Entertainment

Pearls of Wisdom: 4/19/13

By Zoë Pearl Steckler

When the bell rings at 11:38 (12:23 on a Monday), an important decision arises: where to feast for lunch. As students at Berkeley High School, we have the privilege of dining off campus every day. However, with so many decisions and so little time, the task can sometimes be overwhelming. We occasionally find ourselves relying on a few picks close to school, which eventually lessens the appeal (like if you were to have your birthday every day). I believe that the ideal restaurant is: a) cheap, b) close to school, c) relatively fast, and d) tasty!

Flix Fix: 4/19/13

By Emeric Laverne

Jim Carrey is one of my favorite actors. Gregarious, 51 years old and Canadian, he’s quite the character. Incredibly talented on the screen, he can just about take on any personality and make it convincing, although he is most known for his outgoing and fully comedic roles. His acting is always lively and intense, humorous or otherwise. His voice is compulsive, his movements engaging, and his facial expressions deeply amusing. Carrey stars in two of my all time favorite movies: The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Game of Thrones Set to Impress Once Again

By Jesse Barber

Millions of fans across the world wait at their televisions for the new season of the fantasy–thriller Game of Thrones. On March 31, the season premiere of the invigorating series that is Game of Thrones aired, kicking off what will certainly be an epic season.

Photoshop Sets Up Unrealistic Expectations

By Maura Lynch

Should we allow advertisements to dictate the meaning of beauty? What is it about magazines that influences our self–perception and self–esteem? Both of these questions are extremely relevant in today’s world, where things are definitely not always what they seem.

Artist Spotlight: Oscar Peña

By Giulia Chiappetta

For Academic Choice senior Oscar Peña, art is something that he likes to express in a way that is physical, in a form that makes it more a part of its surroundings than simply the single central object. His current favorite form of artistic expression is through installation art and sculpture, which he describes as “three dimensional works that relate to the environment in which they are placed.” This art is no simple picture on a wall: it is something you can walk through, and something you can feel you are a part of.

Watsky’s New Release Promotes Perseverance

By Jack Pertschuk

Hailing from San Francisco, rapper George Watsky has garnered national attention with his latest album Cardboard Castle. Artists such as Eminem and the Beastie Boys opened up the hip–hop art form, a genre birthed from the civil rights movement and empowerment of African–Americans, to the wider population. Watsky has additionally broken out of the box that street hip hop often puts men into, throwing away the drugs, the hardness, and the tats.

BIHS Art Show Displays Impressive Student Talent and Commitment

By Ava Moshenin

From butterflies to beer cans, fingerprints to flower swings, this year’s International Baccalaureate (IB) Art Show displayed the results of many long hours of work: intricate and stunning drawings, sculptures, paintings, and other works. The class sets the stage for the artists to delve into the deep waters of a topic of their choice.

Flix Fix: 3/8/13

By Emeric Laverne

Anyone who watched the Oscars this year is probably well aware of the fact that the award for best director went to Ang Lee for his directing of Life of Pi. Lee is an acclaimed director who, before his success with Life of Pi, was well known for Sense and Sensibility, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and one of my favorite films, Brokeback Mountain.

An Ode to Vagina Monologues: A Reflection

By Ivy Oleson

One fall evening, well past dusk, I stood outside by the campus green and moaned. Dafna Bearson and Morgan Rose, the directors of the 2013 production of The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler, sat in the darkness and watched me. I was the last person auditioning on the last day, and we had already been kicked out of the C–Building. The street lamp in front of me illuminated the ground with a yellow pool of light, and a few other teenagers mulled around campus. I was loud. The directors gave no parameters and so I kept going.

Identity Thief Struggles to Stick to One Genre

By Giulia Chiappetta

The film Identity Thief, released February 8 and directed by Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses), is quite a disappointment. This came as quite a surprise to me because the film’s stars, Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy, are two equally hilarious veterans of comedy television and film. Bateman is a very gifted actor, widely known for his role in Arrested Development. McCarthy, best known for her role in Bridesmaids, for which she was nominated for an Oscar, is a notably funny woman whose characters commonly get themselves into trouble.

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