Day: June 12, 2025

Netflix’s New East Coast Studio Could Bring Problems

The opening of Netflix’s New Jersey production studio represents the ongoing shift within the American entertainment industry. The ever-rising prices and strife within Hollywood have prompted studios to expand their operations nationwide and even internationally. These new studios hope to bring in new talent that would have otherwise had these opportunities if media companies had […]

The Art of Yume Nikki and Many Like It

“Yume Nikki,” is a Japanese indie title, created by the video game developer, Kikiyama and released on June 26, 2004. The game receives praise for its surrealist nature, with many popular games such as “Undertale” and “Doki Doki Literature Club” having drawn inspiration from it. The main protagonist of the game is a girl named […]

Libraries Need a Comeback in the Age of Bookstores

When’s the last time you took a trip down to your local library? Today’s readers are usually getting their books by walking into a bookstore or utilizing Amazon’s click to buy feature. With costs rising and environmental concerns ever-present, it may be time to dust off your library cards and remember why borrowing is always […]

Harvey Weinstein Found Guilty in Retrial

New York state Judge Curtis Farber declared a mistrial on Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct charges, as he was accused of assaulting former actress Miriam Haley in 2006, along with several other charges and went into retrial recently.  In the retrial on Wednesday, jurors reached a conclusion, stating that Weinstein was found guilty of the charge […]

Has Gov. Newsom Changed His Mind on Running for President?

Gavin Newsom, the current governor of California, appears to have changed his stance on whether he will run for president.  Previously, Newsom had repeatedly stated he was not interested in the position. In 2022 he told the San Francisco Chronicle that he has “sub-zero interest” in a presidential bid and later confirmed to Politico that […]

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