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Jim Moster | Tuesday, February 16, 2021
It’s the spring of 2011. In the suburbs of Chicago, a group of awkward fifth graders practice a dance routine. The kids have decided to perform their own version of “Friday,” a pop song, at their school’s student-run talent show. Their routine is peak comedy. On the other side of the country, in Irvine, California,
Dessi Gomez | Monday, September 21, 2020
The last couple months have been pretty busy for Katy Perry. Soon after the release of her fifth album “Smile” on Aug. 14, she gave birth to her daughter Daisy Dove Bloom on Aug. 26. “Smile” seems to detail many recent uplifts in Perry’s life, as well as obstacles she has overcome that make the
Kelly McGarry, Adrian Mark Lore, Erin McAuliffe and Jimmy Kemper | Saturday, March 25, 2017
On this edition of SceneCast, we take a magnifying glass to celebrity activism, focusing on the paradoxical antics of artists like Katy Perry and Taylor Swift.
Erin McAuliffe, Adam Ramos, Adrian Mark Lore, Jimmy Kemper, John Darr, Kelly McGarry, Nora McGreevy and Jack Riedy | Tuesday, November 8, 2016
During his two terms as president, Barack Obama graced us with playlists straight from the White House. To get in #ElectionDay spirit, Scene predicted the playlists we think each 2016 candidate would release upon election — and added in their likely reasoning. Clinton: “Formation” – Beyonce: “Say you’ll Bey on Team #Hillary2016, too.” I’ve got hot
Kathy Minko | Tuesday, August 25, 2015
’Tis the season for school, parties, chilly weather and — as always — music. Throughout the year, college students of all ages, backgrounds and music interests experience similar cycles of angst and leisure. Have you ever wondered how our diverse student body could possibly relate to one another? Fortunately, my glamorous summer job of ice cream
Erin McAuliffe | Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Whether you watched the Super Bowl or not, you have seen the dancing sharks from the halftime show. These dancing sharks are a game changer. You may think, “What’s the big deal about a couple of cute, friendly, dancing sharks?” The big deal is that statement. Sharks have the reputation of bloodthirsty killers, and they are
Maddie Daly | Thursday, January 29, 2015
Calling all football, food and February fans: this Sunday is Super Bowl XLIX as well as Feb. 1, so we have double the reason to celebrate (or mourn for second-semester seniors like me who are just that much closer to graduation). This year, the Seattle Seahawks and (controversial) New England Patriots will go head to
Matthew Munhall | Monday, April 28, 2014
Dear pop stars of the world, why does this keep happening? It has been a decade since Gwen Stefani’s use of the Harajuku Girls, her Japanese and Japanese-American backup dancers, was widely perceived as fetishizing Asian women. Just last year, the discourse surrounding Miley Cyrus’s use of black women as props in her “We