The new Netflix original series, Special, chronicles the budding social life of a gay man with cerebral palsy (CP) living in Los Angeles. The show is a situational dramedy with quirky characters who have very exaggerated personalities. The series is based on a book titled, I’m Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves, written by Ryan O’Connell who produces…
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Free Spirit Review
Singer and songwriter Khalid hit the music scene in 2016 when his hit single “Location” blew up across the nation and reached number 16 on the Billboard Top 100. His debut album American Teen was released two years ago, and over the years Khalid has reached mega-stardom. Khalid’s sophomore album, Free Spirit, was released on April 5, 2019. The Billboard winning artist battles bad situations…
Wrapping Things Up: The WOLF and WUTV Personality Prepares to Graduate
Senior Bode Brooks has made quite a few memorable accomplishments during his time at UWG. As a journalist of the Mass Communications Department, Brooks has used his skills in news reporting to contribute to the university’s own television station, WUTV, where he is the director of news. Brooks also hosts a show at the school’s radio station, The WOLF, called The Power…
Ride the Wave: UWG Student Expresses Life Through Art
Rachel Breaux, talented artist and UWG student, creates meaningful and unique paintings. Breaux has loved art ever since she was a young child. However, she fell in love with painting in high school because she needed a way to step out of reality and into something that gave her hope. Her world was turned upside…
Love, Death and Robots
Netflix has brought something new and slightly unusual to its collection. Love, Death and Robots is an 18 episode animated anthology that explores the themes of its title. Each episode uses a different style of animation, has its own unique story and tells it with a different twist that always groups it into the category of science fiction. While there is…
Five Feet Apart Review
Five Feet Apart is a romantic drama based on a book written by Rachel Lippincott. The movie chronicles the romantic relationship between two terminally-ill teenagers: Stella, played by Haley Lu Richardson, and Will, played by Cole Sprouse. The concept of their relationship is like that of a modern-day Romeo and Juliet. The two lovers have cystic fibrosis, which…
The Shift: Theresa Brown’s Transition from Educator to Nurse
Author of New York Times bestseller The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients’ Lives, Theresa Brown made the crazy switch from a college educator to a nurse and through her writing has become an inspiration to many up and coming nurses across the country. Brown graduated from Chicago University with a Ph.D. in English and from there went…
Us Movie Review
Movie director Jordan Peele’s movie Us premiered in theaters March 22. The highly-anticipated horror film set a new box office record with a $70 million domestic opening weekend. Although the numbers are high, the messages of the film can be hard to grasp for audience members. Peele is notorious for creating films that require audiences to think outside the box in…
Otter’s Chicken Review
Downtown Carrollton is now home to a brand-new food chain restaurant. Otter’s Chicken opened a little over a month ago and provides Carrollton residents with another casual food option. The restaurant is located in a quality location for customers as it is located directly across the street from a parking garage, which conveniently provides customers with a…
Rising to National Radio
Adam Bomb is a radio DJ on The Adam Bomb Show on Q99.7 out of Atlanta. Like many, Adam struggled after he graduated, but hard work and passion about what he does has gotten him to where he is today. “I didn’t know from the beginning that being a radio DJ is what I wanted to do,”…