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Embrace fall: Top entertainment this season

Annabelle Cheung, Assistant Arts and Entertainment Editor
November 5, 2024

With autumn just around the corner, here are some of the best movies and TV shows that capture the essence of the season. Whether you’re looking for heartwarming stories, Halloween fun or an autumnal...

Illustration by Annabelle Cheung

Uglies: A dystopian beauty tail

Zara Groves, Layout Assistant and Staff Writer
November 5, 2024

The young adult dystopian craze, once a cultural phenomenon, seems to have lost its luster. With “Uglies” (2024), the latest attempt at resuscitating the genre, the trope feels more like a botched...

Illustration by Anika Norton

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice: A spooky return

Analeigh Nava, Assistant Arts and Entertainment Editor
November 5, 2024

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” the sequel to the 1988 classic “Beetlejuice,” released Sept. 6. It continues themes from the original movie, but adds greater emotional depth to the supernatural world....

Jessica Thompson '23 poses with DJ Khalil.

Junior Fellowship: Jessica Thompson

Connor Tang
September 1, 2022

Jessica Thompson ’23 visited New York to learn about the Black community’s impact on the music industry. Thompson interviewed Atlantic Records Vice President Riggs Morales, hip-hop star DJ Khaled and...

Point Counterpoint: network vs. streaming

Point Counterpoint: network vs. streaming

Daphne Davies and James Hess
August 26, 2022

Connected by cable By Daphne Davies When I picture my mother’s childhood, one of the first images that comes to mind is her settling into the roller-arm sofa in her East London living room like clockwork...

Members of the Harvard-Westlake Student Alumni Association (HWSAA) listen to Ray Kim, Alyse Gellis and Sam deCastro Abeger speak about their experiences in the entertainment industry.

Alumni in entertainment share stories about their careers at HWSAA panel

Fallon Dern and Leo Saperstein
April 20, 2021

The Harvard Westlake Student Alumni Association (HWSAA) hosted an event for students to learn about the entertainment industry through a panel of alumni April 16. HWSAA leaders Mia Shelton '21 and Chelsea...

Stream Wars

Sydney Fener
December 11, 2020

The Company That Changed the Game When Netflix was originally founded, it struggled to the point where the company was almost forced to sell to the doomed Blockbuster. Now, just two decades later,...

Industry Insiders

Industry Insiders

Keira Jameson
August 26, 2020

Producer and songwriter Gabe Yaron '22 sat down at his piano to play and sing to his pop song “No Obligation.”  Throughout quarantine, he has been constantly making new music and collaborating with...

Ode to the throne

Casey Kim
May 1, 2019

Beware. Spoilers ahead.Season 3. Episode 9. Lively music and welcoming toasts fill the atmosphere of Lord Walder Frey’s great dining hall as members of the Northern army, led by House Stark, enjoy a...

Illustration by Samantha Ko

ASMR You Satisfied?

Sarah Reiff
October 4, 2018

The crunch of an apple. The tapping of a pencil. The whisper that “everything will be okay.” While these sounds are seemingly random, they have one thing in common: they are all a part of one of the...

Organization holds entertainment summit

Jenny Li
November 29, 2016

Students attended the second annual Women in Entertainment Summit at the Hollywood Cinerama Dome on Nov. 10. The summit centered around panels led by prominent women in the media and entertainment industries. The...

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