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Staff Writer A student at Riverside Elementary School in New Jersey found a stray lizard in a bowl of greens at lunch time. The lizard was three inches long and green. Riverside Elementary School science teacher Mark Eastburn told NJ.com “a 3-inch green anole lizard was found by a kindergartner in a bundle of tatsoi greens.” The lizard had been cold and lifeless for days while living in a refrigerator. The people were told “The tatsoi had been bought from Whole Earth Center, a natural foods store in Princeton.” The officials from the farm said the lizard probably wouldn’t have made it into a non organic box of greens. People later realized that the vegetables were grown around many bugs and animals of different species. Image by rottentomatoes.com By Gracie Kuhn
Staff Writer This movie is about an inspiring true story where Joy Mangano invented a miracle mop with help of working in her dad’s auto shop. Joy Mangano has always wanted to invent something in her lifetime and she was finally able to. Her mom and dad divorced at a young age, so she felt sorrow growing up. Shortly after college she married someone, and soon after that she had divorced her husband. Her husband had nowhere to live, so both of them lived in the same house, but Tony lived in the basement and she lived upstairs. Jennifer Lawrence (Joy Mangano), Bradley Cooper (Neil Walker), Robert De Niro (Joy’s dad), Edgar Ramirez (Joys ex husband), Virgina Madsen (Joy’s mom), and Diane Ladd (Joy’s mimi), all did a great job of acting in this movie and making it an inspiring movie for consumers. After Joy’s dad and mom divorced, joy’s mom lived in her house causing lots of maintenance for joy. Joy’s mom did not move out of her room on the main floor for the whole time in her lifetime and did not see her ex-husband for 15 years. She was glued to the tv in her room everyday. One day, Joy’s mimi visited them and gave her an inspiring achievement that she could do. Joy said, “Some of us are fortunate enough to have somebody that believes in us, even before we're able to believe in ourselves," says Mangano. Shortly after that, Joy got a roll of yarn and started to rap it around her hands. She decided that she could create a mop and invent something to not get her hands dirty. One day, Joy’s dad showed up at her house and he was poor and had no money. This is when he wanted to move into joy’s house with everyone else in debt. Joy said he could live downstairs with Tony. Right when Rudy got downstairs Tony and him started fighting. Joy went downstairs and separated them with a piece of toilet paper. The next day, Joy started to advertise her mop in a parking lot with her kid and no one would buy it. Joy told her kid that she was a failure and said, “Christie, look at me. I want you to remember something cause a lot of times people get nice things and they start to think differently. We got here from hard work, patience, and humility. So I want to tell you, don't ever think the world owes you anything because it doesn't. The world doesn't owe you a thing.” When she went home, she told her ex-husband about her failure and started to cry. He cheered her up by telling her, he worked with someone that considered to sell things that people invented. This person was Neil Walker (Bradley Cooper). After Tony told Joy this, she went to Neil Walker’s office and told him about her miracle mop. He said that it was a good idea and he would consider it. If you want to learn more about the movie, then watch it! It is a great movie and one of my favorites. Image by nineteeneightyeight.com By Anna Cunningham
Staff Writer “May the force be with you,” “Not all who wander are lost,” “As you wish,” or “Snakes, why does it always have to be snakes?” Illustrator Andrew DeGraff has began making paintings that map classic tales, and put them all together as a book he published in October. According to DeGraff’s website, he grew up in Albany New York, but works and lives in California. He graduated from Pratt Institute's Communications Design program, in 2001, hoping to become an illustrator. Andrew DeGraff’s book of these maps is called Plotted: A Literary Atlas. He takes story mapping to a new level by drawing the path taken by the characters as they traveled through their world, as well as the important locations. He maps where a character may have fallen in love or a tragic death happened. DeGraff artistically and cleverly brings the stories to life! These wonderful painting help you “navigate the twists and turns of complex story lines,” wrote Linda Poon. What stories has he painted? Andrew Degraff has made story maps for A Wrinkle In Time, Around the World In 80 Days, A Christmas Carol, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and more! “His paintings made me very interested in these books,” said Kiki Chiang, a seventh grade student. What if you don’t like books? Andrew DeGraff amazingly maps movies too. For example, he’s drawn the plots of, Indiana Jones, Star Trek, The Goonies, Jaws, The Breakfast Club, Ghostbusters, Back To The Future, Lord Of The Rings, and The Princess Bride. Author Daniel Harmon wrote, “illuminating classic works of literature in fun and appealing new ways,” to describe DeGraff’s work. Plotted: A Literary Atlas received an over 4 ½ star rating on Goodreads, and is enjoyed by many readers. Image by dailytimes.com By Alyssa Teimann & Jane Pearson
Staff Writers A kit full of color and beauty, Kylie’s new lip kit, a dream she has had for 2 years, has finally come to life. Each color is different and has its own beauty. As if now she has created three lip products in the colors, Dolce K, Candy K, and True Brown K. "We will be restocking in the three original colors as well as the new ones. And yes we've ordered a lot more for you guys. Thank you for being so amazing and patient," explained Jenner. Jenner is selling the colors for $29.00 each. The oil free formula has 25% pigment which provides instant color. A website called http://www.lipkitbykylie.com/ is where interested customers can buy these amzong colors. Within the first 3o seconds of the release, Jenner’s product made 1.8 million dollars and was instantly sold out. ”Though the colors are very beautiful and cool, I personally won’t be purchasing the new colors of the Kylie Lip Kit because I almost never wear Lipstick, but maybe one day I will,” said Emily Bachman, a seventh grade student from LJHS in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Many customers are very happy with the formula, but some disagree and will not be purchasing the product. Although Jenner is not happy with some of the remarks, she still is pursuing the business to come up with better colors. “I want Candy K because, it brings out my true skin tone and it really resembles my personality," explained Alec Beckley. Jenner has nothing but confidence. Trying create her dream, she is very happy with the comments she gets from her fans and will always remember this amazing experience. With beautiful colors already made, we will still be waiting for what's next to come. Image courtesy of youtube.com By Cody Hart
Staff Writer Was ride along 2 really that great? A lot of viewers say it's not worth the ratings. “I was expecting to laugh more” said one review, People often thought it was going to be as funny as the first release. Kevin Hart and Ice Cube starred in both films. The plot line to this movie was to stop a major drug dealer while Ice Cube was trying to train Kevin Hart to be a detective. The first movie was way more funny. This movie only had a few funny scenes. Ride Along 2 received a two star rating. The first movie got a 5 star rating, which makes the second edition a big let down. When you make a prequel that good then it's hard to live up to the repetition of another good movie. This movie got 80% rottentomatoes, which is horrible considering the first movie got 100%. Ride Along 2 received only partially good reviews from kids, but adults did not like it. Image by hngn.com By Emma Carter
Staff Writer The Kitten bowl is an alternative to the Puppy Bowl, and is nothing but cuteness. Thanks to host Beth Stern and the North Shore Animal League of America, 100 rescue kittens were able to be part of the Kitten Bowl, all which were later adopted, some even taken home to foster by the host herself. The Kitten bowl is composed of two adorable kitten teams in a small enclosure decorated to look like a football stadium, including scratching post goals and plenty of toys to keep the action going. All the kittens will compete in some sort of feat of agility while commentators call attention to every paw swipe or soulful glance. Hydration is in the form of metal water containers on the side accompanied by a few handy litter boxes. But just because it is adorable does not mean it’s easy. “Sometimes we get an issue or two. They tend to delve into the catnip, and that kind of thing can get out of control,” quipps Boomer Esiason, the Feline Football League commission for the Super Bowl Sunday event. Not only is this even difficult to control and adorable, but it is also super popular. Bill Abbott, CEO of Crown Media Holdings Inc. says that last year the Kitten Bowl received a whopping 2.2 million views! “ For advertising, it’s our hottest--- Believe it or not ---event because of our ability to integrate a client into the program,” he said. Because of it’s ratings, the Hallmark channel has decided to make the Kitten Bowl annual. However, the Kitten Bowl wasn’t just about the ratings and the money, actually, it was quite the opposite. The Kitten Bowl was created to raise awareness for rescue animals, and to give all the kittens competing forever homes, which all of them did. And the commissioner Esiason has nothing but love for the little furballs. “The kitten players,” he offered, “are so much easier to deal with than human players.” Image by Disney By Kathryn Burgess
Staff Writer Finally, after 13 years in the making, Finding Dory will come out on June 17th, 2016. The comedian who played the spacey surgeonfish Dory in the original, Ellen Degeneres, will be returning as the voice of Dory. She announced on her talk show on Tuesday that there would, in fact, be a sequel to “Finding Nemo” and that it would be called “Finding Dory.” Here’s the good news: They say I’m one of the five top contenders to play the part of Dory,” DeGeneres joked. “There is no Dory without Ellen,” said director Andrew Stanton. “She won the hearts of moviegoers all over the world — not to mention our team here at Pixar. One thing we couldn’t stop thinking about was why she was all alone in the ocean on the day she met Marlin.” “In ’Finding Dory,’ she will be reunited with her loved ones, learning a few things about the meaning of family along the way.” Stanton was given the reins to this animated sequel, thanks in part to the live-action failure that was John Carter. Disney lost over $200 million on the film that was poised to be another smash hit for the movie studio. Finding Nemo was a massive success, earning over $936.7 million! “ I hope that families all over the world will love this movie as much as I do,” Degeneres said. Image by Disney Pixar By Luzahn Chandler
Staff Writer What if the meteor that destroyed the dinosaurs had missed? The movie “The Good Dinosaur”, a fantasy/adventure, directed by Peter Sohn, plays with that theory. In the movie, there are two main characters: Arlo, the apatosaurus, played by Raymond Ochoa, is the last to hatch in his litter, and the smallest. He goes on a long journey, and meets the other main character, Spot, played by Jack Bright. Spot is a boy that acts like a dog. He walks on all fours, scratches his ear with his back leg, and howls at the moon. “The movie looks fun and cute, and I can't wait until it comes to theaters.” says Ruby Cumming. Well the wait is almost over. The Good Dinosaur comes to theaters Thanksgiving of 2015! “The Good Dinosaur looks like a very fun and creative topic, and looks like fun for all ages.” says Jamison Ryals. Well she’s right! The good dinosaur is rated 7.8 out of 10, and 96% of people want to see it. In the movie, Arlo and Spot join a pack of three T-Rex’s. Butch, played by Marcus Scriber,Ramsey, played by Anna Paquin, and Nash, played by A.J. Buckley. They go on many adventures together, and they teach Arlo how to be a T-Rex. The whole reason that Arlo goes on this huge journey is because he lost his dad. Arlo and Pappa were exploring their boundaries when the huge flood came. It rushed down the avine where Pappa and Arlo where,and swept them away. Since Arlo was the youngest, he couldn’t swim very well, and was starting to drown. His dad tried to save him, but in doing so, he was swept away, gone for good. Arlo found Spot, when the Shaman, played by Peter Sohn tried to claim him. Both of them tried a bunch of names, to see who he would respond too, and in the end, Arlo called the name Spot, and Spot came running. Arlo teaches Spot many cool things such as the wonder of fireflies, flying, and more. In turn, spot shows Arlo many features, like Ground hogs, how to get over a gap in the path, and how to fight off a serpent. “An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend,” says the IMDb. Coming to theaters near you November 25, 2015! Photo by TV Guide. By Josie Rogers
Staff Writer Black-ish is a comedy television series that airs in the USA. It focuses on the Johnson family and the difficulties of living and raising kids in an upper middle-class neighborhood. Black-ish started in 2014 and is still currently showing. The show was created by Kenya Barris who is also the director of the show. Black-ish was also nominated for 10 awards , including three Teen Choice award, and two BET award (Black Entertainment Television) , in 2015, and won five of them. “Black-ish is very funny, and very entertaining, and I love to watch it,” said 8th grade student Raeya Downs. The family of the Johnsons include Anthony Anderson (the dad), Tracee Ellis Ross (the mom), Marcus Scribner (the oldest son), Miles Brown (the youngest son), Marsia Martin (the youngest daughter), and lastly Yara Shahidi ( the oldest daughter). They all face many problems but along the way they solve them as a family. “I watch this show, and enjoy it very much” said Michelle Woo, an 8th grade student at Lakeridge Junior High. In the cover of Black-ish, it shows the Johnson Family spraying very bright, colorful silly string, and they are all wearing bright colorful clothing. This also makes it seem very bright and that they are having fun as a family. The story of this family airs on television every Wednesday, at 9:30 Pacific time. Photo by Serijal.com By Raeya Downs
Staff Writer Pretty little liars is a TV show started in 2010 that is based in Rosewood, Pennsylvania and is about four very interesting girls. Pretty Little Liars has been a popular show since its very first episode, aired on June 8th, 2010. The show obviously has been very popular since it has had 6 seasons. On November 24, 2015 there will be a sneak peek episode, and millions of fans will be watching and when season 6b starts on January 12th, 2016. By all accounts, it will be very popular, just like the other 5 seasons. The show focuses on four high school girls whose best friend and leader of the group, Alison Dilaurentis, goes missing. A year later she is pronounced dead. The four girls become close again after drifting apart, they start talking again when they start getting texts from a person called A that knows all of their secrets that they only told Alison. The girls, Hanna Marin, Aria Montgomery, Spencer Hastings, and Emily Fields, are convinced that Alison is still alive and is the one sending them the texts signed A. They are all convinced until the cops find “Alison’s” body in her backyard. Later they find out that it was actually a girl named Bethany Young in Alison’s grave. The girls later find out Alison is alive and has been threatened by A also. They all try to figure out who A is together and later in the show Spencer figures out it was Mona Vanderwaal. She hated Alison and the girls because Alison made Mona “loser Mona” and the other girls didn’t stop her and let Alison tease her. Josie Rogers, an 8th grader, says “Pretty little liars seems like an interesting show that many people watch and girls can sometimes relate to it.” A has done horrible things to all of the girls including having run Hanna over with a car, ruined multiple of the girls relationships, framed them for multiple things including murder, killed people close to them, and much more. All of the girls had weaknesses that A knew of, like Aria having an affair with her teacher, Hanna binge eating when she is nervous, Spencer always having to be the best of the best, and Emily thinking everyone is innocent. Zoe Johnson, an 8th grader, says “ I don’t watch the show but I know that many people are very excited with all of the twists and turns.” The show is very appealing for the teenage girl audience and has very exciting plots. The show talks about different situations that some junior high girls face, including bullying. |
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