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“It's a love story, baby, just say, Yes”

“It’s a love story, baby, just say, Yes”

Delaney Loyd September 8, 2025

On Tuesday, August 26th, Taylor Swift announced her engagement to Travis Kelce, a famous American football player. But how did This Love come to be? Let's take a look back at the summer of 2023 to understand...

Love the Show, Hate the Creator

Love the Show, Hate the Creator

Abbie Landers, Writer and Editor September 1, 2025

Miraculous Ladybug, a show that is considered a classic and nostalgic show for Gen Z. Most of the adults who grew up with the show still continue to hold a special place in their heart for the show. Why...

K-pop Demon Hunters: A New Fan Favorite

K-pop Demon Hunters: A New Fan Favorite

Abbie Landers, Writer and Editor June 20, 2025

Right now animation projects are extremely divisive. On one hand you have work like Arcane or The Spider-Verse that have received really good reviews for not only being visually appealing but also having...

Lilo and Stitch Live Action Another Disney Failure

Lilo and Stitch Live Action Another Disney Failure

Abbie Landers, Writer and Editor May 31, 2025

Disney is continuing their live-action remake period, which isn’t all that surprising. They recreate a movie, people get mad over something, and either way, end up watching it, giving Disney a lot of...

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Nani: A Case of Live Action Misrepresentation

Abbie Landers, Writer and Editor May 25, 2025

Disney is almost known for race swaps in their live actions. It’s been a huge topic as Disney wants to spread awareness to other races but does that in a way that doesn’t make sense for a lot of people....

The Parallels in XO Kitty Just Don't Work

The Parallels in XO Kitty Just Don’t Work

Abbie Landers, Writer and Editor May 5, 2025

If you’ve seen XO Kitty season 2 and you’ve watched To All the Boys then you’d know for sure that there are a lot of parallels to the movie, To All the Boys that made it into XO Kitty. But it just...

Spider-man: Across the Spider-Verse, leaves Netflix and Immediately goes to their Competitors

Spider-man: Across the Spider-Verse, leaves Netflix and Immediately goes to their Competitors

Abbie Landers, Writer and Editor May 1, 2025

Netflix is notoriously known for its large variety of content. A huge marketing point for Netflix is the large amount of content related to animation works. One movie that was an amazing example of this...

The Impact of the “Hand Flex” in Pride and Prejudice

The Impact of the “Hand Flex” in Pride and Prejudice

Abbie Landers, Writer and Editor April 28, 2025

It’s been almost 20 years since the 2005 movie Pride and Prejudice came out. The movie is based on Jane Austen’s novel of the same name. In fact, the 20th anniversary of the movie will be on September...

The Colors in La La Land Itself Tells a Story

The Colors in La La Land Itself Tells a Story

Abbie Landers, Writer and Editor April 12, 2025

In 2017, the movie La La Land won a total of six Academy Awards at the Oscars. But out of the six, one award stood out: Best Cinematography. This award, to say the least, received a split reaction. La...

AI Art is on the Rise; Is it Ethical?

AI Art is on the Rise; Is it Ethical?

Kenny Mlady, Writer March 11, 2024

AI art has made a large appearance within today's society, especially among the internet and social media. Over the past few years, more and more programs to generate AI art have appeared. With the appearance...

Why You Should  Join The New  Spring Dance Club

Why You Should Join The New Spring Dance Club

Megan Burns and Abbie Landers February 5, 2024

Recently WHS has started a brand new spring dance club, but if you're interested in dance, you probably have some questions such as, who's teaching it? What styles of dance will they do? And most importantly...

S'more Chocolate Chip Cookies

S’more Chocolate Chip Cookies

Brianna Robles-Garcia, Staff January 19, 2024

S’more chocolate chip cookies are a great little snack or dessert that is easy to make for a gathering or on the holidays! They are nice and warm for all the cookie and s’more lovers. These cookies...

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