Bana Habash

Bana Habash

Bio: Bana Habash is a Florida state student majoring in Digital Media Production and International Affairs, while minoring in film studies. She is a beauty assistant for clutch magazine and a staff writer for HerCampus. She loves reading, singing, writing, and filmmaking. If she could spend a day with one celebrity, it would be Hayley Williams from Paramore.
Movies

Will the Mamma Mia Movies Become a Trilogy

If you are a Mamma Mia and ABBA fanatic like I am, I’m sure you are equally as excited for a potential third installment of the greek-y, musical-y, ABBA-y, feel good-y films. Rumors sparked when Judy Cramer, a producer of both the original stage production and the films, sat for …

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Latest News

Ghislaine Maxwell Arrested

Ghislaine Maxwell was Jeffrey Epstein’s short term girlfriend but long time associate and had been under investigation for aiding him with the recruitment of minors. She has been explicitly named in multiple women’s lawsuits that have been abused by Epstein.  Before August 2019, Epstein was charged with multiple charges considering …

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Music

Harry Styles Reschedules US Leg of Love on Tour

In light of the coronavirus pandemic, Harry Styles took to Twitter and Instagram to announce that he has postponed all of the North American leg of the tour to 2021. While Love on Tour was supposed to start off in Europe in April 2020, that was quickly rescheduled due to …

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Movies

What's Going to Happen to the In The Heights movie?

The highly anticipated film adaptation of the infamous Tony Award winning broadway musical written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes In The Heights was originally meant to premier in theatres on June 26th, 2020.  However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the premier needed to be delayed; the film is …

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Health and Wellness

5 Tips to Keep you Healthy During Quarantine

Living through a global pandemic was definitely not on any of our 2020 agendas. I’m sure almost everybody feels as if they were robbed of their time, freedom, and wellness during this period of turbulence, but it’s important to keep in mind that just because we were robbed of our …

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Politics

Oluwatoyin Salau’s Case Finally Solved: Murderer Confesses

Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau was a 19 year old social justice warrior and Black Lives Matter protester in Tallahassee, FL, who was killed after detailing her sexual assault story on twitter.  While the case seemed like it was going cold, Aaron Glee Jr. reportedly confessed to both the police and his …

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Theater

Hamilton Goes Disney Plus

I have a full transparency policy with my readers, which means that I owe it to you all to let you know that I am currently listening to the entire Hamilton soundtrack as I am writing this. It’s just so amazing! It’s easy to imagine my reaction when I found …

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TV

Shows That You Must Binge Watch

Let’s face it — we’ve all been grounded for the past three months. With that being said, quarantining has caused people to take to all streaming platforms in an attempt to fill the time, since we all have nothing better to do than work remotely and binge watch all kinds …

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Food

Pantry-and-Fridge Vegetarian Pasta Recipe

Living alone, I’ve had to adapt to cook for myself and cook everyday or else, I quite literally won’t eat! So, this recipe is a really simple pantry-fridge pasta recipe that I whip up whenever I don’t feel like delving into a culinary journey and it’s based off of ingredients …

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Fashion

How to Address your Wardrobe While in Quarantine

Being quarantined has made my motivation exponentially drop, making it hard to focus on things that I used to enjoy and to actually get dressed every morning. But, it’s important to keep ourselves in check and keep our minds healthy. While that entails eating well, working out, and staying hydrated, …

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Beauty

The Ordinary Skin Care Line — Fab or Fad?

I think it’s safe to say that I, as much as the next person over, have tried a plethora of skin care items ~yes I said plethora because it’s just that MUCH!~ to try to achieve the perfect skin care routine to fit my skin.  Growing up, I suffered from …

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Movies

Must-watch Movies Released in 2019

Being quarantined due to a global pandemic has caused many of us to become movie and TV show fanatics because we now have all the free time we’ve been asking for to catch up with our watchlist. I’ve compiled a short list of 5 films that were released throughout 2019 …

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