British teen sensation hits the US
May 16, 2013 • julia kuhn, bear facts features writer
Filed under Entertainment
Jake Bugg’s self-titled debut album topped the U.K. pop charts late last year, and is now hitting American markets. Bugg is a nineteen year old British singer songwriter whose music is reminiscent of older musicians like The Beatles or Bob Dylan because of his folksy acoustic... Read more »
The Perry siblings Pioneer their way back to the top of the charts
April 26, 2013 • Lexi Fye, Viewpoint Writer
Filed under Entertainment
The Band Perry, mainly known for its 2010 hit “If I Die Young,” which rose to number one on the country music chart, is now back with a bang. Their latest album, Pioneer, released on April 2, has everything many country-lovers want in an album: a catchy... Read more »
New technology brings visions of the future to life
April 16, 2013 • kat pauli, bear facts viewpoint editor
Filed under Entertainment
The technology in movies like Surrogates, Gattaca, or Iron Man is a thing of the future. Or is it? New breakthroughs in technology take society one step to closer to innovations that seemed unreachable only a few years ago, including self-healing robots, computer data stored in DNA,... Read more »
Gatsby cuts the pages, moves on to the big screen
April 16, 2013 • sara pardej, bear facts entertainment editor
Filed under Entertainment
Nick Carraway said, “I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby’s house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited.” Fortunately, an invitation is not required to go party with Gatsby this May. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel about... Read more »
StarGazer makes the sky the limit
April 16, 2013 • nicole syverson, bear facts entertainment writer
Filed under Entertainment, Top Stories
An LZ band, StarGazer, first met in 2000. Thirteen years later, they are band and have won LZHS’s and St. Matthews Battle of the Bands as well as opened up for the LZHS’s talent show. StarGazer describes themselves on their Facebook page as “Some dudes from... Read more »
Thompson Square, where Country music is found
April 4, 2013 • nicole syverson, bear facts entertainment writer
Filed under Entertainment
Although Thompson Square sounds like a street name, in reality it is a wife and husband duo, Keifer and Shawna Thompson, with country hits such as “Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not.” This hit spent five consecutive weeks on at #1 Country Digital Soundscan and earned two Grammy nominations. Now the... Read more »
Ben Howard relieves stress with refreshing sound
March 15, 2013 • Adam Griffith, Sports Editor
Filed under Entertainment
The weeks leading up to spring break can be some of the most stressful of the year. With long nights of homework lined up for days on end, many students often turn to music while they work on their studies. The English folk-indie singer Ben Howard produces prime music for a late... Read more »
Justin Timberlake releases new album, The 20/20 Experience
March 14, 2013 • Emily Hack, Viewpoint Writer
Filed under Entertainment
Justin Timberlake may be back, but he is not bringing sexy back in his new album, The 20/20 Experience. The album, available on iTunes March 19, is Timberlake’s first album in seven years. He has gone down a new path as a solo artist, but his music is not helping him stand out. ... Read more »
MTV’s Catfish reels in attention
March 12, 2013 • sara pardej, bear facts entertainment editor
Filed under Entertainment
MTV has a reputation of airing inappropriate and over-dramatic TV shows, such as Jersey Shore. The hit new show Catfish: The TV Show, however, is nothing like the predictable, cheesy, and explicit shows on MTV. Catfish: The TV Show is a show about Yaniv Schulman, Max Joseph, and... Read more »
Lumineers bring fresh new vibe to music
March 12, 2013 • adam griffith, bear facts sports editor
Filed under Entertainment
While you can scarcely find anyone who has not heard The Lumineers’ hit track “Ho Hey,” the impact their style has had on the mainstream is often overlooked. As the music world averted its attention to the Grammys last month, the best music that 2012 had to offer was brought... Read more »
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