Joanna Arcieri '10

Former Arts & Entertainment Editor
Movie, television, and blogging junkie. Occasionally tweets.

What I Learned This Year: Senior Edition

What I Learned This Year: Senior Edition.

Kate Gosselin, Octomom, Oh My

Last night Kate Gosselin was finally booted off of Dancing With the Stars. Her negative attitude (“You’re not taking into account how I learn.”) and constant arguing with her partner Tony Dovolani ruined the fun of this exceptionally meaningless and often ridiculous show. Ironically, Nadya “Octomom” Suleman appeared on Oprah yesterday because she wanted the world “to see her for who she is”.

TBS is with Coco

“The good news: I will be doing a show on TBS starting in November! The bad news: I’ll be playing Rudy on the all new Cosby Show.” – Conan O’Brien (via Twitter) The Late Night War between Conan O’Brien and Jay Leno was a bitter battle. Ultimately no one won though, when Conan and NBC [...]

I Dreamed a Dream, Taiwanese Edition

April 11 marks the one year anniversary of Susan Boyle’s larger-than-life arrival onto the music scene. In case you missed this pop culture moment that defined 2009, here’s a recap. A middle-aged, dowdy Scottish woman who has never been kissed walked onto a stage in front of, among others, the always judgmental Simon Cowell. The audience laughed at her, [...]

Gail Collins to speak at Commencement

The College announced this morning that New York Times columnist Gail Collins will be the commencement speaker for the class of 2010.

Breaking: Gail Collins is Commencement Speaker

The College announced this morning that New York Times columnist Gail Collins will be the commencement speaker for the class of 2010. An accomplished journalist, she was the first female appointed editor of the Times’ editorial page. She recently published When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present.

A&E Pick of the Week: The End of an Era

MTV announced on March 24 that the sixth season of the mega-hit reality show The Hills would be its last. The Hills finale marks the end of an era, so to speak, for reality television. What began with a show about California high schoolers (Laguna Beach) and spawned two successful spin-offs about young women trying to make it in Los Angeles (The Hills) and New York City (The City), became something more.

A&E Pick of Week: When It’s Bad, It’s Good

The third season of AMC’s Breaking Bad premiered on Sunday night scored 2 million viewers, making it the show’s highest rated episode to date.

A&E Pick of the Day: Viva la Betty

It must be good to be Betty White right now. At 88 years old, the television icon is enjoying a career resurgence and shows no sign of slowing down.

Kiss Me, I’m Irish: How to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

Whether or not you are Irish, here are five ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.