Erin Chandler Opinions Editor “Always a trophy; never a wife.” That’s how NBC tags the star of its fresh new comedy Whitney. The sitcom follows the lives of Whitney (Whitney Cummings) and her boyfriend Alex (Chris D’Elia) as they face ripples in their relationship and deal with Whitney’s ever-quirky personality. Surrounding them are Lily (Zoe [...]
Emily Bain Visual Arts Editor What drives CBS’s new fall drama Unforgettable is not the plot, but the character interaction and reaction. Carrie Wells (Poppy Montgomery) is a former Syracuse detective who suffers from hyperthymesia, a condition where she is unable to forget anything she has experienced, which is seemingly perfect for her job. As [...]
Jordan Ecarma Editor-in-Chief Pan Am’s 1960s setting immediately labels it a rival for the attention of the Mad Men audience. Calling it a contender against AMC’s hit, however, is giving Pan Am entirely too much credit. The show, a period drama about the pilots and flight attendants of Pan American World Airways at its height, [...]
Meaghan Wilkie Copy Editor Tim Allen hits television again on ABC’s new comedy Last Man Standing. Allen (Mike) is living in a home of all women; his wife and three daughters, along with his grandson. Mike Baxter gets “grounded” to working on a website design for his outdoor sporting goods shop instead of jetting off [...]
Jenna Ecarma Contributing Writer The action-packed Abduction, starring Taylor Lautner (best known as Jacob Black of The Twilight Saga), consists of blowing things up, fighting to the death, running for your life and figuring out who you really are. Newcomer Lily Collins (The Blind Side) stars as Lautner’s love interest. The romance between these two [...]
Jordan Ecarma Editor-in-Chief One Prince Charming used to be enough. That was before Bella agonized between Edward and Jacob in possibly the most divisive love triangle of all time—when it comes to teenage girls. Stephenie Meyer struck a chord with the female young adult demographic with Bella’s impossible choice between a vampire and a werewolf. [...]
Jessie Shumpert Staff Writer After The Great Divorce premiered on the North Greenville University theatre stage, many students became excited and curious about the upcoming plays. This year North Greenville University’s theatre department is really trying to mix up the genres involving its theatre productions. So far it has had drama, The Great Divorce, under [...]
Jordan Ecarma Editor-in-Chief Local singer-songwriters Elizabeth Wood and Emily Marshall will be playing at Grille 33 in downtown Greenville on Sep. 24. Their set begins at 7:30 p.m. and includes both some of the old and the new in acoustic arrangements. A love of music comes naturally to Wood, an NGU alumna with a B.A. [...]
John Kelly Staff Writer “That’s a toilet you’re puttin’ arms on!” is probably the last thing a North Greenville University student would expect to hear yelled in Turner Chapel. Then again, the unexpected seems to be the norm for members of Raising the Random, NGU’s improvisational theatre group. Raising the Random consists of nine performers, [...]
Ryan Atkins Contributing Writer “Blessed be those who have no idols.” These words serve as a sort of thesis statement for the latest album by frontman Mike Hranica and his five bandmates, who are known as The Devil Wears Prada. This sextet from Dayton, Ohio, whose name was inspired by the title of the best-selling [...]
Keara Lacer Staff Writer Captain America Captain America: The First Avenger is set in the year 1942. WWII has started, and all American men are being called to service. After being rejected yet again, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans, Fantastic Four) realizes his lifelong dream of being a solider in the Army is far from reality. [...]
Ryan Atkins Guest Writer Post-hardcore rock band Emery has come a long way since its formation in Rock Hill, S.C., in 2001. After four studio albums, a pair of EPs and quite a few style changes, the group has unleashed its fifth and perhaps strongest album, We Do What We Want. Emery’s latest record comes [...]
Lawrence Fowler Staff Writer Recently released on DVD and BluRay, Disney’s Tangled weaves a brilliant film around the classic story of Rapunzel. The plot of the movie keeps close to the original story while taking liberty in the details. The character Rapunzel (voiced by Mandy Moore) is full of curiosity and a sense of adventure. [...]
Elizabeth Pirkle Staff Writer After a sudden shark attack that left her with only one arm, competitive surfer Bethany Hamilton (Anna Sophia Robb, Bridge to Terabithia) questions how such a terrible event could possibly be God’s plan for her life. She finds the answer through an amazing journey in which she learns the powers of [...]
Jordan Ecarma Opinions Editor Indie rock band Ocean is Theory is set to release its first full-length album this fall. The record is titled Future Fears and was recorded in LA over the summer of 2010. The Atlanta-based group formed in 2007 and is composed of four members: lead vocalist Josh Williams, guitarist Nick Novak, [...]
Jenna Ecarma Guest Writer Beastly is directed by Daniel Barnz and stars Alex Pettier as Kyle and High School Musical’s Vanessa Hudgens as Lindy. This movie is based on the classic fairytale Beauty and the Beast but is a modern retelling. While the movie has the same basic plot, inner beauty is what truly matters, [...]
Jordan Ecarma Opinions Editor Local singer-songwriter act Erin Elizabeth is launching at a special concert at The Channel on March 27. Sisters Erin Bailey and Meagan Elizabeth Brown, both of whom have attended North Greenville University, make up Erin Elizabeth. Bailey graduated in 2009 with a degree in interdisciplinary studies, while Brown is currently a [...]
Elizabeth Pirkle Staff Writer “I promise to pray for you every day, ask for forgiveness, grant you the same and be your friend always.” These are the words penned on the “Grace Card,” a slip of paper written by police officer and pastor Sam Wright’s (Michael Higgenbottom) great-great grandfather to his former slave master. Church-made [...]
Jordan Ecarma Opinions Editor Catherine Hardwicke just can’t seem to get away from werewolves. Granted, her turn in Stephenie Meyer’s vampire/werewolf saga only involved directing first installment Twilight, which gave just a foreshadowing of the wolves featured in the later films. But it could also have served as a glimpse into her latest onscreen offering, Red [...]
Candace Day Staff Writer The animated feature film Rango is about a lonely lizard on the path to self-discovery who finds himself as the hero of a dying western town called Dirt. With sexually suggestive comments, spurts of inappropriate language and references to old Clint Eastwood westerns, the film hardly lives up to its must-see [...]