Coachella, officially called the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, is an annual festival located in the Colorado Desert. Since it spans two weekends— this year falling on Apr.11 through Apr. 13 and Apr. 18 through Apr. 20 —Coachella 2025 is already halfway over, delivering chaos and ground-breaking performances in need of a proper debrief. 

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In less than six months since the show’s sixty-first anniversary, the Doctor Who franchise has returned to television with new episodes. Although this season is officially dubbed “Season 2,” it will be the show’s fifteenth season since its reboot in 2005, and the franchise’s forty-first season overall.

This year, I am participating in the Criterion Challenge, an annual online film challenge. The goal is to watch 52 individual films in the Criterion Collection, with each film fulfilling a weekly prompt, and log them on Letterboxd. Last week, I watched Vertigo (1958) from the Criterion Channel's "all-time favorites” list.

This past weekend of Apr. 12 and 13, Gamers Outreach hosted its annual Gamers for Giving event. For those unfamiliar with Gamers Outreach, it is a non-profit organization, founded by Zach Wigal, that aims to provide video games to hospitals in various ways to “restore a sense of joy and normalcy in the lives of hospitalized children,” as per its mission statement.

Four years after the release of Lorde’s album Solar Power (2021), we finally have new music. Many fans anticipated this announcement as Lorde tends to release new music at four-year intervals. While she has yet to officially announce an album name or release date, Lorde has teased a new song with a 15-second clip.

The Criterion Challenge is an annual online film challenge in which people (mostly Letterboxd users) watch 52 films from the Criterion Collection in a year. I most recently watched Some Like It Hot (1959) to satisfy week 13: films made in the 1950s.

Hailey Bieber, wife of singer Justin Bieber and daughter to famous actor Stephen Baldwin, has been the subject of online hostility. Whether over allegations of mocking and copying Selena Gomez, cultural appropriation, or simply not recognizing her own nepotism, Hailey Bieber cannot catch a break from the endless spew of criticism she has faced since 2019.  

Over the years, Criminal Minds (2005– ) has become a favorite television show for many, featuring beloved cast members like Joe Mantegna, Aisha Tyler, Shemar Moore, and— most importantly —Matthew Gray Gubler. 

In a past edition of The Lamron, I discussed the possibility of season 36 being the final season of new and exciting stories from the titular Simpsons family, coinciding with a somewhat meta— self-referential —season premiere in which Bart Simpson turns 11 after 36 years of being 10 years old.

Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter are celebrated pop stars with a great deal of accomplishments, including sold-out shows, award recognition, and top-charted songs. Because both artists began their careers on the Disney Channel— Rodrigo on Bizaardvark (2016–2019) and Carpenter on Girl Meets World (2014–2017) —the two stars have been in the public eye for quite a long time. 

In early 2025, The Marías reached new heights of success with the virality of their single, “No One Noticed.” Accumulating over 315 million streams on Spotify, this song has taken over TikTok, with thousands of users posting videos with the audio of the song’s pre-chorus.

Lucy Dacus's fourth studio album, Forever is a Feeling (2025), was released to the public this past Friday, Mar. 28. Spanning 13 songs over 43 minutes, the album is a confessional exploration of the liminal, emotional space created by a sturdy, romantic relationship. 

A common cycle I find myself falling into is listening to the most gut-wrenchingly sad music when I already feel incredibly down. While, at times, it can be a healthy way to release negative emotions I have been holding in, more often than not, listening to sad music only makes matters worse. 

The Criterion Challenge is a weekly film challenge hosted by the community of film lovers on Letterboxd. The goal is to watch 52 new movies in a year, all from the Criterion Collection, with each film fulfilling a weekly category.

The Criterion Challenge is an annual film challenge hosted by users of Letterboxd. The goal is to watch a different movie from the Criterion Collection every week for a year, selected to fulfill 52 different weekly prompts. Last week (week nine), I watched Bringing Up Baby (1938) to satisfy the prompt: the 1930s. 

On Nov. 2, 2021, Australian indie game studio Witch Beam released their newest game, Unpacking (2021), through Humble Bundle publishers as a cross-platform, single-player zen puzzle game. In it, players complete the deceptively simple task of unpacking the main character's belongings through multiple moves at vital stages in their life— such as into their childhood bedroom, college dorm, and first shared apartment with a partner. 

Role Model, also known as Tucker Harrington Pillsbury or internet star Emma Chamberlain's ex-boyfriend, is a baby-tee-wearing singer who captured all my feelings in his latest exclusive album, Kansas Anymore (The Longest Goodbye) (2025).