Arts & Entertainment

The Arts & Entertainment section explores facts, news, and opinions on various media, including music, films, TV shows, books, podcasts, influencers, and more!

Jaidyn Vorpahl Jaidyn Vorpahl

Hazbin Hotel (2019- ) is just short of redemption

Recently, on Oct. 29, 2025, the second season of Hazbin Hotel (2019- ) was released, consisting of eight new episodes featuring a multitude of new characters, songs, and some pretty shocking reveals.

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Amanda Lozy-Lester Amanda Lozy-Lester

Watch It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)! 

Every year in my household the week before Christmas, my family gets together to watch It’s a Wonderful Life (1946). I cannot say that everyone in my family is as dedicated to or as passionate about this tradition as I am—usually it is just my dad and I attached to the TV screen.

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Kaden Vitko Kaden Vitko

Patrolling the Mojave

In April of 2024, Amazon released a television series set in the world of the beloved video game series Fallout, which has been around since 1997.

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Neveline Garwood Neveline Garwood

Rock for A Reason

Last Saturday, Nov. 17 at the Geneseo Riviera, two Geneseo-based bands took the stage at “Rock for A Reason.” Rock for A Reason was a charity event to raise money for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.

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Jaidyn Vorpahl Jaidyn Vorpahl

Toy Story 5 (2026) gets an exciting teaser!

Toy Story (1995) is one of the most beloved films of all time. It is the first full-length Pixar film, as well as the first movie ever to be completely computer-animated, filled with lovable characters, amazing comedy, and themes that hold up to this day.

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Kaden Vitko Kaden Vitko

Greed never changes

When it comes to the recent pathetic trend of overwhelming greed and incompetence in the video game industry, Bethesda Game Studios holds a spot as one of the worst contributors to this epidemic.

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Regan Russell Regan Russell

Songs I actually want to hear at parties

A quick search on Spotify will lead you to party playlists filled with the same old stereotypical party songs. Though you may be thinking “What? No way, I always hear different things at every party,” so I am here to tell you that you are wrong.

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Jaidyn Vorpahl Jaidyn Vorpahl

Bendy: The Cage (2026) has its own dark revival

The Bendy franchise kicked off on Feb. 10, 2017 with the release of Bendy and the Ink Machine (2017). Quite popular upon its initial release, it was a horror game characterized by a very unique and eerie art style, based on the rubberhose animation of the 1920s.

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Regan Russell Regan Russell

Stop playing music and be alone with your thoughts

The inspiration for this article came from a long walk around campus in which I saw almost every single person in passing wearing a pair of headphones. This in itself is not harmful, but it made me wonder: when we are not listening to music, talking to people, or watching some sort of media content in our free time?

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Nathaniel D’Amato Nathaniel D’Amato

Kalshi: The exploitation of financial desperation

If you have been on YouTube recently, you may have seen some peculiar advertisements composed of fully AI-created individuals encouraging you to “trade on anything” via a service called Kalshi.

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Mina Pine Mina Pine

One Battle After Another (2025)

The film One Battle After Another (2025) showcases a refreshing, politically-charged story. The dark comedy and action film effortlessly balances satirical political commentary and wholesome father-daughter relationships.

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Regan Russell Regan Russell

What do these shows about girls and sex have in common?

As a girl in college, I have almost completed a “trilogy” that I have created in my head which is a combination of shows that have the same two overarching themes: womanhood and sex. These shows are Sex and the City (1998-2004), Girls (2012-2017), and The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021-2024). I am still in the process of finishing Sex and the City (1998-2004), but I have watched the other two in their entirety. 

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Jaidyn Vorpahl Jaidyn Vorpahl

The art and ire of a live-action remake

Whenever movies like these are announced, they are usually faced with a heavy amount of backlash, with people using them as proof that Disney does not make original stories, calling these remakes “cash-grabs” or even “soulless.”

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Nathaniel D’Amato Nathaniel D’Amato

Chris Di Cesare and the haunting of Erie Hall

Following the screening and Q&A sponsored by Syracuse Paranormal, I had the opportunity to discuss with Chris Di Cesare some questions that have been burning in the minds of viewers of the series, also getting his perspective on various elements of the adaptation process. The leading questions centered around what many wanted to know: what was altered and what remained unchanged in this retelling. 

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Nina Avallone-Serra Nina Avallone-Serra

Calvin and Hobbes (1985-1995) is essential reading

Anyone who has visited The Lamron office since the beginning of the semester has grown accustomed to the picture of a little boy in a ski helmet sitting on a rock with his tiger friend that takes up the corner of my desk. More than just simple drawings, these two are not only a cornerstone of my childhood, but a treasured duo that remains in the hearts of many despite having gone out of print 30 years ago.

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Rachel Turner Rachel Turner

Nintendo announces new Animal Crossing: New Horizons free update

Over five years after the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020) on Mar. 20, 2020, and almost four years after the “last major free content update” was released on Nov. 4, 2021, Nintendo announced they will be releasing a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020)—shortened to ACNH (2020)—long with a free update available on both versions, which will be available Jan. 15, 2026.

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