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Jung Kim / DFP Staff

OP-ED: Will Smith’s striking performance

Kendall O’Brien April 7, 2022
The truth is, this incident is now a part of not only Oscar history, but cultural history.
Jung Kim / DFP Staff

Critical Eye: Slapped with skepticism

Sarah Goodman April 6, 2022
With neither side winning or losing, the war for information is as lost as its cause. What survives the bloodshed is an attitude of skepticism.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

‘King Richard’ review

Frances Beedon April 3, 2022
‘King Richard’ itself deserves every good accolade and award it receives.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Should ‘The Slap’ spell the end of our celebrity addiction?

Editors April 1, 2022
When we, as a society, decide to celebrate and revere a group of individuals based solely on the fact that they’re good on television or in movies, we inevitably run into situations where their god-like statuses are exposed as false.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Spotlight on Society: The ableism pandemic

Emma Shapiro February 25, 2021
In movies with characters who have a disability, the role should always be first considered for people who have the same disability, have lived these experiences and are able to accurately portray them. We need to approach this situation with solutions, so people no longer have to suffer misrepresentation or lack of representation when watching a character they wanted to relate to.
Eastbound and Down: Take celebrities out of the dunk contest judges’ panel

Eastbound and Down: Take celebrities out of the dunk contest judges’ panel

Aaron Halford February 22, 2018
But as the dunk contest has evolved throughout the years, so has the integration of pop culture within the event. And this past year’s dunk contest evidenced that the merge must cease.
Draymond Green is critical piece of the Golden State Warriors puzzle. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA

Sports Comedy Corner: Academy Awards for Sports 

Zach Halperin March 4, 2016

The Academy Awards are an entertainment spectacle. With the biggest celebrities in film, a host bashing said celebrities and live tweets from people who have never seen a film, the show’s always...

“Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead,” is a documentary about the renowned magazine National Lampoon. PHOTO COURTESY MAGNOLIA PICTURES

INTERVIEW: Director Douglas Tirola on where National Lampoon went right

Joe Incollingo October 15, 2015

Say what you want about National Lampoon. At least it was honest with itself. Spun off from the Harvard Lampoon in 1969 by editors Doug Kenney, Henry Beard and Robert Hoffman, the now-defunct humor...

Marlon Wayans on frighteningly funny ‘A Haunted House 2’

Daily Free Press Admin April 16, 2014

“I think a lot of funny people are really tormented souls. I’m not. I’m just crazy,” admitted Marlon Wayans in a loud, boisterous voice at a roundtable discussion at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on...

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