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Entertainment Look-A-Head: Harry Styles, TV shows galore
By Austin Yau | Mar. 3From March 3-March 9, TV shows are releasing across many streaming platforms, and Harry Styles is coming back.
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Entertainment Look-A-Head: Bruno Mars, ‘Rent,’ live music
By Austin Yau | Feb. 24From Feb. 24 to March 1, there will be lots of live music and theater in Athens. Plus, Bruno Mars returns to music with “The Romantic.”
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J. Cole ends his career full of love on 'The Fall-Off'
By Austin Yau | Feb. 23The legendary rapper’s final album was a tribute to Fayetteville, rap, and his partner.
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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime gives global stage to Puerto Rico
By Austin Yau | Feb. 12Bad Bunny’s show capped off a momentous week that started with winning Album of the Year.
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68th Grammy Awards celebrates successful year in music
By Austin Yau | Feb. 4The 68th Grammy Awards, broadcast on CBS, recognized some of the best in music with a full night of performances, as the award show said goodbye to host Trevor Noah.
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‘Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round’ tells important story
By Austin Yau | Jan. 21Put on by the Athena Cinema in collaboration with the Racial Equity Coalition of Athens and NAACP Athens County, “Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round” tells the story of the Glen Echo picket during the summer of 1960 that involved Black Howard University students and neighboring Jewish suburbanites.
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Streaming services impact holiday specials
By Austin Yau | Dec. 9With the prevalence of streaming and the death of cable TV, seasonal specials are becoming less frequent, despite the generational love for the holiday spirit.
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Fan edits are blazing a new path for fandoms
By Austin Yau | Dec. 5Fan edits featuring trending audios, stylish text and unique transitions are reshaping fandom culture on social media.
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New York City mayoral election changes political social media
By Austin Yau | Nov. 14The New York City mayoral race exploded on social media, which worked in favor of Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani.
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NBA’s recent gambling scandal causes potential fallout
By Austin Yau | Nov. 12With 30 arrests connected to a large NBA sports gambling and poker rigging schemes and mafia ties, changes to sports gambling are expected in the near future.
