Will is a senior English major with a serious passion for pop culture, TV, celebrities and lame movies, which led him to find his niche in the Arts & Entertainment section. He dedicates most of his free time to obsessing over Community (#sixseasonsandamovie) and spending time with his friends who manage to tolerate his incessant ramblings on the TV shows he watches. His life goal is to someday write for an entertainment magazine. He hopes his Cosmopolitan internship and the skills he picked up from The Statesman help him achieve that goal.
The Statesman and “The Press” were able to sit down (literally, we sat down in the grass in the Kenneth P. Lavalle Stadium) with GROUPLOVE. All questions below, unless otherwise noted, were asked by The Statesman (Will Rhino).
For some, spring means hanging out at the Staller Steps, weekend trips to Jones Beach or studying for finals, but, for a select few, spring means only one thing—the soul crushing loss of a TV show ending or going on summer hiatus.
Before Brooks came out to entertain audience members, he took a moment to speak to me about his book, zombies, and “The Walking Dead.”
Will Rhino “WR” talked with Max Brooks “MB” about zombies.
Stony Brook University prepped the student body for an emergency situation that cannot be solved with a drill—a zombie apocalypse. Max Brooks, author of “The New York Times” best-selling book and soon-to-be-released movie starring Brad Pitt, “World War Z,” came to campus on Thursday.
The Staller Center for the Arts transformed into a Broadway stage on Saturday as two Tony award winners performed in the annual Gala. The evening was appropriately titled A Broadway Evening with Brian Stokes Mitchell and Laura Benanti.
The time has come again for the Staller Center for the Arts to host its annual Gala. It is the biggest night of the season for Staller, and the talent to be showcased represents this attitude.
While there are countless A-list celebrities that deserve to be on the first The Statesman’s Sexiest List, it is just not possible to include all of them. The arts & entertainment editors and the photo editor have teamed up to rank the sexiest celebrities based on sex appeal, success and personality.
Television is a business that thrives on the number of viewers who tune in to a show in any given week. These viewers are calculated by the Nielsen ratings. That phrase alone can strike fear and rage into the hearts of TV viewers. A low viewership never bodes well for a show, because that determines whether or not a program will renewed.
As the fall television season wears on, the ratings drop, fans desert their shows in favor of real life and cancellations begin to kick in. Some freshmen series, however, manage to beat the ever dwindling odds and achieve that coveted full first season.