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Game, Set, Match

Game, Set, Match

Dynamic producing duo Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross come together once again to create an award-winning film score for Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers.”
Julia Viviano, Staff Writer March 5, 2025

  All is fair in the game of love and tennis - that is what director Luca Guadagnino wanted to portray in his sports romance film “Challengers,” released on April 26, 2024. Having worked with Guadagnino...

The 6888

The 6888

The incomparable Tyler Perry released the hard-hitting biopic of the crucial role Black American Women in the 6888 Battalion played in WWII—running a total of two hours and seven minutes.
Caden Powels, Staff Writer February 28, 2025

On Dec. 20, 2024, the movie “The Six Triple Eight” was released on Netflix, a movie pertaining to War World II and how even through discrimination and blatant racism, 855 African American Women soldiers...

Fried & Tested

Fried & Tested

Culture and Graphics editor Alex Schwind reviews and ranks six different chicken tender/fries combos from various local restaurants.
Alex Schwind, Culture & Graphics Editor February 21, 2025

1. CM Korean Fried Chicken 7206 Towne Centre Dr, Liberty Township, OH 45069 - $13.99 CM Chicken is the crème de la crème of the restaurants on this list. CM Chicken specializes in Korean fried chicken....

A Sweet and Spongy Story

A Sweet and Spongy Story

East senior Faith Chau shares a family recipe that is important to her family and Vietnamese culture.
Addison Stallsmith, Culture Editor February 18, 2025

When East senior Faith Chau returned home one evening after a routine basketball practice, a familiar sweet and dewy scent filled her nostrils. Her mom was baking one of her favorite dishes: honeycomb...

Dear Old Wicked

Dear Old Wicked

After 12 years in the making, the film adaptation of "Wicked" hit theaters on Nov. 22, 2024.
Alex Schwind, Culture & Graphics Editor February 12, 2025

A tornado, a yellow brick road, and three clicks before “The Wizard of Oz,” an unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe story takes place—a story of the good...

Thrifted Ring Target White Shirt Vivienne Westwood Necklace Thrifted Flannel.

A Style That Fits

East senior Mason Viox dives into his style evolution, with many influences from musicians.
Allie Haucke, Feature Editor & Business Manager February 7, 2025

As he steps out of his car onto his Billie Eilish themed parking spot, the last sounds of a Frank  Ocean song escape out the door. He swings his backpack onto the shoulder of his maroon sweater. A silver...

The Album Reviewed That Has Really Long Titles and Lasts A Really Long Time Without Any Lyrics And Is All Instruments But It Is Still Good

The Album Reviewed That Has Really Long Titles and Lasts A Really Long Time Without Any Lyrics And Is All Instruments But It Is Still Good

André 3000’s first solo album, “New Blue Sun,” pushes the boundaries of music conventions and displays his unique vision.
Luke Viviano, News Editor & Business Manager February 5, 2025

  This year in the Album of the Year category at the Grammy Awards, there are the expected faces: Beyonce, Charli XCX, and Chappell Roan.  But out of nowhere comes the debut solo album of former...

Pharrell Williams in Lego form.

Built to Inspire

Jack-of-all-trades Pharrell Williams brings to the screen his very own biopic with a youthful and creative flare only he could create.
Luke Viviano, News Editor & Business Manager February 3, 2025

Pharrell Williams has never been one to stand in line with any of his contemporaries, no matter which of his many ventures it happens to be. When, on Jan. 26, 2024, he announced that his upcoming biopic...

Gambler's Prayer

Gambler’s Prayer

“Desire, I Want To Turn Into You,” and the album's deluxe “Everasking Edition” is Caroline Polachek’s sophomore album, released on Feb. 14, 2023.
Alex Schwind, Culture & Graphics Editor January 31, 2025

Life and death, love and heartbreak, glory and the journey seeking it; Caroline Polachek, an indie-alternative pop artist with a uniquely enchanting voice and distinct production, explores an array...

Staff Playlist: January 2025

Staff Playlist: January 2025

Listen in to Spark staffers’ songs they are bringing into new year.
Spark Staff January 31, 2025

CHOSEN BY SPARK STAFF   1. Ribs by Lorde 2. Die With A Smile by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars -Macie Manzardo 2. ICON by TWICE -Delaney Finch 3. Mando by Will Paquin -Emma Vernon 4....

Don't Open the Door.

Don’t Open the Door.

“Alien: Romulus,” the latest movie in one of the most classic science fiction series, “Alien,” has been thrilling audiences since August 2024.
Grace Callahan, Editor-in-Chief January 31, 2025

The long-lasting science fiction thriller series that started in 1979 with the movie “Alien” has finally been continued. The ninth installment to this series is “Alien: Romulus,” which was released...

It's here, It's You

It’s here, It’s You

Mica Tenenbaum and Matthew Lewin, the indie-pop duo behind Magdalena Bay, released their sophomore album “Imaginal Disk” on August 23, 2024.
Alex Schwind, Culture & Graphics Editor January 29, 2025

Dynamic American alternative pop duo Magdalena Bay imagined and brought to life a new universe of music with their otherworldly, synth-pop, disco-inspired sophomore album “Imaginal Disk.” Proceeded...

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