American Actress Marrying British Royal
Sinaia Keith Lang, Staff Reporter
May 18, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
Well the day is almost here, folks! The wedding of the year: Prince Harry of the British royal family is marrying American actress Meghan Markle. On May 19, 2018, the couple will wed at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle. The ceremony inside the chapel will be attended by about 800 guest...
Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda
Alexandria Ang, Staff Reporter
May 10, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
When ‘Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda’ by Becky Albertalli was first released in 2015, it was well-received by readers all over the world. With an extensive list of awards backing the book’s reputation - such as the National Book Award Winner (2015), William C. Morris YA Debut Award (2016) -...
Meet Your 2-D Doppelganger
Angie Yang, Staff Reporter
May 10, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
Picture this. You are wandering the seemingly endless galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, when you come upon a painting of a person who is the spitting image of yourself. The preposterous illustration shares your facial features, even your ‘vibe.’ As rare as finding your doppelganger hanging...
Facebook’s Facelift
Radiah Khandokar, Staff Reporter
May 10, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
The new year came with huge changes to one of the most widely used social media platforms in the world: Facebook. With Facebook under fire in Russia inquiry and the company being concerned for their users’ general well-being, the outlet has introduced changes that would alter news feeds. Over two bill...
Bronxite Cardi B Takes the Music Industry by Storm
Tasmia Kabir, Staff Reporter
May 10, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
Taking the world by storm, Cardi B is a breakout female rapper from the Bronx. In September 2017, she became the first female rapper to land the Number One spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for a solo performance since 1998. In that year, Lauryn Hill first landed the Number One spot in 1998 with he...
Art Crawl with Anna
Anna Clevenger, Staff Reporter
May 10, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
Every year, as the weather becomes warmer, the city becomes crowded with tourists. Museums, especially those with free admission, are crammed with out of state visitors, seemingly making it impossible for New York City students to explore art. However, there are many art exhibits outside of museums,...
Video Game Recap
Shé Edwards, Staff Reporter
May 9, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
All across the school there are many unique students with unique interests, but also many pastimes that we share. One of these hobbies is gaming, both a relaxing and interesting activity that students enjoy when taking a break from schoolwork. Recent developments in the gaming community have le...
Voice Assistants and Other New Tech at the Consumer Electronics Show 2018
Jonathan Rodriguez, Staff Reporter
May 9, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
A talking robotic dog, an Ultra-HD VR headset with full room tracking capabilities, and a TV that functions as part of your wall were some of the exciting futuristic gadgets revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show 2018 at Las Vegas in January. Every year, tech companies participate in this annual show...
The 90th Academy Awards: An Analysis of the Results
Margaret Wong, Staff Reporter
May 9, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
On March 4, 2018 the 90th Oscars Award Ceremony took place. This award ceremony closely resembled that of 2017; in the Dolby Theater, once more, with Jimmy Kimmel as the host. EXPECTATIONS The Oscars, also known as the Academy Awards, is an award ceremony for the top names in the entertainment b...
Grammys Backlash
Eileen Tan, Staff Reporter
May 9, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
The 60th Annual Grammy Awards, which took place on January 28, 2018, was unlike any other. Following the recent Golden Globes’ red carpet 'blackout,' in which most of the women wore black in support of the Time’s Up movement in order to bring attention to sexual harassment in the entertainment industry, ...
‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Makes History
Rena Masoutis, Staff Reporter
May 8, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
The release of the movie adaptation to Madeleine L'Engle’s science fantasy novel 'A Wrinkle in Time' has been a long awaited one. After the first movie adaptation in 2003 did not receive the approval of L’Engle, no one thought anyone would attempt to create another. As a small child growing up ...
The House of Tomorrow, Independent Filmmaking, and the Struggle to Reach Young Audiences
Jemma Lasswell, Staff Reporter
May 8, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
Any objective third party would probably expect 'The House of Tomorrow,' a new indie film written and directed by Peter Livolsi, to appeal to a teenage audience. The charming coming-of-age story stars Asa Butterfield as sixteen-year-old Sebastian, who rebels against his sheltered life in a futuristic...
New Season of Riverdale
Ivan Lacroix, Staff Reporter
May 8, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
'Riverdale' is an American television series based on the characters of Archie Comics, centered around the mysterious murder of Jason Blossom. The first season came out in January of 2017, with the new second season of 'Riverdale' coming out in December of 2017, but did it meet up with the hype and ex...
YouTube’s Rocky Start
Jason Cheung, Staff Reporter
May 7, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
YouTube is a free video-sharing website containing cat videos, three hour long documentaries, and everything in between. It has always been run by complex algorithms that no one but the company itself fully understands. It has been thought that the algorithm is designed to recommend videos that p...
My Shining American Star: A Review of the New World for Tonya Harding
George Crooks, Staff Reporter
May 2, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
There never was a tale so deserving of the moniker “modern myth” as the story of Tonya Harding. A tragedy in three acts, Tonya Harding was born in 1970, in Portland, Oregon, to an unstable, violent household. Her respite from domestic turbulence was figure skating, a love that would lead her to Olympic...
The Comic Film Craze of the 21st Century
Gearod Murphy, Staff Reporter
May 2, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
‘Avengers: Infinity War’ is the nineteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film series, and comes out on the tenth anniversary of the first film in the series, Iron Man. Since 2008, and more so since the dawn of the 21st century, the superhero genre has dominated the box office, television...
The Game That is Taking Over
Chloe Frajmund, Staff Reporter
May 2, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
“Hello HQ-ties!” beams the habitual cheery voice. A little behind schedule as usual, it’s Scott Rogowksy, also known as ‘Quiz Daddy’ or ‘Trap Trebek’ by fans, the beloved host of the daily HQ Triva show. HQ is a new live trivia game show app which airs at 3 p.m. Eastern Time on weekdays,...
Advanced Super Bowl Ads
Katherine Doss, Staff Reporter
May 1, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
Over 114 million people watched Super Bowl LII on Sunday, February 4, 2018. Fans of the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles were ecstatic as they watched their favorite teams play for the championship. Others waited for the halftime show in which pop singer Justin Timberlake performed. For...
Fire & Flop: Exacerbated Attempt Falls Short
Oliver Chin, Staff Reporter
May 1, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
Soap operas are fun to watch because of how outlandish and dramatic the events turn out. A book about a presidential campaign that was painted with the narrative of being ill-advised, unprepared and a fluke in almost every way will most certainly sell millions of copies. But if its purpose was to objec...
Review: Yayoi Kusama at the David Zwirner Gallery
Jeanette Lee and Bridget Kulcsar
March 4, 2018
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
When walking down West 19th street in Chelsea, a long line can be seen from a block away, snaking around the corner and disappearing from view. Two 15-foot-tall white doors open in the building time to time, letting out blasts of warm air into the frigid winter night. The reason for all the...
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Staff Reporter
Maggie Wong is a sidebar and captions editor for ‘The Observatory’ and a Staff Reporter for ‘The Science Survey.’ Journalism first became an interest for her at the age of ten when she started...