old as Mask and Wig. Founded in 1888, this band is by far the most established one you will hear at the upcoming competition.

by RONNIE DISIMONE

Zombies & Twinkies For Dummies

While Zombieland is not the first film to blend the seemingly opposite genres of comedy and horror, it is certainly one of the most successful attempts so far. Earth has once again been overrun by ferocious flesh-eating zombies (of the Danny Boyle sprinting variety), and college dork Jesse Eisenberg and hard-man Woody Harrelson fear they are all alone in a world with no hot girls and no Twinkies.

by STUART MILNE

Whip It Good

Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut, Whip It, effectively straddles the line between indie flick and big-budget Hollywood feature, dropping A-list stars into a rural Texas landscape. The film follows Bliss Cavendar (Ellen Page) as she finds an “out” from her small hometown of Bodeen, Texas.

by MELISSA METELITS

Guilty Pleasures: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)

Just ask yourself one question: why wouldn’t you want a pair of thrift store jeans that magically fit you and your three best friends with completely different body types?

by SALLY BRONSTON

Lie to me

Set in an alternate reality in which the human race is not able to lie, The Invention of Lying is British master comedian Ricky Gervais's first foray into directing. He creates a cinematic world whose blunt inhabitants constantly remind his protagonist, Mark Bellison, that he is a “chubby little loser.” This brutal honesty manifests itself in other ways, too; nursing homes are referred to as places “where old, lonely people live.” Mark is in a rut, jobless and struggling with romance, as the woman that he loves, Anna (Jennifer Garner), does not find him a suitable genetic match.

by SARAH BRENES-AKERMAN

Group Mentality

Whether they’re rocking out on a tour bus, planning a Vegas heist, reading Thoreau or skipping detention, you know these famous movie groups make you want to hop on the bandwagon and join in on the fun.

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Shock Me Like An Electric Car

Last weekend, the Kia Soul Collective concert series rolled into Philadelphia. The premise was simple, if a bit odd: test-drive a Kia Soul, see free kickass concerts.

by RONNIE DISIMONE

One Track Mind: 10.1.09

An American Chinese “Chasing Rabbit” With a title like “Chasing Rabbit,” this track from An American Chinese’s pending debut LP, Utopian Tree, promises something like a melodic acid trip — and thankfully it delivers.

by ELENA GOORAY

So Nice They X-ed It Twice

Sometimes pushing the envelope means pulling it back a little. When crafting the newest of new, alternative music is all about innovation and experimentation.

by JOE PINSKER

Seem Fame-Iliar?

Watching Fame is kind of like a Theos downtown. At first everything is spinning and you are not quite sure how the man at the door swindled ten dollars away from you.

by JESS PENZIAS

Not That Bright

Jane Campion’s Bright Star is a romantic period piece about the fated love between poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and his neighbor, Ms. Brawne, played beautifully by Abbie Cornish.

by NICK STERGIOPOULOS

To the Max

n anticipation of the September 25 release of I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, the film adaptation of his best-selling book of the same name, Tucker Max is premiering his movie across the country on a month-long promotional tour.

by LUCY MCGUIGAN

Plenty of Impact

Street took a minute to sit down and speak with directors Justin Schein and Laura Gabbert to discuss their latest film, No Impact Man, and its impact on the environmental community.

by SCOTT DZIALO

Back in Business

In a blur of breakups, overdoses and suicides, grunge died in the late '90s. What followed was a wave of aural garbage in the form of bands fronted by Eddie Vedder wannabes who just couldn’t cut it — Creed, Nickelback, 3 Doors Down and (unfortunately) the list goes on and on.

by SEBASTIAN MODAK

One Track Mind

Jay-Z featuring Drake and Timbaland “Off That” Call it recession rap: in his stellar single “Off That,” Jay-Z is so over “Cris, rims, and Tims.” This is not to say that Jay isn’t flourishing.

by 34TH STREET

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