By:Richie Dow – Sports Editor

“Gravity” faced enormous expectations given the star studded cast, which includes Sandra Bullock as Ryan Stone and George Clooney as Matt Kowalski.

The sci-fi drama is directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Cuarón has also directed Children of Men (2006),Life of Pie (2007), and Speed Racer (2008). Other cast members as integral voices include Ed Harris as the mission control voice, Orto Ignatiussen as the voice of Aninguaaq, Phaldut Sharma as the sheriff voice, Amy Warren as the voice of explorer captain, and Basher Savage as the Russian space station captain voice.

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By Jesiree Carrera – Editor-In-Chief

“Doctor Who,” a British sci-fi TV series, is celebrating 50 years of its popular franchise with a 50th Anniversary episode on November 23.

The series began on BBC in 1963, yet the concept hasn’t changed. It is simply the same man, a extraterrestrial Time Lord named the Doctor who travels in a blue box called the TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension In Space), with many different faces.

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By Jesiree Carrera – Editor-In-Chief

Nintendo’s popular Pokemon series has come a long way from the first generation of development with the release of Pokemon X and Y on October 12.

The release of the games have sold over four million units in the first two days and helped the 3DS’s troubled sale history. The sale increase was mainly due to the different generations of Pokemon fans who have long awaited the new generation game release since the announcement on January 8.

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By Bryan Creevy –Entertainment Editor

“Dead Space 3,” released barely a month ago, furthered the epic’s story and raised all the tensions to new levels. Gamers were left in suspense with a short audio clip that played at the end of the credits, but the suspense is over now that the DLC “Dead Space 3 Awakened” has been released.

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By Bryan Creevy (@BCreevyDaWriter) – Entertainment Editor

The release of “Pokemon Black 2” and “Pokemon White 2” in October 2012 marked the end of generation five in the Pokemon series. Many fans questioned what was next in the franchise. Some guessed that it may be over, that Nintendo might just do remakes of the previous games for the Nintendo 3DS starting with Generation three.

The world got their answer on January 8 with the reveal trailer for the games “Pokemon X” and “Pokemon Y,” the first two games for Generation six of Pokemon.

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By Kyle Kandetzki – Editor-In-Chief

The new face of west coast hip hop is on the horizon, and his name is Kendrick Lamar.

California rapper Lamar has slowly made his name huge since putting out his first mixtape at 16, and now nine years later his major label debut “Good Kid, m.a.a.d. City” was released on October 22. Read more

By Bryan Creevy – Entertainment Editor

“Bioshock” first hit consoles on August 21, 2007, and has been deemed the third best game of all time.

“Bioshock 2” followed as a sequel to the underwater city Rapture’s story and was released on February 9, 2010. Finally, after three long years, “Bioshock Infinite,” the third installment in this first-person shooter, is ready to swoop in and steal gamers away.

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By Bryan Creevy – Entertainment Editor

Sherrilyn Kenyon is a #1 New York Times Bestselling Author who is most famous for her “Dark Hunters” series with four different volumes. They were about immortal vampire slayers and their dramatic stories.

The series ended and in its wake “The Chronicles of Nick” was born.

“Infinity,” the first book in this follow up series, is about young 14 year old Nick Gautier (Go-shay). Being the child of a teenage mom who was abandoned by her parents upon the pregnancy, Nick hasn’t had the best life. He survives off of his mom being a stripper at night, and their house is pretty much a shack.

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By Nick DePascale – Columns Editor

“21 Jump Street,” which is set to open in theaters March 16, looks like a sure-fire hit that will have moviegoers dropping to the ground laughing.

Two very funny actors, Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, star in the movie, which is based off the last ’80s TV show. They play two undercover agents disguised as two regular high school students.

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By Jesse Doucette – Columns Editor

“Safe House” has proven to be an entertaining hideout for many moviegoers.

Starring two very well-known actors, Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds, “Safe House” continues to build suspense throughout the whole movie.

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By Bryan Creevy – Entertainment Editor

Is Siliconera telling the truth about the “Dead Space 3” leaked information? Is Visceral Games constructing the game right now?

Recently, a source on Siliconera, a gaming website, has claimed to have obtained leaked information from Visceral Games where the source claims they are working on the production of the third Dead Space.

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By Kyle Kandetzki – Sports Editor

Philadelphia rap duo Chiddy Bang first took shape in late 2008, and just three years and three mixtapes later, the two will make their fourth full-length release, their first album.

The duet of Chidera Anamege or “Chiddy” and Noah Beresin or “Xapoon Jones” released “Breakfast” on February 21st. A week later they debuted 8th on the Billboard Top 100 albums.

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By Emily Bolcer – News Editor

Every word Tatiana De Rosnay writes is a stroke of art with her novel, “Sarah’s Key.”

Rosney connects the past with the present throughout the novel, showing that we cannot forget our past, good or bad.

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By Alexis Christy – News Editor    

It’s fair to say the weather this winter has been milder than expected, but who can complain about an early spring? That is, especially with the promise of so many band tours to look forward to.

One of the biggest by far, will be Blink-182. After almost a four year hiatus, the band is now back in their third year of release and reformation. Their sixth and most recent album, released last September, is titled “Neighborhoods” and features 10 tracks.

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By Cody Roy – Editor-in-Chief

To a veteran gamer, games could get a bit repetitive. Saving the princess takes less effort than tying their shoes, and the so called “dark lord” of the realm may as well be one of his many lackeys. Namco-Bandai Games seeks to change this with its newest sequel, “Dark Souls.”

“Dark Souls,” developed by From Software and Namco-Bandai Games and released in October of 2011, is a sequel to the critically acclaimed “Demon’s Souls,” which was released in October of 2009.

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By Nick DePascale – Columns Editor

The new movie “Chronicle,” directed by Josh Tank, is coming out in theaters February 3.

This movie is centered around three teenage kids – Andrew Detmer (Dane Heenan), Micheal Ernesto (Joe Vaz) and Sean (Luke Tyler) – who discover that they have unrealistic powers where they can almost use the force as if it was “Star Wars.”

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By Jesse Doucette – Columns Editor

“The Devil Inside,” which was released ealier this month, is a frightening, entertaining, and must-see horror movie.

The movie is set to take place in Italy where a woman by the name of Isabella Rossi (Fernanda Andrade) is reunited with her mother Maria Rossi (Suzan Crowley). Together they are in search of an exorcist who can free Maria from a demon that she believes possesses her.

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By Phylicia Prince – Editorial Editor

After the success of it predecessor, did “Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game of Shadows” live up to its hype?

In this sequel, Robert Downey Jr. once again takes on the lead role of Sherlock Holmes, with his assistant Dr. John Watson, played by Jude Law.

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By Bryan Creevy – Entertainment Editor

Since its start in 2007, Bloons Tower Defense (BTD) has definitely been the fan favorite game created by Ninja Kiwi. Fans have been craving the fifth installment to be released.

The original’s popularity brought BTD2 at the end of 2007, and that game’s success brought the third in 2008.

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By Emily Bolcer – News Editor

John Green released his newest novel, “The Fault in Our Stars,” on January 10.

The story begins with 16-year-old Hazel Lancaster. Immediately Green reveals that his heroine is a terminal cancer patient.

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By Melissa Nelson – Entertainment Editor

Gary Marshall’s latest film “New Year’s Eve” came out just last month.

Marshall also directed “Valentine’s Day.” “New Year’s Eve” was very similar to “Valentine’s Day” in a way that there are several different scenarios going on all at once in the same city.

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By Nick DePascale – Columns Editor

The movie, “A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas” came out in theatres on November 4.

The new movie is ridiculously funny with Harold and Kumar going through another crazy adventure. It’s also in 3D, making the movie even better.

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By Phylicia Prince – Editorial Editor

The end is finally near for the “Twilight” franchise, but is it going out with a bang?

“Twilight” films are not known for stellar acting performances that deserve an Oscar, or amazing special effects. Yet, the “Twilight” franchise has a strong fan base that continues to go to the movies, making it so successful.

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By Bryan Creevy – Entertainment Editor

In November of 2006, Elijah Wood rocked theaters everywhere with his animated movie Happy Feet. It was touching, had adventure, and even dancing and singing penguins that made this movie an instant favorite.

Happy Feet Two came out this November and has a lot of controversy. Critics are rating it 5 out of 10 stars while fans of Happy Feet are posting positive reviews all over the web.

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By Nick DePascale – Entertainment Editor

The new game “Gears of War 3” came out September 20 with awesome new features; there are bigger and stronger enemies, levels and weapons added to the game.

Marcus Fenix and his fellow COG soldiers (humans) rip locust jaws off, with armor up to their necks and action packed levels that bring the gamer to the underground world of the monsters and reptile creatures.

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By Jesse Doucette – Columns Editor

The frightening, suspenseful “Paranormal Activity” series has returned to theaters once again with “Paranormal Activity 3.”

The thrilling series started off as a low-budget, $15,000 movie, which was only showed at a Screamfest film festival. At that point, the director, Kofi Outlaw, didn’t even know if the movie would make the big screen.

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By Bryan Creevy – Entertainment Editor

What gamers all over the world have been craving since November 10, 2009, when the second installment was released is finally just around the corner.

“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3” is set to be released on November 8 for Xbox360, Playstation 3, Microsoft Windows, and the Wii.

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