Emily Erwin

Entertainment editor

In 2010, “Last Window: The Secret of Cape West” was released for the Nintendo DS as a sequel to “Hotel Dusk: Room 215″. However, since developer Cing filed for bankruptcy earlier that year, the game was only released in Japan and Europe. If you’re like me and dead-set [...]

Morgan Minyard

Staff writer

On Sunday, January 29th some of Hollywood’s biggest and brightest stars came to together at the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.

The Screen Actors Guild Awards were light on surprises and snubs, with this year’s ceremony feeling very similar to last year’s.

“The Help,” the 1960s-set civil rights drama adapted [...]

Andrew Dittmar

Staff writer

On Sunday, February 12th, the music industry’s most elite will gather for the 54th Grammy Awards, to honor the best in music for this last year in pop music.

This year, the awards have consolidated categories considerably, eliminating gender-specific categories. The ceremony has also not announced official dates for the nomination [...]

Morgan Minyard

Staff writer

On January 27th the movie “One for the Money” based off of Janet Evanovich’s bestselling novel came out in theaters. The film made a surprising $11.5 million in its opening weekend. The movie stars Katherine Heigl as Stephanie Plum. After being let go from her job as a lingerie sales woman [...]

Tyler Thorne

Staff writer

Released this past December for Nintendo’s 3DS portable system, Mario Kart 7 is the newest title in the popular racing franchise. For those new to the series, Mario Kart is a long-running Mario spin-off, beginning with Super Mario Kart for the Super Nintendo, which began a videogame sub-genre known as the [...]

Andrew Dittmar

Staff writer

If the idea of seeing Dolly Parton break dance to Usher’s “Yeah!” sends shivers down your spine, then you most definitely won’t want to miss “Joyful Noise”.

Set in a small Georgia town hit hard by economic recession, “Joyful Noise” stars Parton and Queen Latifah as two feuding women who are [...]

Morgan Minyard

Staff writer

“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is one of the must see movies of the year. The thriller has grossed over $89 million dollars thus far. The movie is based off the award winning novel of the same name by the late Swedish author Stieg Larsson and is the first book [...]

Leslie Schallock

Staff writer

Theatre Roanoke College presented their Fall production, “The Haunted House,” on November 16-19.  This play was written by the Roman playwright, Plautus, who has written a slew of other comedies.  Despite many historical events that have taken place between 180 B.C. and today, this play still enraptures audiences with its timeless [...]

Colin Briggs

Staff writer

Fus Ro Dah!  These are the first words spoken by the Dovahkiin in the trailers for Bethesda’s latest edition to the “Elder Scrolls” series: “Skyrim”.  The game transports you to the fantasy realm of Tamriel where elves fight, orcs sling spells, and humans are everywhere.  In keeping with the theme of [...]

Andrew Dittmar

Staff writer

Pop sensation Rihanna released her sixth album, entitled “Talk That Talk”, on November 21.

It’s been less than seven years since the Barbadian bombshell released her now-often-forgotten debut single “Pon de Replay” when she was just 17 years old. Since then, she has released 11 Billboard Hot 100 number one singles. [...]