Arts
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Learning about the Oscars
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This year’s eldest and youngest nominees are, respectively, Emmanuelle Riva (aged 85) and Quvenzhané Wallis (aged nine) who are both nominated this year for
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Oscars: Zero Dark Thirty
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Zero Dark Thirty is the infamous film documenting the hunt and eventual killing of Osama bin Laden and it has been attracting a lot
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Oscars: Django Unchained
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Quentin Tarantino is back on the Oscar scene with his second Best Picture nomination in a row for Django Unchained. Christoph Waltz brings his
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‘I am not a hipster!’
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Nuvo magazine recently printed an article shining light upon the roots of the fascinating contemporary subculture of hipsters. “Hipster” was a term first coined
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Grammy RapUp
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Rap music and the Grammys have always been an unusual mix. The arguable and opinionated nature of rap makes it hard to distinguish the
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Hardwell rocks at Revolution
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2012 saw 25-year-old DJ Robbert “Hardwell” van de Corput rocket up the Top 100 DJ rankings. Released by DJ Magazine, the annual top-100 rankings
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Storytelling & Gaming
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Game developers control a delicate balance between how much agency they allow their users and attempting to pose an intriguing story. Linearity is something
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USS: ‘A giant campfire after-party’
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Blue-tinted lights illuminated the recent album cover art for Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker’s—better known as USS—latest EP USS Approved as eager audience members waited for
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LMT takes audience to New Jersey
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From Thursday Jan. 24 to Saturday Jan. 26, the Theatre Auditorium was transformed into Hoboken, New Jersey circa 1956. After months of rehearsals and
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EDM and instruments of change
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Victor Hugo, author of Les Miserables, once said, “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.”
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