Harrison Burt
Reporter
In its thriving second season, ABC’s Modern Family has become the new face of network-television family comedy. Reconnoitering three types of a dysfunctional family, the show depicts the blossoming of a traditional, a homosexual, and an interracial marriage, all intertwined to create a new kind of family.
Lily Kazemi
Reporter
Staying home this April break with nothing to do? Looking for a book to read on the plane to and from inserttropicallocation here, but aren’t in the mood for all of the supernatural romance novels that fill the shelves at Barnes and Nobles? Get ready to fall in love with Lina, a 15-year-old Lithuanian girl separated from her parents by the Soviet army in Ruta Sepetys’ Between Shades of Grey.
Lily Kazemi & Ilene Anders
Reporters
As all you fellow Gleeks know, this Tuesday (April 19) marks Glee’s return from a seriously long spring break, and a seriously (not so)shocking win at Regionals. In honor of the upcoming story arch that’ll lead up to Nationals at the end of spring, here are our Glee predictions for the upcoming episodes. Be warned: some posts may contain spoilers (or predictions that are so accurate, they might as well be!).
Harrison Burt
Reporter
Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen’s erratic behavior and deplorable comments have everyone wondering: What’ wrong with him? Over the years we have watched celebrities breakdown; from Britney smashing an umbrella into a windshield, to Michael Jackson’s multiple surgeries, we have all witnessed the effects that can result from Hollywood stardom.
Charlie Dorf
Arts and Entertainment Editor
During the spring, the film industry often undergoes a kind of semi-hibernation. The Oscars are over, so no one is releasing any major award contenders, but it’s too early for the summer blockbusters of the Transformers and Iron Man ilk. So, as the movie scene is somewhat pallid at the moment, let us look back to this same month, ten years ago, at one of my favorite guilty pleasures of all time
