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When I watched the French-language film a second time this summer, I realized distressingly that I, like the film’s troubled protagonist Delphine, was locked in stasis, waiting for a God-sent green ray to shine life into my listless days.
I did not plan to read a book about an epidemic during a pandemic. But that all changed very quickly when I traveled through wor(l)ds presented in “Fevers, Feuds and Diamonds,” written by Duke alum Dr. Paul Farmer.
With eight different cupcakes in front me, no idea where they were from and the everlasting fear of a possible sugar coma, I picked up my fork to conquer the cupcakes.
In times of discomfort and sadness, our responses are often a confusing blend of emotion. With great tact and poise, Edelstein explores her personal response to pain by showing that this is life, and it is not simple.
Immediately after I walked into the market, I felt that sense of a larger Durham community that has been so elusive to Duke students this semester.
After years of speculation and anticipation, the next generation of video game consoles is finally here. If you could get your hands on one, which one should it be?
In a society where righteousness is taken as common sense, “Yes, God, Yes” presents the greatest peril to the formation of every good person — the failure to see how our goodness may also serve us.
The wildly successful Bon Appétit Test Kitchen used to be at the top of that list. But now, after a series of workplace reckonings, empty commitments toward change and new additions to the Test Kitchen cast, it’s clear that what originally drove the channel toward internet virality is now gone.
Although it exudes an intentional cheesiness in its creatively gory murders, the movie still avoids tropes one would expect from its inspirations. No, the best friends don’t die first, and no, the serial killer and traumatized teen won’t embrace each other after seeing life from each other’s eyes.
A year after the release of Detroit resident Danny Brown’s fifth studio album, “uknowhatimsayin¿” the time has come to revisit a true master closing the loop on his hall of fame career.
“Hot Ones” benefits from its central gimmick. The spicy wings catch the guests off guard and dissolve their inhibitions
The season 6 premiere of NBC sitcom “Superstore” captures the frenzy, fear and spirit of working at a big box store during a global pandemic, stocking shelves, keeping aisles clean and breaking up fights, all while being conscientious of personal health and safety.
From revolutionary technology to now my most prominent dust-collector, the Kinect has become a long-forgotten camera stand to the world. Its 10th anniversary, however, gives me the perfect excuse to reminisce on my gaming youth and hammer in the reasons for Kinect’s failure.
Picture the music video for Katy Perry’s 2010 summer hit “California Girls:” screaming neon colors, swirling rainbow lollipops, giant ice cream dripping with strawberry syrup and pink cotton candy clouds.
After Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band released their 2014 album “High Hopes,” The Boss was trapped in a particularly sticky episode of writer’s block.
As a relentless, starry-eyed teen who nursed big dreams, I read the books of countless self-made individuals and noticed a jarring trend: many of them drifted away from their families and were miserable at the summit of success.
When Ariana Grande dropped “Positions,” an R&B-embellished pop album in the vein of her debut record, “Yours Truly” (2013), it shocked the world to the tune of one million likes on Twitter.
Writer and Duke alum Ainehi Edoro-Glines has devoted her career not only to shining a light on African literary culture but also to making her mark on it.
While “Friendsgiving” aspires to capture love and camaraderie among friends, the film feels more like a caricature of Los Angelenos and a shallow attempt at showing real relationships.
