Amelia Knust

Nov 26, 2024 | nyunews.com | Amelia Knust

It should come as no surprise that “Wicked: The Soundtrack” works as well as it does. After all, that’s what you get when you combine an Emmy, Grammy and Tony-winning actress and a multi-platinum, four-octave pop icon who just so happens to be a superfan of the Broadway show.

Nov 20, 2024 | nyunews.com | Amelia Knust

The official 2025 Grammy Awards nomination list was released Nov. 8, and a certain ponytailed pop star is missing from the awards show’s main categories. November 20, 2024 It’s been nearly six years since Ariana Grande publicly criticized the Grammy Awards’ producers on Twitter and declined to perform at the show, claiming they wouldn’t let her have creative control. Ironically, that year marked the first time she won a Grammy, taking home Best Pop Vocal Album for “Sweetener” despite her absence.

Nov 19, 2024 | nyunews.com | Eleanor A. Jacobs |Kaleo Zhu |Dani Biondi |Ella Sabrina Malabanan |Annie Emans |Amelia Knust | +4 more

It’s finally feeling like winter is near, and these songs will let you lean into your chilly-weather sensibilities. November 19, 2024 Sure, it hit 80 degrees on Halloween. But as we creep into the second half of November, it’s hard to deny that students are breaking out their winter coats and bracing for colder days. The switch from warm weather bangers to sweater weather songs can impact our playlists just as much as our clothing.

Nov 11, 2024 | nyunews.com | Amelia Knust

Spoiler warning: This review contains spoilers for “Heretic.”This year, I’ve finally accepted that recent horror films drastically underestimate the intelligence of their audience. “Longlegs” left no ambiguity with its explanatory third act. “MaXXXine” guided the audience to the killer reveal so mildly that there was no room for any shock. One could even argue that the more accoladed “The Substance” spoon-fed its content to ensure the audience grasped the themes of sexism in Hollywood.

Oct 28, 2024 | nyunews.com | Amelia Knust

Content warning: This review contains discussions of suicide. Spoiler warning: This review contains spoilers. In an age where it seems that every horror trope has been done, there’s always a new movie to prove you wrong. Now, anything can be haunted — even a smile. Two years after the success of the first “Smile” film, the highly-anticipated sequel gives the cinematic universe more original plotlines that are so absurd that they entertain.