PCC prepares for Election Day

Share: With Election Day coming up on Nov. 3, some Pasadena City College students are taking extra time to research candidates and ballot measures before casting their votes, while others feel uncertainty over how much their vote can really matter. The Courier spoke with students across campus about how they are preparing to make decisions ahead of Tuesday’s election. Halie Soriano, a first year business major, shares she is unsure if voting really does anything. “I feel like we as the people don’t really have …

It’s time for ‘Life of a Showgirl’ to take its final bow

Share: If Taylor Swift knows how to do anything, it’s making a hit song. “Life of a Show Girl”, Swift’s most recent album, is arguably her most controversial one, and not for reasons one might think. Despite topping the charts it is at the bottom of the ranks amongst ‘Swifties.’  This album falls into every trope Swift fans have been defending her for over a decade against. “Life of a Showgirl” is an album many hoped would be focused on how years of touring changed …

‘What was once the peak is now just the beginning’… of massive layoffs

Share: Mergers are slaughtering all the media you have ever loved, and every movie, every show, and every franchise is lined up on the chopping block, and David Ellison is holding the axe. Since the dawn of time, humans have loved telling stories. Since the dawn of capitalism, companies have loved to make money. The relationships between storytellers and studios have always been a rocky one, a power struggle between financial funding and the freedom to tell the stories filmmakers want to share. These struggles …

A star is reborn: Hollywood’s got a repeat actor problem

Share: With Primetime, the film about Chris Hansen’s “To Catch a Predator” coming out this Friday, there’s a good chance that you have already seen Robert Pattinson’s face on the big screen at least once this year. At some point, Anne Hathaway was probably also on your screen; by the end of this year, she will have starred in five films. Zendaya has taken over both your screens in theaters and at home with five major projects, including the highly anticipated final season of Euphoria. …

$17.1 Billion: The price Meta will pay to keep your attention

Share: It’s 11:47 p.m on a Wednesday, and the only light sources flooding the bedroom are an iPhone open to TikTok and a half-finished Canvas quiz due at 11:59 p.m. After careful consideration to stop scrolling and attempt to finish the final 9 questions on the quiz, one last notification: “Don’t Lose Your Streak!” It’s from Meowduko, a sudoku-like app, but instead of numbers, it’s an AI picture of a cat. The streak is already on day 39, and messing up the streak cancels all …

Sell Woods: Cheap nostalgia is killing the ‘Legally Blonde’ prequel

Share: In 2026, revivals and reboots have taken over our screens. From beloved franchises like “Toy Story” releasing its fifth addition to the series to HBO’s “The Comeback” making its final comeback earlier this year. Prime Video throws their hat in the ring with “Elle”, a prequel series to the beloved 2001 classic “Legally Blonde”, but can it fill the Jimmy Choo’s left behind of the original film? “Elle” follows a 16 year old Elle Woods after she is plucked out of her shiny preppy …