As Season 3 of Jujutsu Kaisen neared its conclusion, another hyped animanga was stealing the spotlight. On March 19, 2026, Episode 1 of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run was released. Many fans of JJBA widely consider this part of the show to be overall the most enjoyable in the entire series, and Heaven’s Door had finally opened for them. After the manga concluded this part in April of 2011, many fans were desperately awaiting animation for it, and on March 19t
Directed by James Cameron, Avatar: Fire and Ash was released on December 19, 2025, three years after its predecessor, Avatar: The Way of Water, which was itself a long-awaited sequel to the original Avatar movie released in 2009. Historically, the Avatar movies and James Cameron movies in general have been enormous box-office hits. Titanic, also directed by James Cameron in 1997, was the first movie to gross over 2 billion dollars, and Avatar 1 and 2 hold the titles of the hi
As we know from last edition’s “The Arts in New York: The Empire State of Mind”, there is nothing quite like a Broadway play. Going into “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” I thought it couldn’t get any better. I’m glad to say I couldn’t have been more wrong. Walking into the Lyric Theater was unlike anything I have ever experienced, it truly felt as though I had walked into the wizarding world. The dim lighting, stage set up, and house colored drapes, created an ambient atmo
In the world of animanga, this release has been on everyone’s radar for years. Finally, on January 8th, 2026, the first two episodes of the Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Games Part 1 were released on streaming platforms. The first two episodes were simply the teasers that were shown in the recap movie Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution, which included the first two episodes of the new season. These two episodes included events that are heavily important such as meeting Tengen in the Tom
The year was 2015. Two brothers, coming off fresh from a rejection to direct a new adaptation of Stephen King’s IT, decided to create their own unique and heartfelt series that honored Steven Spielberg’s Amblin-style, coming-of-age adventures. At the time, this cinematic series was titled Montauk. The brothers wanted to recreate that “magic” that existed only within 80’s and 90’s movies. After pitching Montauk to Netflix, the show was bought within 24 hours. Now, 10 years lat
For decades, the Super Bowl halftime show has functioned as the ultimate American ritual. We’ve seen the legacy rock performances of the 2000s, the high energy pop of the 2010s like Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, and the hip-hop performances of the 2020s; think of Snoop Dog, 50 cents, Kendrick Lamar, and much more. But on Sunday night at Levi’s Stadium, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, known to the world as Bad Bunny, didn’t just perform for America; he invited America to Puerto Ri
The Grammy Awards are the music industry's most prestigious honors. Presented annually by The Recording Academy since 1959, it recognizes outstanding achievements in various genres through peer-voted awards, with artists and producers selecting the winners. It is known as “music's biggest night”, celebrating excellence in songwriting, recording, and producing. The 2026 Grammys took place on February 1st in Los Angeles, California. Featuring a total of 95 categories, some of
History is happening,” a lyric from the 2015 hit Broadway Musical, Hamilton, perfectly describes the culture of our current world. History is always happening anywhere and everywhere, and just like the musical says: We just happen to be in the greatest city of the world! Throughout history, New York City is the birthplace and global hub of culture, media, and of course, the arts. Known for the iconic theatres on Broadway street, museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Wicked: For Good advertisement poster Just like Mariah Carey said: It’s TIIIMMMEEE!!! Released on November 21st, 2025, the year-long wait for the second act of beloved musical Wicked just came to an end. From the release of the first film, Wicked: Part 1 , directed by Jon M Chu, starring Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba Thropp and Ariana Grande as Glinda Upland, the film has garnered a large following and audience eagerly waiting for the next act. And what we got from the movie mus
By: Emma Webber One of Studio Ghibli’s lesser-known films, Only Yesterday is an animated slice of life released in 1991 that tells the story of an office worker from Tokyo who’s always dreamed of living in the countryside, seamlessly blending her adult life with snippets of her childhood. Our protagonist, Taeko, is a Tokyo native. Unlike many of her friends, she never had a hometown to visit during the holidays. As a child, she’d always dreamt of having somewhere else to call
i stare at A Guide to Course Registration half-bitten nails dig into the skin above my elbow the living room couch is barely visible under the scattered rainbow highlighters—half-capped half-crumpled sheets of class schedules, course catalogs, syllabi and piles of creased, bullet point sticky notes covered in scattered attempts at planning (the next four years of) my life.
Monster (怪物) is a film directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. Released in 2023, it is a psychological thriller that surrounds the relationships between a boy, his mother, his schoolteacher, and one of his classmates: what happens when things are not always as they seem? The story is explored within each of these people’s multifaceted perspectives, and shows how not understanding the full picture of a situation—coupled with incorrect assumptions—can lead to drastic consequences for eve
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