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Emma Clement | Senior Graphic Artist

REVIEW: Goodness knows I’m holding space for ‘Wicked’

Eli Pekelny December 4, 2024
My expectations for the film were high, as were my standards. While excited, I was unsure what to expect. The verdict is in: I absolutely love the movie “Wicked.”
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

‘Quiet on Set’ spoils childhood nostalgia with Nickelodeon’s disturbing history | Editorial

Editors March 29, 2024
It’s disappointing that our childhood nostalgia is muddled, but we hope this continues to be a larger conversation and that inappropriate behavior towards women and children on set continues to be exposed.
Jacklyn Tsung / DFP Staff

Sing About Me: Watching The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is a valid grounding technique

Aidan Mega April 19, 2022
Every time I see “Directed and Produced by [the late and great] Stephen Hillenburg,” with washed strings accompanying Gene Ween’s psychedelic vocals as a slideshow of my favorite childhood characters takes its course, the dam just breaks — and the tears flow more and more as the ensuing existential crisis grows more potent
Liz Feldman, a Boston University alumna and the executive producer of Netflix’s two-season television series “Dead to Me,” spoke virtually to BU students on Monday about diversity and creativity in the television industry. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Executive producer of ‘Dead to Me’ shares personal story behind television success

Kyla Denisevich December 10, 2020
The Netflix television series “Dead to Me" recently received approval to film a third season. Liz Feldman, creator and executive producer of the series, spoke to BU students via Zoom.
President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event for Hillary Clinton in Durhan, New Hampshire on Monday. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Afternoon before Election Day, Obama tells New Hampshire voters “the world is watching”

J.D. Capelouto November 8, 2016

[mediagrid cat="34596"] DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE – One final plea. A last-ditch effort. President Barack Obama spoke to a crowd of approximately 7,000 people at the University of New Hampshire Monday...

College of Communication professor Patrice Oppliger speaks about the effects of aggressive female characters in television shows in her talk “Mean Girls, Stealth Girls, Sidekicks, and Targets: A Thematic Analysis of Female Characters in Tweencoms,” held in COM Wednesday afternoon.
PHOTO BY LEXI PLINE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

“Tweencoms” reinforce queen bee, wannabe sterotypes

Samantha J. Gross March 17, 2016

Remember when Harper from “Wizards of Waverly Place” was a total doormat to her manipulative “BFF” Alex? Let’s not forget that one episode of “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody” when rich...

FREEBAIRN: Mom Jeans and Embracing the Weird

FREEBAIRN: Mom Jeans and Embracing the Weird

Mandy Freebairn February 11, 2015

I never thought I’d live to see the day that mom jeans came back into style. I remember cringing at the alarmingly high denim waistlines that my friends’ mothers sported at every play date. I was 4...

Mr. Krabs, Patrick Star, Sandy Cheeks, Squidward Tentacles and SpongeBob SquarePants in "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water," released Friday. PHOTO COURTESY OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES

REVIEW: Otherwise charming “SpongeBob Movie” drowned by live-action

Conner Reed February 6, 2015

There’s a good chance that you know exactly how much you’ll like “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water” right now, before you even set foot in the theater. If you aren’t calibrated to...

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