Don't know what to be this year? Well, we've got a few ideas. In preparation for the weekend, The Hatchet has mapped out some of the most common and creative GW Halloween costumes. Abstract concept costume - 2 Pumpkins You've seen this one before. Indicators include excessive fabric, some sort of interpretive dance, the words "I represent" or anything that requires more than 20 seconds of reading.
Once you reach college, Halloween's festivities (i.e. trick-or-treating, bobbing for apples and funny costumes) take a ghoulish turn. The treats turn alcoholic, bobbing becomes not so innocent and girls wear "funny" outfits suited for a soft porn flick. The drinking and costumes are the easy decisions when it comes to planning your Halloween adventure.
The weeks prior to the election have spawned an outpouring of political sentiment among D.C. artists. But some museum patrons deemed the exhibit's hostility towards the current administration unpatriotic and unsuitable for viewers. "This lady came in and she and her daughters had Cheney and Bush stickers all over, and she said to me, 'You people do terrible things to the American flag here,'" said John Aaron, Curator of Arlington's Museum of Modern ARF.
From his days banging out hit after hit to his turbulent domestic life and reoccurring drug problems, Ray Charles Robinson's journey is truly inspiring. His original, albeit controversial, idea to mix the easy listening sounds of rhythm and blues with gospel sounds of the church had a significant impact on the R&B industry of today.
This past weekend, the Washington Ballet presented "Giselle," a haunting ballet about the revenge of a jilted lover, at the Kennedy Center. Giselle, a young country girl, falls in love with Albrecht, a prince, who is unfortunately already engaged. To further complicate things, a local boy is also in love with Giselle.
"Saw" (Lions Gate) is a fantastically ugly movie. If you're easily grossed out, offended or upset by graphic violence and cruelty, stay home. If there's even a question about it, stay home. But if you can stand to watch what unfolds, you won't be disappointed.
Director James Wan and actor Leigh Whannell, the masterminds behind the new serial killer gore-o-rama "Saw," are as big an underdog story as you're likely to see all year. The two Australian filmmakers spent about two years after film school trying to scrape the money together to shoot their first script.
"Sideways" and Behind: An interview with writer/director Alexander Payne
Riding the critical acclaim of "About Schmidt," director and co-writer Alexander Payne took the cynical road through Southern California's wine country in his new film "Sideways." Starring Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church, this venture demonstrated that he is more than a satirist but one also drenched in pinot noir expertise.
Movie Review: "Sideways"
"Sideways" Paul Giamatti shines in Alexander Payne's new film by Nick Fraccaro Hatchet Reporter The latest addition to Alexander Payne's slew of increasingly dark and bleak comedies, "Sideways" marks an interesting progression for the director outside of his home state of Nebraska and towards the state that brought him fame.
If the music we listen to by choice or default becomes the soundtrack of our lives, it is difficult to place where Shankar and Gingger's new CD, "Celestial Body," might pop up.
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