After ‘Wonder Woman’ flew high, ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ plummets
It renders everything that made Diana an appealing hero in her solo film — her unapologetic femininity, her compassion, her strength — depressingly inert.
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Author Archives: Grace Orriss
Mental Health 2020: Hang in there, Bears!
Finals season at UC Berkeley always seems to engender a campuswide conversation about students’ mental well-being. Even in years much less turbulent than 2020, managing stress and keeping up with self-care can be daunting tasks for members of the campus community. It’s a redundant sentiment at this point, but this
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One True Podcast S01E03: Fifty Shades of Twilight
In episode three, your OT3 asks the important, pressing questions: What is going on with the Twilight fandom? Is “Fifty Shades of Gray” what fan fiction is actually like? How DOES Edward do the sex if he’s basically dead? Tune in to find out.
Vince Vaughn, Kathryn Newton talk swapping roles in ‘Freaky’
The film’s focus on characters inhabiting the wrong bodies allowed Vaughn and Newton to mine their characters’ different genders and ages for laughs.
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‘Freaky’ lends sincerity to slasher genre’s camp
“Freaky” lives and dies by its high-concept gimmick, carried by Vaughn and Newton’s game performances.
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Get Counted: General Elections 2020
Tying together these perspectives is a common theme: a passion for participating in our democracy and making our voices heard.
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One True Podcast S01 E02: A very drarry podcast
In episode two of “One True Podcast,” your OT3 talks all things “Harry Potter,” including dissecting the most popular ships, doing a live reading of “My Immortal” and (we’re sorry to say) explaining the dark corners of Omegaverse fan fiction.
Millie Bobby Brown gets a clue in so-so Sherlock spinoff ‘Enola Holmes’
As Enola, Brown embodies the quintessential young adult hero, full of warmth, wit and a spot-on sense of comedic timing.
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Speechless LIVE blended uneasy realities with genuine comedy in virtual show
The performance, in which a lineup of comedians gave fake PowerPoint presentations featuring audience-generated titles and random slides, was defined by the tension between lighthearted laughs and current realities.
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One True Podcast S01 E01: Wattpod
Welcome to “One True Podcast”! In this first episode, arts and entertainment department co-hosts (and your new OT3) Areyon Jolivette, Grace Orriss and Skylar De Paul talk about their relationships with fan fiction and introduce the format of the podcast
