Signaling a new era for BLACKPINK’s LISA, her latest single ‘Rockstar’ arrived June 28 on streaming platforms along with a visually striking music video to complement her comeback. After a lengthy solo hiatus since 2021, LISA shared a teaser on social media announcing her return to the music realm with the ‘Rockstar’ concept in days leading up to the...
Summer is just beginning, which means there is more time to binge-watch. Instead of spending the day in the sun, cuddle up in the comfort of AC, and rot the day away with one of these summer films.
“Call Me By Your Name” (2017)
Set in 1983, Northern Italy, this coming-of-age romance movie is the perfect summer watch. Director Luca Guadagnino...
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From “Days of Being Wild,” “Chungking Express,” “Ashes of Time” to “Fallen Angels,” Wong Kar-Wai released some of the decade's most definitive work of the nineties — many of which are now among the most revered to date. His disregard for traditional narrative coupled with hyper-stylization established the Hong Kong film director as one of the most original artists...
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From Ravi in “Jessie,” Raj from the “Big Bang Theory” to Baljeet from “Phineas and Ferb,” each serve as stereotypical Indian side characters with the token thick accent who only speak in random facts about their culture. Few characters in past and present media are an accurate representation of South Asians. South Asians, especially those in countries not of...
For this year’s Pride month, revisit “Nimona,” a science fantasy graphic novel by American cartoonist N.D. Stevenson "Indy." A New York Times bestseller and winner of an Eisner Award, a Cybils Award and a Cartoonist Studio Prize, the comic delves into the challenges and inequalities of being different with the spunky and punk main character Nimona. It also became...
Content Warning: this article discusses sexual violence, prostitution, and drugs.
With a sordid trail of sexual assault, prostitution, drug distribution, hidden camera footage, tax evasion and police corruption, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) released a new documentary titled “Burning Sun: Exposing the Secret K-pop Chat Groups” about the 2019 scandal. The documentary revisited the complex case that revealed a dark...
It feels so long ago when the days of “Teen Beach Movie” captured our prepubescent hearts as the characters of Maia Mitchell and Ross Lynch fell into a cheeky love story. If you’re looking to return to those hot summer days with blossoming crushes and sun-tanned memories, Stephen Sanchez, also known as The Troubadour, has released his new single,...
Outside the Met Gala, crowds of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered just mere blocks away, speaking out on the ongoing genocide in Gaza, while attendees of the Met Gala chose to ignore these protesters and continue on in their frivolous displays of wealth. The contrast between the Met Gala and the theme was apparent to many over social media. In the...
On May 25, 2024 at noon, the doors of Highlander Union Building (HUB) 302 opened to the biggest gaming convention on the University of California, Riverside’s (UCR) grounds. Hosted by Highlander Gaming (HLG), the 2024 Spring HighlanderCon featured a plethora of events that Riverside residents are not usually privileged to. In its entirety, HLG pulled out all of the...
Rapper Macklemore, known for songs such as “Thrift Shop” and “Good Old Days,” recently released a new song entitled “HIND’S HALL.” Written and produced by Macklemore, the song opened with a beautiful guitar solo from Lebanese singer Fairuz’s “Ana La Habibi.” The title comes from Columbia pro-Palestine protesters who occupied Columbia’s Hamilton Hall and renamed it “Hind’s Hall” to...