A hipster Frankenstein, a hairball, and the line: “Baby, it’s not just Duran Duran that’s hungry like the wolf”—these were the staples of this year’s OCSA Scarefest. Scarefest 48-Hour Playfest, the brainchild of Creative Writing’s director Abbe Levine, is formatted...
Meet the girl who plays Smackle on Disney Channel’s Girl Meets World. Ceci Balagot is a 9th grader at the Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) in the Musical Theatre Conservatory. When she got the call that she was to guest star as the quirky, intelligent,...
As a teenager, it is hard to tell adults that they are in the wrong. But if you know your rights, you can stand up for yourself and the people around you. This skill will take you far in life—support any argument with solid evidence and adults will stare at...
You’d be hard pressed to find a person who could say with a straight face that they didn’t like a single aspect of "The Martian", from comedy to drama to space-adventure. Based on a novel by Andy Weir (in which the movie keeps true to quite beautifully), director...
Hotel Transylvania 2 As far as sequels go, Hotel Transylvania 2 makes the cut. Unlike Minions, which was incredibly dumbed down with not even an intelligent morsel for older viewers, the film still maintains its spooky magic with a couple of clever lines here and...
Directed by Ridley Scott, The Martian is based on a best-selling novel by Andy Weir. Check out this Q& A with Matt Damon, Ridley Scott, Andy Weir, NASA's Dr. Jim Green & Astronaut Drew...
On last season’s Dancing With the Stars, fan favorite pairing composed of dancer Allison Holker with singer Riker Lynch from R5 won runner-up. Holker returns to DWTS Season 21 for her third time on the show, and this time she’s set on taking home the grand prize....
A purple carpet. Bright lights. Camera flashes. Attention fit for an A-list celebrity. And in the middle of it all? Yours truly. For the first time in my journalistic career of five years, I was treated as a star. Every year, PR companies partner up with up-and-coming...
At Far East Joint, you can order crispy fries drizzled with spicy aioli sauce and pieces of Korean beef. You can have tender chicken wings that come in six flavors. The best part? For every meal you purchase, Far East Joint provides a meal for a child in need. The...
In the last two years alone, Hollywood has produced three major sci-fi space movies—and two of them star Matt Damon. The Martian, though, stands out from its predecessors in two ways: protagonist Mark Watney’s unique gallows humor, and the scientific accuracy of a...
