By Michael Moroney ’13
THE ROUNDUP
Just seven years ago, a couple of kids created the largest website on the Internet in a Harvard dorm room in an effort to meet some girls.
The movie “The Social Network,” based on Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich, is the story of how Facebook was created and built and is now worth $33 billion and has more than 500 million members.
In theory, the movie should not work.
By Rohan Andresen ’12
THE ROUNDUP
Spotted: Brophy students watching “Gossip Girl.”
“Gossip Girl,” a TV program profiling the lives of Manhattan’s wealthiest adolescents, has entered its fourth season on the CW while captivating the interests of viewers as well as many members of the Brophy community.
This TV show was based on books written in the early 2000’s by Cecily von Ziegesar and was turned into a TV series in late 2007.
By Julian De Ocampo ’13
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The orchestra pit begins to play, the lights dim and the crowd falls silent as actors and stagehands take their places.
As the curtain rises, Nick Wren ’12 emerges on stage dressed as Tevye, a poor Jewish milkman living in turn-of-the-century Russia.
“(Nick) worked tirelessly on the role, perfecting the physicality and the vocal qualities the role of Tevye demanded,” said “Fiddler on the Roof” director Mrs. Janice Robillard. “The fact that he did so with a broken foot the entire time was to his credit, as well.”
By Manuel A. Sigüenza ’12
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Being a fan of NBC’s Thursday comedy lineup of shows, it was a no brainer for me to watch the premiere of the network’s newest addition, “Outsourced.”
After watching the pilot of this show that stands next to powerhouses like “30 Rock,” “The Office” and second-season “Community,” it seems like the sitcom will come together slowly but surely.
The comedy, featuring newcomer Ben Rappaport, Diedrich Bader and Rebecca Hazlewood, is worth spending 30 minutes watching.
By Sean Harris ’11
THE ROUNDUP
Spanning seven beloved books, massive box-office earnings and an uncountable amount of rabid fans, the “Harry Potter” film series is not really a collection of movies, rather a collection of cultural events.
But starting Nov. 19, the saga of the boy-who-lived is coming to a close with “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 1,” a two-part finale that will finish in July 2011.
The story picks up immediately following the last film. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) have decided to drop out of Hogwarts to search for the seven Horcruxes.
By Sean Harris ’11
THE ROUNDUP
Another summer movie season has come and gone, and now that it’s over it could be classified with a gigantic “eh.”
It’s still better than last summer, a summer that offered “Star Trek”—and not much else. This summer gave us monumentally epic movies such as “Inception” and “Toy Story 3.” Beyond the obvious two, what else was there?
“Iron Man 2” was great, but fell short of expectations. “Scott Pilgrim” was a gem but unfortunately went up against Stallone and Co. in “The Expendables.”
Natalie Chapin ’13
By Dillan Ducar ’13
THE ROUNDUP
What do you normally do on the weekends?
I’m in National Charity League so I do a lot of charity stuff. I also hang out with my friends at the mall. I’m not really a shopping person I just go to hang out with people. Friday nights I go to all the games, dances if there are any. And the rest is homework.
By Eric Villanueva ’11
THE ROUNDUP
Brophy-Xavier Theatre’s fall play “Up the Down Staircase” opens Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. in Brophy’s Blackbox Theatre.
The performance with more than 30 Brophy and Xavier students will continue every Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday night at 7 p.m. Oct. 28-Nov. 6.
Tickets will be available in advance from cast members for $7. To reserve tickets, call Mrs. Sandra Dennard in the Student Activities Center at (602) 264-5291 Ext. 6285.
Welcome back everyone to yet another issue of “The Music Sounds Better,” The Roundup’s monthly music podcast, but more importantly a new year of music.
Lucky for us, the music fans, we are in for quite an impressive streamline of releases this Fall/Winter 2010.
This month will feature “twee-popsters” Magic Kids, indie veterans Of Montreal and the delightfully entrancing songwriter Sufjan Stevens.
By Brian Brannon ’11 The Roundup www.theonion.com I often find myself coming home after a long day and turning on the news only to be met with stories of warfare, failing economies and Apple product shortages. After many years of crying after watching such news I found an antidote, TheOnion.com. Every time I think of […]