2008 Woodie Awards
Vote Absentee
In the age-old tradition of weekly "What's Going On's," your Arts & Entertainment editor leaves you with a list of New York City's summer happenings. Whether you are staying in New York for summer classes or you simply cannot get enough urban life, these events are sure to make their way onto your summer calendar.
Eight spotlights. Six microphones. Three amplifiers. Thirteen boys. Two sometimes hilarious but mostly tremendously awkward Macbook home movies. One voice. The Ramblers, Fordham's all-male a cappella group, serenaded a four-fifths full Collins Auditorium on Friday night.
By WILLIAM MOCCIA EDITOR-IN-CHIEF "Anyone who knows me is probably amazed to see that I'm not writing my first-ever 'Editor's Pick' about 'The West Wing' or Star Wars, but I figured I might as well try something different." That's how this article started last year.
It is hard to avoid comparing pop artist Kate Nash to Lily Allen. They have similar singing styles that highlights their British accents, less than lady-like attitudes, funky clothing styles and commanding bangs, and it was Allen who helped bring Nash to international recognition when she cited Nash on her Myspace page.
The summer of 2007 was the season of sequels and established icons with movies such as Spider-Man 3, The Simpsons, Transformers and Live Free or Die Hard drawing from already-successful franchises. This summer looks fairly similar with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull starring Harrison Ford and the big-budget wonderkid Shia LaBeouf (Transformers).
Here we are, literally weeks from the warmth of summery freedom, trapped in an exam-ridden haze and most likely praying for deliverance from the work we've already done and the mountain of it that we have left to do. Whether or not we already have plans for the three, school-free months that follow this chapter of our lives, however, the fact remains that we all have to spend them doing something, whether it's a constructive enterprise or not.