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The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
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Up in the Air
Score: Wade Thompson (7/10), Peter Kuling (7/10)
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Jeff Bridges, A Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
“Who came here tonight with the sole purpose of making Justin Nozuka their personal Valentine?” joked folk singer-songwriter Robyn Dell’Unto before performing her first song of the night.
For many of Friday’s audience in the Maureen Forrester Recital Hall that was exactly their plan, but...
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Yusuf Kidwai
Being recognized for the music you produce is something that eludes a lot of aspiring artists, even when letting anyone see or hear your material online is just a few mouse clicks away.
Laurier student Evan Abeele has experienced the potential of Internet music culture first hand, as his band Memoryhouse has gained international attention and acclaim over the past few months.
Unassuming in person, the third-year English major spoke to The Cord about what has changed and remained the...
Read moreDemonstrating a collection of feminist artwork, the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery (KWAG) is currently holding an exhibit Pandora’s Box, curated by Amanda Cachia and organized and toured by Dunlop Art Gallery.
Pandora’s Box invokes contemplation about what it means to be female in this day and...
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The Game not Tila Tequila’s baby daddy
On Friday, Twitter proved once again that it has legitimate uses.
Television “personality” Tila Tequila, who remains recognizable for no other reason than the fact that her name rhymes and is easy to remember, suggested that rapper The Game was the father of her unborn child via the social networking site.
The Game responded by tweeting that she was incorrect and he in fact, referring to Ms. Tequila, “wouldn’t hit it...
Read moreIan Curtis was a genius. Ian Curtis was tragic. Curtis’ band Joy Division is one of the most influential of not only the “new wave” movement of the ‘80s, but also of the new wave revival that began 10 years ago.
Released in 1979 with...
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Two-time U.S. National Poetry Slam finalist, winner of a Los Angeles Music Award for Spoken Word Album of the year and star of Spike Lee’s Inside Man, New York’s Carlos Andrés Gómez impressed the Laurier community this past Sunday with much more than his countless...
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Wade:
Best Picture
Normally, this category wouldn’t be so hard, but the jump from five to 10 nominees requires a little more effort in the decision-making process.
It’s pretty clear that Up in the Air, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds and (as much as it pains me to say) Avatar are all in the race, with films like Precious, An Education and Invictus pulling in behind.
With the final three nods, I believe the Academy will attempt to please the...
Read moreThree exclusive performances of Follies – put on by Laurier Musical Theatre on Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the Theatre Auditorium, offered a rare opportunity to see a huge cast of students reproducing Stephen Sondheim’s renowned Broadway musical.
The musical, involving 37 cast members in 21 performance numbers, a pit band of 14 and a production team of 18, was no doubt a challenging, yet ultimately rewarding exercise for producer Stephanie Reich and director Hilary Jones.
Set in...
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After a night of Laurier musicians showcasing their talent on the Wilf’s stage, innovative band Funk in the Oven came out victorious as A-team’s Last Band Standing (LBS).
“It was fairly close, but I think there was a clear favourite amongst the audience,” said one...
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Maxwell’s Music House drew in a large crowd on Tuesday night when their weekly open mic night transformed into a benefit for Haiti. Two Laurier alumni, Sarah Sheridan and owner of the music club Paul Maxwell, worked together to organize the event.
“He has the...
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Katie Flood
“Textbooks don’t do it justice, how amazing your body is,” marketing manager of the Waterloo Regional Children’s Museum Angela Olano explained, referring to the fascination and intrigue behind the museum’s newest exhibition Our Body: The Universe Within.
Open Jan. 14 until Apr. 11, Our Body...
Read moreThis past weekend, the FR!NGE festival treated its audiences to stories of minor-inconvenience-solving superheroes, comical murder plots and World War I soldiers, among many others.
Two of The Cord’s volunteers attended Show A on Jan. 14 and Show B on Jan. 15 to review the...
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“I’m with CoCo” – it seems you can’t click anywhere these days without seeing the rally cry so many loyal viewers have adopted to show their support for Conan O’Brien.
In case you were living under a rock, this past week the beloved comedian turned down the opportunity to ruin what is, in his mind, the “greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting” by refusing to be a part of the planned time shift of The Tonight Show to 12:05...
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To think about how feminism exists in our own community, we should acknowledge the various definitions and facets that it offers.
That is the message that the WLU Women’s Centre aims to spread on campus through its new campaign which launched last week.
On Thursday, Jan. 14, the Women’s Centre held an exhibit called “Find Your Feminism” to promote this campaign at the Hall of Fame. Various staff and students from the university are able to answer the...
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