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COLUMN: Everyone is eating healthier…and it’s pissing me off

Khushi Arora, Reporter May 15, 2024

I feel it all around me – the judgement, the jerky glances, the slight shake of the head in disapproval. All I bought was a pack of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, but I might as well have declared myself an...

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Ryan Murphy’s career reveals how far Hollywood has come – and how far there is to go

Jennifer Sadler, Reporter January 19, 2023

Famed writer, director and producer Ryan Murphy was granted the Carol Burnett Award at the 80th Golden Globes on Jan. 10. The award, which was created and first given at the 78th Golden Globes, was...

Prisoners of our own device-ing: A look at Bo Burnham’s Inside

Rayleigh Deaton June 18, 2021

As mandates are lifted and the world rushes headlong back to normality, wanting to put the last year behind it as soon as possible, Bo Burnham invites us to stop and reflect on pandemic life.A few days...

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How “Evil Dead 2” reinvented the wheel for horror

Grant Wheeler October 16, 2019

Roger Ebert once said in his review of “Evil Dead 2” that “Level One viewers will say it's in bad taste. Level Two folks like myself will perceive that it is about bad taste.”Fall’s crisp chill...

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Comedian Chris D’Elia to perform at UK

Kristi Fitzgerald March 28, 2019

Comedian, actor and writer Chris D’Elia will be performing a stand-up comedy show as a part of his “Follow the Leader” tour on March 31, 2019, on the University of Kentucky’s campus in the Singletary...

Audience members raise lights during Helena Handbasket's final song of the Cat's Den drag show on Thursday, February 28, 2019 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Natalie Parks | Staff

Cats Den is a recreation room for UK students

Kamilah Williams March 4, 2019

Cats Den is keeping its historic purpose while creating a space where all students and faculty are welcomed.On the first level of the Gatton Student Center, there is a large space where you can find students...

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Comedy Caravan audience has ‘good time’ at Cats Den

Emma Reid January 24, 2019

The student center is commonly known as the home of a massive Starbucks, over-the-top gym and a crowded dining hall. It is less known as a stage for famous comedians.Comedy Caravan takes place every Wednesday...

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Movie Review: Vice is hilarious, engaging, with serious commentary

Grant Wheeler December 30, 2018

A running gag for some time has been Dick Cheney’s likeness to popular villain Darth Vader. In 2007, toward the end of the Bush administration, Cheney said about the comparison: “I’ve been asked...

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‘Sexiest woman in showbiz’ brought a weekend of laughs to Lexington

Catherine McLaurin October 21, 2018

On Wednesday night at the Lexington Center Mall, Etta May was introduced as “the sexiest woman in show business.” As a comedian traveling to Comedy Off Broadway, the newly turned 50-year-old woman...

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Kentucky native brings forth bizarre comedy

Alex Brinkhorst March 23, 2018

Starring a Kentucky native and written by a Kentucky native, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a surreal trip in the desert and is a bizarre comedy that turns everyone’s head.Fear and Loathing in Las...

Tiffany Haddish will be performing at the Singletary Center for the Arts on March 26.

“Girls Trip” comedian is coming to UK

Kamilah Williams March 22, 2018

Stand-up comedian Tiffany Haddish will give a stand-up comedy routine to UK students and the Lexington community on March 26.Haddish was most recently seen starring in the comedy movie "Girls Trip" alongside...

The Skittykitties, this year's improv troupe from WildKat Komedy.

Meet WildKat Komedy, UK’s new improv comedy group

October 10, 2017

Improv comedy is like a duck on a skateboard.At least, according to WildKat Komedy’s Drew Davidson it is. WildKat Komedy is a new improv organization that is attached to the College of Fine Arts. Davidson,...

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