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AI has been making waves in the entertainment industry and humans are starting to fight back  (Photo courtesy of Dyonix / October 19, 2023).

Celebrities are pushing back against AI in the entertainment industry

By Chiara Piacentini | Apr. 13

While artificial intelligence has made significant strides in the entertainment industry, some celebrities are concerned that these advancements could be taken too far. A petition to protect artist rights that was sent to AI developers was published by the Artist Rights Alliance on April 1 with the signatures of over 200 celebrities. Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj and Katy Perry were among the petitioners. 

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The album cover reflects the vibrant sounds displayed on Gray’s newest record (Photo courtesy of Apple Music).

Broken hearts & the 80s: How Conan Gray ‘Found Heaven’

By Lake DiStefano | Apr. 13

“Found Heaven,” Gray’s most recent studio effort, is a drastic pivot away from the ballad-driven songwriting of his last two albums into bright, 80s-influenced synth-pop. Acoustics are traded for disco-beats and hushed vocals become belting choruses. It’s a development of sound so jarring that even his previous skeptics were unable to deny their curiosity. 

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Jake Gyllenhaal commits so much of his own power to the intricate fight choreography yet, in the end, is powerless to save this film’s indecisive tonal mixture (Photo courtesy of IMDb).

‘Road House’ is sleek yet tonally undecided

By Joshua Hudes | Apr. 10

Jake Gyllenhaal’s Dalton is the character to which a nebulous conflict of self-destruction, anxiety and focused determination belongs in this reinterpretation of the cult classic from 1989. Released almost exclusively on Prime Video on March 21, “Road House” was directed by Doug Liman and tells a similarly themed yet excessively self-conscious form of that narrative.

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Beyoncé is in her country era (Photo courtesy of Apple Music ).

Beyoncé takes a deep dive into the country genre in new album

By Chiara Piacentini | Apr. 7

Beyoncé has gone country for the first time in her career with her newly released album, “Cowboy Carter.” The 27-track record, which came out on March 29, talks about country values with each song a reconception of a Western film. “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Space Cowboys” are just a couple of the western movies that Beyoncé drew inspiration from. 

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(Photo courtesy of Yifeng Hu).

‘Illegal: A New Musical’ takes the College’s stage

By Kaitlin Bavaro | Apr. 3

A near full house of students, their families, faculty members, trustees, administrators, local community members and out of state residents got to enjoy “Illegal: A New Musical,” on Sunday, March 24. The show told the story of Chinese immigrants in the early 20th century, who were considered America’s first “illegal” immigrants. 

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Drake Bell spoke out in the recently released documentary, “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” to share his story about the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of Nickelodeon vocal coach Brian Peck (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons / “Nickelodeon old logo” / November 11, 2000).

Drake Bell comes forward as a victim of abuse at Nickelodeon

By Madison Anidjar | Apr. 1

Drake Bell spoke out in the recently released documentary, “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” to share his story about the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of Nickelodeon vocal coach Brian Peck. The four part documentary series by Investigation Discovery scrutinizes Nickelodeon’s production and programming from the ‘90s to the late 2010s under Dan Schneider’s leadership.

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Fall Out Boy maintained a constant and blaring stage presence throughout the show (Photo courtesy of Lake DiStefano / Staff Writer).

The resurgence of emo: Fall Out Boy’s 2ourdust

By Lake DiStefano | Mar. 28

Over the past two decades, Fall Out Boy has been the epitome of what many consider to be pop-punk. They are titans in the genre, and while many — myself included — expected that style of music to die down in tandem with the 2000s, there is a recent phenomenon I’ve begun to notice.

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The film features jumpscares, an underlying eerienes and a gruesome ending (Photo courtesy of IMDb).

Sydney Sweeney stars in the new horror movie ‘Immaculate’

By Jenna Rittman | Mar. 27

The American psychological horror film “Immaculate” released earlier this month on March 22 and has received mixed reviews from critics. The film has received an average rating of 6.4/10, and the critics consensus reads “Immaculate in conception if not always in execution, this religiously themed horror outing is saved by a divine performance from Sydney Sweeney.”

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The cast of “Something Rotten!” (Photo by Mckenna Super)

TCNJ Musical Theatre presents ‘Something Rotten!’

By Maia Venuti | Mar. 25

TCNJ Musical Theatre presented its mainstage musical “Something Rotten!” for the spring semester. The show is a satirical take on Shakespeare, telling the story of two brothers struggling to make it big in the theatre world while being in competition with William Shakespeare. There were four shows, starting on Thursday, Feb. 29 and continuing through Saturday, March 2.

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