A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending poet Tracy K. Smith’s reading at Boston College’s Gasson Hall. Smith’s latest collection,...

This year’s Academy Awards was nothing short of expected outcomes, inspiring speeches, and  ever-painful snubbing (it’ll be okay, Leo)....

The Beacon's in-house selections for Oscar gold. This article is a link to: https://www.berkeleybeacon.com/oscars2014

In The Wind Rises, a saying is repeated that “artists are only creative for 10 years.” Whether this is supposed to taken as self-deprecation...

A man sits in a room. He’s talking into a camera. There’s another camera filming that camera. The man’s face is obscured. He’s...

Jillian DeFrehn spent almost 10 years in Los Angeles becoming a PR guru, working for both NBC and CBS. But now, DeFrehn, a 2004 Emerson College graduate...

On February 11, 1963, at the age of 30, celebrated poet Sylvia Plath committed suicide in her London home, and subsequently became one of the most mythologized...

Shortly after the 2014 Grammys, photos of the members of Daft Punk without their masks went viral. The two had just won a backpack’s worth of awards,...

Anyone who has attended a live performance of a play or musical knows the anticipation that hits right before the first scene begins.  The lights...

Iliza Shlesinger, a visual and media arts major who graduated Emerson College in 2005, has made quite the splash in the comedy world since heading west...

As the Oscar season rolls its way into every media outlet, the time has come to catch up on the contending pictures for both the major and often-overlooked...