By the time Justin Bieber took the stage Saturday night at the first weekend of Coachella, the festival was already running on Bieber energy. His set delivered exactly what the music festival thrives on: nostalgia, spectacle and a crowd fully aware they were watching a cultural reset in real time. Beyond Justin Bieber’s music career, …
After the runaway success of “Heated Rivalry,” Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams’ lives will never be the same. “Heated Rivalry” is a six-episode adaptation of Rachel Reid’s eponymous novel, released in 2019. The saga follows the secret relationship between professional hockey players Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander, whose on-ice rivalry grows into romance. The show …
When I was 17, “Euphoria” was my most trusted authority on coming-of-age — for better and for worse. With my first paycheck, I bought the same plum I.AM.GIA cutout set that Maddy Perez (Alexa Demie) wore in the carnival episode, followed by a blue bodycon number Cassie Howard (Sydney Sweeney) donned at the infamous New …
Today’s Coachella is a bona fide “influencer Olympics,” where TikTokers, vloggers and even goldendoodles with VIP wristbands compete to produce the flashiest sponsored content and secure the biggest poolside mansions. However, it was not always this way, and the consumerist glitz of today’s festival is antithetical to its late ’90s countercultural origins. Coachella began as …
With just ink and a needle, tattoos unite the abstract world of visual art with the physical body. Tattoos are beautiful, vulnerable and permanent. Yet sometimes, even more interesting than the tattoos themselves are the aesthetic and emotional impact associated with having them. To investigate the decision-making behind this unique art form, I interviewed three …
Spring break has come to a close, and it seems like everyone you know is posting on Instagram. The one similarity you will find in every photo dump, from your high school ex-best friend’s post to your situationship’s, is the candid photo. Nothing compares to that one photo where the light sculpts your face, and …
Have you ever wondered what it was like in the early 1990s? How it felt to stroll down busy streets, hand intertwined with someone else’s, approaching a classic theater as the colorful glow of a marquee lights the way? In Chapel Hill, that fantasy is still a reality. Varsity Theatre, tucked between a lounge and …
While projects like Saint Heron highlight their visibility, there is still tension around who gets to tell stories and who gets to read them. After all, don’t all stories deserve to be demanded and seen?
Maggie Gyllenhaal is “interested in monstressness.” Frankenstein’s monster and its appropriately eccentric creator, Mary Shelley, have captivated generations for over two centuries. From Boris Karloff’s seminal performance as Frankenstein’s monster in the 1931 Universal Pictures adaptation to Guillermo Del Toro’s stylistic 2025 retelling, filmmakers and actors across the ages have spun cinematic excellence out of …