Lights, Camera, Critics

March 17, 2010 • Lauren Gourley  
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Featured A&E, Movies, Top Stories, View from the Crew

The copper-head teams up with el tigre the cinematic critic to provide Allatoona with an overview of new and upcoming movies.  As actors and actresses in Hollywood slave over dramatic perfection, this devious duo analyzes and reviews the newly released films. Five stars from these commentators is quite... Read more »

Spring Fashion Trends

March 8, 2010 • Gabrielle Loudermilk  
Filed under Arts & Entertainment

            This spring, fashion is a free for all with trends ranging from “new-age nomadic” to romantic ruffles, and lace embellishments. With the wrap up of fashion week, we’ve seen numerous hot trends hit the runway and to help you chose a look you’ll love, we’ve broken down... Read more »

Dear John Review

January 27, 2010 • Kayleigh Loeffler  
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Books

          The New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks has a reputation for writing phenomenal books, and many of his most popular works, such as The Notebook and A Walk to Remember have been made even more famous by getting time on the big screen as feature-films. Although I’m very... Read more »

Allatoona’s Own Fairytale Ending

January 19, 2010 • Amanda Turner  
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Featured A&E

      Applicants rushed to the drama room at the beginning of the week, all in high anticipation of the cast list being posted. A total of twenty-nine students gasped with delight to see their names matched with characters for the upcoming spring musical. Combining Mrs. Kemp’s dramatics and Mr.... Read more »

Tiger Woods Scandal

January 19, 2010 • Kaitlin Heatherly  
Filed under Arts & Entertainment

            In the early hours of November 27, the famous golfer Tiger Woods was involved in a car accident just outside of his home in Florida. Woods drove his Cadillac Escalade over a curb and through numerous hedges only to hit a fire hydrant and secondly a neighbor’s tree traveling at... Read more »

The Host Review

October 12, 2009 • Kayleigh Loeffler  
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Books

          As another one of the millions of Twilight fans out there, I was excited to find out that Stephenie Meyer had written another novel entitled The Host. Although the book differed a good deal from the Twilight series, I decided that I would give it a try. After almost two weeks of reading,... Read more »

The Beatles – Re-mastered

September 28, 2009 • Coach Lanier, Newspaper Advisor  
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Music

With the release of a new game, The Beatles: Rock Band, you may be looking to add something to your music collection.  All of the classic rock band’s albums have been re-mastered and additional features added to bring this generation the British invasion. Product Description from Amazon.com –... Read more »

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

September 28, 2009 • Coach Lanier, Newspaper Advisor  
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Books

Amazon.com Review:  Let’s start with the question every Dan Brown fan wants answered: Is The Lost Symbol as good as The Da Vinci Code? Simply put, yes. Brown has mastered the art of blending nail-biting suspense with random arcana (from pop science to religion), and The Lost Symbol is an enthralling... Read more »