![]() By Zayra Lopez Celebrities are always getting into relationships. Some relationships are committed relationships, short term relationships, or it’s for publicity. When people in Hollywood get into a relationship, it is always controversial when it is announced. Many people disagree with the relationship, but others love it and are excited to see the relationship develop more, especially if it’s a relationship with their favorite celebrities involved. Couples in Hollywood make a lot more money which is why a lot of relationships are just for publicity. In Hollywood, the top reasons why celeb couples break up is because of cheating, feuds, scheduling, and media attention but cheating is a common trend in Hollywood. Recently, rappers, Cardi B and Offset, have separated due to Offset cheating on Cardi several times even after Cardi had her baby, Kulture. Offset has tried to get Cardi to take him back by posting an “apology” on his Instagram page and interrupting her concert during Rolling Loud with roses that says “take me back cardi”. Still, Cardi isn’t taking offset back and she’s very disappointed in him. There are also many relationships that “move too quick”. This is when relationships that barely started getting married, engaged, etc quickly. For example, Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson. Pete and Ariana dated for just about 2 weeks before Ariana got engaged to Pete. This caused a lot of controversies online about if the couple makes a good pair. A few months later though, they called off the engagement. There are many other couples in Hollywood that move on too quickly and most of the time, the relationship doesn’t even last. This is also very common in Hollywood. Other relationships are for publicity. Many celebrities and influencers are in “relationships” to gain more attention or they give little hints that will make people think that they are in a relationship with someone. This makes the media and people go crazy, which ends up having the influencer or celebrity to be paid a lot. For example, Ethan Dolan and Emma Chamberlain. These influencers started showing their “love” for each other which many argue that they are dating while others say they are just doing it for publicity or that their just simply good friends. Their “relationship” has gained a lot of media attention. Many make youtube videos where they show the times where Emma Chamberlain and Ethan Dolan show affection and they try to prove that they’re dating. These influencers also give a lot of hints but people don’t know if they’re doing it to play around or if they’re being for real. For example, on January 7, 2019, Ethan retweeted a tweet that was hating on Emma Chamberlain and he defended Emma by saying, “Her lips definitely aren’t crusty” which made fans go crazy and many other influencers and some celebrities were shocked about it. Many people are saying that it was just a tease for people thinking that they were dating. Others were saying that he said it so he can get attention and get to 7 Million followers. What made fans more suspicious was that Ethan’s twin brother, Grayson Dolan, made no comment even though he’s always hating on ”ethma” in their “sister squad” videos with James Charles, Grayson Dolan, Ethan Dolan, and Emma Chamberlain. Instead, He liked a bunch of his fans’ “Tuesday selfies”. All of this, in general, caused a lot of attention. Many gossip pages also wrote about it. Hollywood has many different types of relationships. Though Hollywood ruins couples and makes relationships unhealthy, a lot of couples end up lasting for a long time. All relationships have different reactions from people and most relationships are talked about or known just like Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s Relationship or Drake and Rihanna’s relationship (which had come to an end).
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By: Eduardo Pasillas![]() Video games are very popular to this generation. There are at least 211 million people in the world that like to play video games. They can be played on different kind of platforms. You can play video games on PS4, Xbox, and sometimes even on PC or mobile. It’s hard to say that there is just one game out right now that is the hottest. The three video games that are the hottest right now are Fortnite, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Call of Duty Black Ops 4. These games have been out for a while and there are still many people who play these games. One of the games is free and the other 2 cost $59.99. Prices don’t stop people from buying video games and playing. The first game that is the most known and played is Fortnite. It is a free game that has many players playing it around the world. There are around 125 million players who play this game. This game is a battle royale which contains 100 players in one map per game and you have to try to be the only one alive whether that’s in solo, duo, or squad mode. There are many people that became famous streamers because they are so good at this video game that they stream their games and get viewers. People who stream their video games get money from people who donate to them. Red Dead Redemption 2 is a game that set in the west when slavery was still a thing. It’s also a prequel to Red Dead Redemption. It did win an award for “Best Narrative”. Also, it made about $725 million. Call of Duty Black Ops 4 recently came out in October. When the video game first came out, within the first three days, worldwide sales raised up to more than $500 million. By the title of the video game, you can tell that there are another 3 Black Ops. Black Ops 4 has been the most successful. Sergio Contreras
12/21/18 Riot Games “League of Legends” is a MOBA (multiplayer online battle area) point and click game with two teams of five. The objective the game is to infiltrate enemy territory and slowly destroy defenses and reach the Nexus, a building at the end. The team who destroys the enemies Nexus wins the game. The game was originally released in 2009. Since the games release, the number of players, number of monthly players, and number of players daily have increased by the millions each year. Tournaments have also gotten bigger too. The amount of people participating and the amount of people who watch and attend. One of the main reasons that this game continues to grow is the games constant updates. New updates add things like cosmetics and new “champions” (characters that players can use). The game is free to play with micro-transactions. Players can use real money to buy in game currency. With the in game currency, players can purchase the new cosmetics and champions with each update. 2011 Player count:32.5 million Monthly Players:11.5 million Daily Players:4.2 million 2012 Player count:70 million Monthly Players:32 million Daily Players:12 million 2014 Player count:70 million Monthly Players:67 million Daily Players:27 million Another thing that popularized the game is streamers. Many people stream gameplay on websites like Twitch and YouTube. Players who stream the game could also get sponsors and join a professional team to compete in tournaments, which are also streamed. “Loltyler1” was ranked the most watched League of Legends streamer. Popular streams are entertaining and keep the game entertaining even for people who don’t play the game. They also get people into the game. “Loltyler1” or “Tyler1” had been banned from the game 2016 for his behavior on his streams, after he was unbanned, he had reached over 400k+ viewers on Twitch, breaking many records. Professional eSports team for the game also helped popularize the game. There are many teams that compete in two different competitions in Europe and in North America. Each team has their own following and supports. These people attend things like tournaments and buying the teams merch helps promote the game. The latest League Of Legends tournament had $6,450,000 as the prize money. This is what makes these tournaments fun to watch, there is a lot on the line, teams could either walk away with millions, or go home with nothing. These tournaments are pretty much another way of advertising. Cielito Hidalgo
Ms. Rios Journalism 21 December 2018 It’s no surprise that the 4th installment of The Avengers would spark so much conversation in and out of the internet. Avengers: Endgame is the 4th Marvel movie that features most of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) characters. It’s the continuation of Avengers: Infinity War, which also had everybody on the edge of their seats. Infinity War was all about the Avengers, the Guardians, and all the other MCU characters trying to stop and beat Thanos from collecting all of the Infinity Stones. Thanos, the main antagonist, ended up succeeding in wiping half of living things in the world, including most of our beloved characters, Spiderman, Black Panther, Bucky Barnes, and Scarlet Witch, just to name a few. From the new trailer, we can see the remaining survivors of Thanos’ snap: Captain America, Ironman, Black Widow, Nebula, Bruce Banner/Hulk, Thor, Ant-Man, and Hawkeye. The trailer started out with Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) recording a message to his fiance, Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow). We hear that his food has run out and oxygen will run out soon. After the heartbreaking start, the rest of the trailer is focused on Captain America (Chris Evans) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) narrating the emotional trauma of the snap. The trailer, in general, didn’t show any plot and what could possibly happen, but merely shows the survivors and the anticipated title of the new film. In just twenty-four hours, the highly anticipated trailer was viewed by a whopping 289 million people, successfully beating the preceding film, Avengers: Infinity War. Because the trailer didn’t show anything about the plot, many internet blogs and content creators conspired plenty of different theories. Some theories include Captain Marvel, time traveling, and who will save Ironman. One of the biggest theory of how Endgame would turn out is the fact that the remaining Avengers would time travel. Earlier in the year, leaked set photos of the cast were seen with their old costumes from the very first Avengers film. It was also hinted in previous movies like Ant-Man and the Wasp and Infinity War that time travel is possible to do in the MCU. Could time travel be the only way they get to beat Thanos? One of the other biggest theory circling around the internet is the fact that Captain Marvel would save the Avengers, wield the infinity gauntlet, and beat Thanos once and for all. It’s no secret that the Captain Marvel film will be released in 2019 and her symbol appeared in the after-credits scene in Infinity War. This theory is very plausible and it would be a great way to integrate Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers into the MCU. Superhero movies have become more mainstream as the years went on, and the superhero movie franchise has become a multi-million dollar industry. A few people from KSJC were very ecstatic about the trailer being dropped, and one of those people is Sierra Estifanos. Sierra is a 12th grader and has been a fan of Marvel for quite a while. She said, “I’m really excited because I love Marvel and I want to know how the MCU continues the characters’ story, I just don’t want any of them to die”. It really isn’t a big secret that some of the original characters like Ironman, Captain America, or even Thor, could die in this final Avengers film. The actors’ contracts are up and it’s unclear whether any of them has signed on to do more movies. Although there are millions of Marvel fans, there are others that didn’t even know that there was a new Avengers that’s coming out! Alyanna Salva is an 11th grader from Oakmont High school. She isn’t as thrilled as others and barely found out that there’s another Avengers film coming out, “I’m not really that excited because I don’t watch those movies often”. Well, whether you watch action movies or not, Avengers: Endgame is going to be one of the biggest superhero film of 2019. Cathy Nguyen (with help from Ramon Galindo)
Period: 1 December 5, 2018 If you are someone that probably doesn’t know what in the god universe is BTS, then you probably live in a cage. In fact I am listening to one of their songs “Cypher pt. 4” right now! The members in this group are Kim Taehyung, (Stage name:V), Jung Hoseok (Stage name: J-Hope), Min Yoongi (Stage name: Suga), Kim Seokjin (Stage name: Jin), Kim Namjoon (Stage name: RM, Rap Monster) and Jeon Jungkook (Stage name: Jungkook). The South Korean Boy band is formed by Big Hit entertainment, a South Korean entertainment company. The group name, BTS, stands for the korean expression Bangtan Sonyeondan meaning “Bulletproof boy scouts”. In this article you’ll learn the background story of BTS and how they ended up as one of the most popular artist bands in the world. In the years of 2010 and 2011, auditions for a possible boy band were held by Big Hit entertainment. And the lineup went through several changes before it was actually finalized with Jin, Jungkook, V, RM, J-Hope, Suga, and Jimin in 2012. 6 months after their debut, they began to gain attention for their presence on many social media outlets as well as song covers on YouTube and Soundcloud. The group’s first debut single album 2 Cool 4 Skool was released simultaneously with its lead single “No more Dream” on June 12, 2013. Their album peaked at number 5 on the Gaon album chart and eventually sold over 145,000 copies. Expanding their attempts into Japan, “No More Dream” was later re-recorded in Japanese and was released on June 4, 2014. In September 11, 2013 they released their single, “N.O” It sold over 160,000 copies to this day, include 34,000 in its release year and peaked at number 4. The same month, BTS starred their own variety TV show Rookie King based on a fake broadcast station,”Channel Bangtan”. At the end of the year, BTS was recognized with several New Artist of the year awards. Their Japanese studio album, Wake Up, (2014) released that December peaking at number 3 on the weekly Oricon Album Charts and selling 28,000 copies. At the beginning of 2015, BTS toured Japan for the first time with their Wake Up: Open your Eyes tour. The lead single “I Need U” was a top five hit on the weekly Gaon digital Chart in South Korea. BTS’ fourth Japanese single, “For You”, was released that June to celebrate their first anniversary. The single was selling 42,000 copies within the first day. On March 17, 2015, the leader of the group, RM released his self titled album, RM that he explains,”takes a narrative on confidence and uncertainty comes with self-discovery.” On August 15, 2016, rapper Suga dropped his first pseudonym named mixtape,”Agust D” while critics stating that his “storytelling execution in the music he creates tears down the barrier of sugar coating.” On September 7 2016, BTS released their second Japanese studio album Youth selling over 44,000 copies on its first day and ranking number one in Japan. Meanwhile, back in their home country, pre-orders for the group’s second album Wings, was released on October estimating over 500,000 copies within the first week. The lead single "Blood Sweat & Tears" achieved an "all-kill" in South Korea, becoming their first number one hit on the weekly Gaon Digital Chart. The music video gained over 6 million views within the first 24 hours, breaking the previous record held on YouTube for the highest number of views of a Kpop group within 24 hours. Later, they actually won Artist of the Year at the 2016 Mnet Asian Music Awards. In early 2017, BTS began on their Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings tour. The lead single “Spring day” topped eight of the major South Korean online music charts. What’s also cool is that in November, BTS became the first KPOP group to perform at the American music Awards, raising their profile internationally. They won their second Artist of the year at the Mnet Asian Music awards, making the first KPOP group to have won that group in 2 years in a row. An original, eight episode long documentary called Burn the Stage offering a behind the scenes look at the group’s 2017 Wings tour. It was premiered on March 28 on Youtube premium and ran exclusively on the platform until May 9. Rapper J-Hope released his first mixtape called hope World on March 1, a mixtape about “exceptional creativity, genuine personality, and a cohesive sense of direction.” Their 3rd Japanese studio album Face Yourself was released on April 4 placing at number 43 on the Billboard 200 as the third highest charting Japanese album in the history of the chart. In April, BTS were again nominated top social Artist at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards, in which they won on May 20 making them the only Korean artist to be nominated and win the award two years in a row. In September 2018, BTS gave a speech at the United Nations as Ambassadors for UNICEF. In October, Time Magazine featured BTS on the cover of their global edition naming them “Next Generation leaders”. Their musical inspirations are Drake, Post Malone, Charlie Puth, Nas, Kanye West, and Eminem. BTS has been positively praised for “speaking honestly about topics they deem important, even in a conservative society” by Jeff Benjamin in Fuse Magazine. The reason why BTS helps me in emotional matter as a person is because they inspire me to be a person that I want to be and never portray someone else. Their Fans “Armys” also made BTS, BTS. Without “Armies”, there would be no BTS. And to be honest, I am so grateful that they have been improving themselves as a boy band since day 1. They worked so hard from their choreography of their music videos to their artistry of their music videos. And a quote from RM,” Teamwork makes the dream work.” By: Jose Luis Leon On December 21, 2018, the movie Aquaman is going to release. Aquaman has been around since roughly, the year 1941 in comic books, created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger. Aquaman’s role in movies and comics is King of Atlantis. Aquaman starts off when Tom Curry rescues Atlanna, the princess of Atlantis, from a storm. They later fall in love and had a kid, Arthur, who is born with abilities to communicate with marine life. Atlanna later is forced to abandon the family to return to Atlantis so she asks a friend of hers to train her son while she is gone, which was Nuidis Vulko. His son later became a very skilled warrior but the Athenians rejected him because of the fact that he was half human. It later turns out he has a half brother and he declared war on the surface so it is Arthur’s job to be a hero and save the world.
By: Khoi Le
Avengers: Infinity War is a project that Marvel has put many of its resource and ambition in, and it did not disappoint us or them. After ten years of many movies, the final we all waiting for has come. Infinity War, the movie that has a tone of famous heroes in the MCU come together to fight against a bigger threat, or you could also call it the most star-studded movie of all times. With the success of Black Panther, Infinity War has become one of the most highly expected movies of the year. Infinity War has been building up for very long, many have even watched all movies that Marvel has to offer, and for Thor: Ragnarok or Iron Man, they would have to sit through Avenger: Age of Ultron or Iron Man 2 and 3. For many dedicated fans that have followed the Marvel Universe loyally, Infinity War is the moment that they all wanted. Infinity War is one of the movies to look forward to. Last weekend, my family and I went to the movie theaters to watch it, it was completely full and we had to wait 2 hours to watch the movie. Many people are very giddy toward the movie, the action is awesome, the plot is well written; the Russo brothers made something that transforms from comic to the big screen magnificently, we witness the comeback, and the entrance of heroes that stole our breath away in it. Something about the movie gives us a spark, a feeling like when you see them for the first time and it makes you admire them. People have many things to said about the movie, my friend Tony and Daniel said that:” The movie was awesome.” My father and brother said that:” It’s a good movie, but not as good as Black Panther.” But, practically everyone I ask like the movie. One thing that should be revealed is that this is not the whole story. Yes, that means Marvel lied. This had originally been slated to be the first part of a two-part main story, but then that changed and the studio insisted that no, this would be a full piece. This is only the beginning;the fallout of the happenings here will be felt across all of the films to come until we get whatever they decide to call the back-half of this one. Every time I start to wonder if they’ve hit peak saturation with the superhero genre (four films this year), they come out with films like Black Panther and Infinity War, and sell me on it once again .I look forward to what happens next. By: Spencer Tang
It’s been 50 years since the first video game have been created, Space War! Within those years, there have been thousands of games that have released for millions, or billions, to play and enjoy in their free time or for their career. Many young adults have seen the opportunity to broadcast the games that they play to the public who are able to watch it on websites such as Twitch and Youtube. That allows for many to see how these different games compare to each other based on the different play styles that each of the streamers has. To which case is a consistent cycle as there are more games being released each year, which creates conversation to which games are the ones to look forward to. One of the most known games for the amazing gameplay and storyline would be Red Dead Redemption 2 that is being created by Rockstar Games. This western-themed, action-packed game will be the next one in the series after Red Dead Redemption. The game itself is about Arthur Morgan who has problems with different groups in the Wild West. Arthur’s goal is to try and escape from the Wild West in hopes of a new and brighter future. This game is coming out with a multiplayer and first person for different experiences for the gamer themselves. One gamer himself said, “I can’t wait to ride on a horse and shoot the bad guys with my friends!” -Ricardo Cervantes. Another game that is being released is State of Decay 2, being the second part of State of Decay. The game is a creation of an action-adventure, and even horror type gameplay. The game opens up a world that allows for the player to find scarce resources around the world to help build their survival ability but as well as their bases. Not only that, but the game itself includes the dead to be revived and have a major impact on the places the player can travel. Creating a more strategic environment for the player, which in the end creates a more suspenseful game. A PC gamer themselves said, “It looks very interesting! It looks like a mixture of modern day games, and while retaining the aspects of the Last of Us.” - Kyle Kinard. The next of which will be Darksiders 3, a game that has a huge fan base that’ll purchase the game instantly. The game was inspired by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, which is an action-adventure gameplay for the player. This specific game itself is about a character that has magic abilities who goes by the name of Fury. Using the character, it’ll help the player defeat those who are known as the seven deadly sins. A longtime gamer that is experienced with these style of games said, “Darksiders is a very hard game, and it requires a lot of skills. It very challenging game to play and I want to challenge myself.” -Jedric Janson Justo. The video game industry has certainly created a society of people who all come together in order to achieve the same feeling as the other. These new games will surely have many different gamers come and talk about it to find out new details that come from different perspectives. Even if the game hasn’t been released yet, many do still hype and make the game seem more exciting every single time that a new update is posted by the company themselves. ![]() By: Mindy Quach Summer of 2018 is a huge time for those that are Class of 2018. The transition between high school to college, or college to grad school, or into the workforce, but no fear you could be able to witness some of the best movies on 2018 this summer to brighten up your year. Some of these movies were well long anticipated from the audience since many of them are part of series that were able to gain lots of popularity. On June 15, Incredibles 2 will finally air. We have been receiving lots of trailers which caught great attention of the audience. The first movie was a huge hit hitting, $633 million in the box office. Released in 2004, the long awaited Incredibles took away the box office. At the time they were the highest opening-weekend gross for a Pixar movie, which Toy Story 3 broke in 2010. The plot line of the Incredibles is based on a superhero family who are forced to keep their superpowers a secret and live quietly in the suburbans. Pixar uploaded their official trailer on April 13, it currently has over 24 million views on their YouTube channel. Not only did the trailer gain an insane amount of popularity, the details on the animation also grabbed everyone's attention. One tweet was posted and went viral when there were side by side zoomed in comparisons of the first Incredibles and the trailer to compare the amount of detail that was put into when animating. “I’m super excited about watching this. When I watched the first movie, I loved it! And I’m really looking forward to see what this movie is about!” one person said. Lots of people are anticipating great things about this movie knowing it’s great success and popularity with the first movie. Jurassic Park released in 1993 captured the attention of many people all around the world, that there were 3 parts made after, The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park 3, released in 1997 and 2001. These three movies were so successful that 14 years later, they realized Jurassic World and later this year Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom will be realized and in 2021 Jurassic World 3 will be realized. Due to its popularity, Jurassic Park and World have been breaking records and showing increasing the production line more and more. The plot line for the movie follows, “Four years after the destruction of the Jurassic World theme park, Owen Grady and Claire Dearing return to the island of Isla Nublar to save the remaining dinosaurs from a volcano that's about to erupt. They soon encounter terrifying new breeds of gigantic dinosaurs while uncovering a conspiracy that threatens the entire planet.” Many people are looking forward to watch the newest film to the Jurassic family. Crazy Rich Asians, originally part of a book trilogy along side China’s Rich Girlfriend and Rich People Problems, has been produced into a movie and to be released on August 17! The trailer on YouTube is has over 6 million views and gathered a lot of attention on social media. This movie is the first movie in 25 years to have a full Asian cast. “It’s amazing that Asian Americans are being able to rise to the fame that they deserve. Some of these people have worked so hard to be where they are today.” Tammy Pham said when I asked her about the movie. It’s plot line follows Nicholas Young, Singapore’s richest developer and most eligible bachelor, and Rachel Chu, a professor at NYU, around their romantic story and obstacles they have to go through with Eleanor Young, Nick’s controlling mother. Nick has plans to marry Rachel, however, his mother has other plans for her son. One summer, Nick and Rachel go to Singapore for his cousin’s wedding, where Rachel finds out about Nick’s family and backstory, she is shocked and tries to fight the system and stand up for herself and Nick. Many people are looking forward to this movie because of the high Asian representation. This movie is definitely going to be a historical event in film history. I personally can not wait to watch this being a huge fan of the book when it came out. Summer is going kicking off to a great start with Avengers:Infinity War coming out in the past month and a lot of other movies that people are looking forward to. These three movies are not the only highlights of the summer, other movies such as Ant Man, Deadpool 2, and Hotel Transylvania. |
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