With all of the buzz surrounding new fiction releases such as Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life and upcoming titles such as Dan Brown’s Inferno, it’s easy to lose track of another important facet of the literary world: nonfiction. Though debates about the values of nonfiction and fiction have yielded no concrete results — it’s nearly [...]

Influence is a curious phenomenon that takes form in so many different ways in music. It’s impossible to say that there is even one song in music history that has had no influence whatsoever. And even if a band was pioneering in its genre style or musical sound, the fact is that people, as individuals, [...]

Sometime during the past week, between recovering from a crazy spring break and catching up on work pushed aside, I looked out my window and saw it. Spring. Though we live in the land of no seasons, the past few months have been filled with rainy days and frigid nights. And though my friends back [...]

When it comes to the subject of supernatural phenomena, producers have moved in quite a few different directions. There are the romantic, sexualized vampires that seem more interested in finding potential mates than sucking blood, which supposedly is their natural instinct. And there are glamorized witches and wizards from series such as Sabrina, the Teenage [...]

The market has finally started to pick up. Oz the Great and Powerful has been on a great run, The Croods opened to a strong $44.7 million last weekend (and should repeat a lot of business with the Easter holiday weekend) and Olympus Has Fallen surprised with a $30.5 million, the best opening for an [...]

With the upcoming premieres of The Host and Game of Thrones, fans of science fiction and fantasy are prepared to see some of literature’s hottest titles portrayed on the screen. Whatever your opinions on Stephenie Meyer or George R. R. Martin, it’s undeniable that the fantasy and science fiction genres have a large market for [...]

It’s time to blow the dust off those books and prepare for post-midterm madness, and this week’s New Noise has just the soundtrack for you. Whether it’s the awaited return of the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club or the awesome simplicity of Colleen Green, the songs featured will help get you off that couch and get [...]

It was the news heard around the world — or rather, the fashion world. According to multiple sources, supermodel and Cat Daddy YouTube dancer extraordinaire Kate Upton would grace the cover of Vogue this upcoming June. What did you say? June? Isn’t that a little ways off? Sure it’s only — gasp! — the end [...]

With spring break quickly approaching, many Trojans will shelve their difficult course material in favor of a trashy beach read. As they dig their toes into the sand and try to forget about the stress of midterm hell, enjoying a mindless bestseller seems like the perfect way to take a break from hardcore literary analysis [...]

Since the beginning of the entertainment industry, there have always been celebrities that just can’t seem to keep themselves out of trouble. Certain artists court controversy as often as they court producers, and some even end up making a career based more on bad press than actual talent. Seemingly living by the ethos of “there’s [...]