As a college student, USC alumnus and singer-songwriter Kina Grannis said she used to claim a spot in the stairwells of the New North dorms and Troy East apartments to practice. Now Jimmy Kimmel will be welcoming her to his stage on Jan. 12. This will not be her first appearance on television screens across [...]
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DGA nominations tighten up Oscar race
The Directors Guild of America has announced their nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2011. The list of nominees includes several expected names, including Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist), Alexander Payne (The Descendants) and Martin Scorsese (Hugo), as well as some surprises, such as Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris) and David Fincher (The [...]
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With the New Year finally here, we pause a moment to bid 2011 farewell. From music industry megaliths like Pitchfork and NME to rinky-dink bloggers beaming tomes of their beautiful enthusiasm out of Mom’s basement directly at no one in particular, seemingly everybody has been counting down the cream of last year’s musical crop. Now [...]
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One big emerging trend in video and film is an effect known as “tilt-shift.” Tilt-shift is a style that makes real-life footage seem cartoon-like. In the style, everything moves at hyper speed. People race around like toys at high speed and huge objects can seem miniature. Gigantic cruise ships suddenly race around the frame like [...]
Read the rest of this article »The Sing-Off announces a winner
The show announces the reigning a capella champion and includes a variety of musical performances.
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The Backbeats are headed to the show’s live finale.
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With just a few simple ingredients, students can be snacking on easy-to-make candied nuts.
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Quite a number of films are musicals, or vice versa. But who could imagine a comic book hero strutting the stages of Broadway?
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Technology to blame for Comic-Con ticket fiasco
The second site crash of the month leaves many fans ticketless and angry
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