Bryan Vallejo

Bryan Vallejo

Bryan Vallejo, an instrumental member of the Cristian Rivera Foundation. Bryan attended the Borough of Manhattan Community College where he received his Associate’s in multimedia programming. He continued his education at the Institute of Pittsburgh for animation. Bryan has always had a passion for drawing and creating images so that they can come to life.
Food

Should Junk food be regulated like alcohol?

Public health officials now believe that our environment had made it easy for us to access chips, soft drinks, cheeseburgers and any other unhealthy sweets which make it impossible to avoid overeating. Overeating foods like these can lead to diabetes, obesity (which can limit mobility), unhealthy attitudes, heart failure and …

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Health and Wellness

6 different ways exercise makes your brain better

Fitness Training:as we get older, the birth of our brain cells slows and tissue of our brain shrinks. Study shows that people ranging from 60 to 79 that do six month of aerobic fitness training, the brain volume makes a significant increase. Exercising boost brains building hormones:The chemical in the …

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Movies

Total Recall comes with all the action but none of the personality

Showing some wonderful visual displays and awesome action sequences, Total Recall lacks the charm, witty and great moments that made the 1990 movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger such a memorable film. Although this movie does stay a little more faithful to the short story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” …

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Movies

Five years Engagement Is loads of Fun

A funny, reactionary, and mating comedy from the director of Disney’s The Muppets, Nicholas Stoller, and the producer, Judd Apatow. This film draws from traditional, but not yet stale, elements that have made previous films made by these two gents so great. Jason Segal and Emily Blunt are believable and …

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Music

Kimbra – Settle Down

If you love the hit Gotye track, “Somebody That I Used to Know”, you might remember the other artist featured in his quirky music video, Kimbra. Her Australian based roots bring a different dynamic of music to our neck of the woods. Even though she debuted in 2010 with her …

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Music

Reignite – Mass Effect/Shepard Tribute Song by Malukah

Not often we can listen to indie music that can shine brighter than most songs we listen to. But this song may not be as popular as the rest but hopefully that will change because of its sweet melody, great use of the score soundtrack from the video-game Franchise, “Mass …

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Music

Rihanna – Where Have You Been

Finally we see the music video release of Rihanna’s song, “Where have you been”. This is a good start for her this year. Her music has hit its low, but for things are looking up for her. I can’t wait to see what she plans to do for the rest …

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Movies

The Avengers Assembled for a Great Opening Weekend

This movie was incredible in so many ways, from the cast that each manages to give a wonderful performance (even though Robert Downey Jr. stole every scene he was in) throughout this whole film. What made this film work so well is that it had movies leading up to it …

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Latest News

Tupac Ghostly Live Performance

Ladies and Gentlemen, We have seen the return of Tupac, live in Holographic form. In this year’s Coachella Festival, Dr. Dre showcased the big finale of the festival by having a live performance done by a 3D image of the legendary west coast rapper, Tupac. Seeing him like this was …

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Movies

American Reunion Reminds The Fans Why They Loved It

The gang reunited in this fourth installment in the American pie movie franchise (Not including the straight to DVD films) with all the laughs that this franchise had given us over the years. Going into this film, I wanted to have that same feeling that I used to receive from …

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Fashion

Taylor Swift Wonderful Look at "The Lorax" premiere

Dr. Seuss’s 3D film, “The Lorax” hot the red carpet premiere a few days ago and the cast dressed to impress. Taylor Swift’s look was elegant and yet simple vintage-style with a cream colored honor dress and nude heels. This is what I like to call, keeping it simple and …

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Fashion

Nicki Minaj "Offensive" new look

During the the Grammys, Nicki Minaj decided to appear in a red, drapey, Versace-designed nun like dress and she was with a man dressed up like the pope. Now looking at her dress, all I could think is, “What is she trying to do here”, Why would she decide to …

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