The 2021 Oscars awards will showcase a diverse selection of films April 25th. Some notable films that the Academy nominated are Judas and the Black Messiah, Nomadland and Sound of Metal. With theaters being closed this year, viewers can catch these films or various streaming platforms like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and HBO Max.
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“I think the most exciting part is seeing the way love is portrayed in different decades, because now I feel like love is portrayed in a solid, social media sense, and you see this idealized version of love and you forget what it was like before Instagram and Tinder and Bumble and all those dating apps,” Ainsley Cogburn said. “The natural progression of love throughout the decades is really interesting to see.”
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The UNC Library is looking for participants for its recently released UNC Story Archive, a program where members of the campus community can tell their stories — all in their own voice. The project is based in the Wilson Special Collections Library and is open to all members of the UNC community, including students, alumni and faculty.
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“Smash is easy enough to get into that there’s a constant influx of new players,” Phil Register said. “It’s really satisfying to learn more about it. You can tell when you’re learning and when you’re getting better.”
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“One night I was standing in a restaurant with a bunch of friends and had just told a story,” Glenn said. “Somebody said, ‘You ought to write a book,’ and I said, ‘Ah, that's a nice idea.' A good friend of mine pulled me aside and said, ‘Write the damn book.'”
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Steep Canyon Rangers, a Grammy Award-winning bluegrass band based in Asheville, started as a group of friends at UNC during the 1990s. The band recently produced an album on its own, and the experience went so well that the members plan to do so again in the future.
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“It’s about physically lending your support to two communities that mean a lot to North Carolina, which is Habitat and the arts community,” junior Claire Hyde said. “They’re all awesome pieces and people would be happy to buy them, but the important part is knowing that all your dollars are going towards Habitat.”
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The last time I was this confident about a film winning Best Picture was in 2019, when “Roma” so magnificently captured the story of a live-in housekeeper in a middle-class family in Mexico. Like “Nomadland,” the film was an authentic, deeply emotional and beautifully constructed tale.
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"It seems like less than ideal roommate experiences happen to almost everybody at some point. Find the silver linings in these situations, and use this time at college to reflect and grow."
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UNC’s deferred maintenance backlog has grown to over $900 million and counting. The facilities condition index is a ratio of remedying a building’s deficiencies relative to the current building replacement value. A building in good condition has an FCI of less than or equal to 0.05; fair condition if between 0.05 and 0.10; poor condition if between 0.10 and 0.30, and severe condition if greater than 0.30. The average for all UNC buildings is 0.19, falling in the poor condition category.
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Judas and the Black Messiah is a powerful film, and that should be no surprise — for “anywhere there’s people, there’s power.” (9.5/10)
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As the weather changes, students are trading in their Zoom sweats for new outfits.
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Practitioners of crystals emphasize that they are not meant to replace medical treatment, but rather should be used to heal and connect with oneself.
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“We all have different issues that we have to deal with and I think that’s what Arts Access is about: making everything accessible, and realizing that we all come from a different point with our health and our lives,” artist Kathryn DeMarco said.
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“It was just pretty neat just to see this house fully engulfed in the middle of a residential neighborhood in Mebane, but not for bad reasons,” Dave Roth said. “So, we got a lot of pictures of it."
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“Although Benjamin is a soft-spoken person, he possesses a big booming bass voice with growing solo depth,” Timothy W. Sparks said. “Benjamin is a very sensitive artist with a keen intellect and benevolent spirit.”
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Each dance group has a bhangra segment included in their performance, which allows both the dancers and the audience to witness how the Punjabi culture intertwines with the other cultures that are represented. This year's event will also serve to raise funds in support of Punjabi farmers' protests in India.
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"The performances from the cast in this movie are all phenomenal and bring this point to life beautifully. Every single member of this ensemble could have been nominated for an Oscar. In fact, two of them were."
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"Because of this mostly objective approach, it feels as though we are watching events occur in reality — with unpredictable stakes and terrifying implications. Instead of letting the action take a break with a filmmaker’s interjection of produced graphics or non-diegetic music, we remain firmly in the film’s world – Nanau lets the events speak for themselves."
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With a piece of sarcophagus, a pocket watch, and a portrait of an unidentified sex worker called “Peaches,” a student tour guide at the Ackland can create a conversation about telling time through art.
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