While there are national youth orchestras in many parts of the world, one of its kinds has never existed in North America – until now. Carnegie Hall, once again proving its significance to the classical musical community, is establishing The National Youth Orchestra of the United States. The first session, however, will not take place [...]
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Golden Globes do not foreshadow Oscars
Though many people typically perceive the upcoming Golden Globe Awards to foreshadow the results of the Oscars, recent trends indicate that the Golden Globes maintain more of an influential affect on the Oscars rather than a foretelling one. When the Globe announcements are complete, there are still several weeks remaining before the Oscar polls close, [...]
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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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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 »Gaga shines, Rihanna falters at Grammy nominations
Correction: A previous version of this article said “You and I” is a hit song by Sugarland. The song is from Lady Gaga’s album Born this Way. To celebrate the end of the semester, my friends and I treated ourselves to attending the 2012 Grammy Nominations Concert at Nokia Theatre. The purpose of the [...]
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt has become a leader of collaboration with his production company hitRECord, which is set to release its new book, The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1, on Dec. 6. hitRECord, established in 2005, has continued to grow as a collaborative community where writers, musicians, filmmakers, video editors, animators, photographers and illustrators create things [...]
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Abel Tesfaye’s musical experiment The Weeknd is due for another mix tape any time now. And while the world waits for the follow-up to the critically acclaimed and sonically brilliant Thursday, Tesfaye has indulged his fans with something that will definitely hold them over until the mix tape’s release date. As musically striking as his [...]
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