Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category

Fall Move-In Begins Today

As parents cry and help their children move into their new dorms, we caught up with some students and talked to them about the process. Like us to get news like this on your facebook feed, & possibly win an iPad!
August 20th, 2010 | Entertainment, Housing | Read More

UCF Students to ‘Give for the Gulf’ With Benefit Concert

KnightNews.com got the following press release from UCF students planning a benefit concert on campus for the devastated Gulf Coast region: A student-led concert at the University of Central Florida will aid the long-term recovery of communities and animals impacted by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. “Give...
August 16th, 2010 | Beyond UCF, Music, UCF Greek Life | Read More

Star Wars Orlando: Celebration V Convention Invades O-Town

Star Wars fans from across the universe are converging in Orlando today to celebrate the series of movies that have taken generations by storm. Dozens of storm troopers, Darth Vaders and fans dressed up like the rest of every other character imaginable will be roaming the Orange County Convention Center...
August 12th, 2010 | Culture, Entertainment, Movies & TV, News, Videos | Read More

Shanna Marie McLaughlin Video Response to Controversial UCF Photo Shoot by Playboy Playmate

Playboy Playmate Shanna Marie McLaughlin is not letting critics of her sexy photo shoot in the UCF locker room go unanswered — she’s started her own Facebook fan page and posted a video where she responds to the worldwide attention her shoot has brought UCF football. The video was taken...
August 11th, 2010 | Culture, Entertainment, News, UCF Greek Life, Videos | Read More

UCF Playboy Shoot Controversy Hits ESPN, Shanna McLaughlin Starts Facebook Group

BREAKING HER SILENCE: See Playmate’s Video Response to Controversy A Facebook group has surfaced supporting UCF’s own Shanna Marie McLaughlin, Playboy’s Miss July 2010 who seems to be getting even more attention for being the cover girl for aXis Magazine. Check out the ESPN video clip...
August 10th, 2010 | Culture, Entertainment, Football, Videos | Read More

Shanna Marie McLaughlin, UCF Football Playboy Controversy Attention Grows

Shanna Marie McLaughlin is making headlines all over the word for her sexy photo shoot in a UCF locker room. The University is getting plenty of attention as well, although it’s not the attention UCF administrators want. UCF Playboy Controversy Hits ESPN, Click for Video After Local 6 broke the...
August 9th, 2010 | Culture, Entertainment, Football, News, UCF Greek Life | Read More

The Other Guys is a Five-O Farce

Pardon the analogy, but Cop Out did to police movies what BP did to the Gulf coast. It took perfectly good actors and polluted them with brainless dialogue and a plot with more holes than a block of Swiss cheese. But if Cop Out was the oil spill that contaminated cop comedy, then The Other Guys is the...
August 8th, 2010 | Comedy, Movies & TV | Read More

UCF Playboy Shoot: Coach O’Leary Gave Permission for Sexy Video

All eyes are on Knights football after UCF alumna and Playboy Magazine’s Miss July 2010, Shanna Marie McLaughlin, continues making headlines in the Orlando Sentinel, on Local 6 news and elsewhere for a popular video showing off her UCF spirit taken inside the Knights locker room. The Orlando Sentinel...
August 7th, 2010 | Business, Culture, Entertainment, Football, News, UCF Administration | Read More

Dinner for Schmucks—Tasty Treat, or Terrible Trite?

Why do we keep our socially inept friends? My theory is that there are two reasons: 1. Despite their eccentric traits, other aspects of their personality offer magnanimous, redeeming qualities that we are drawn to. 2. They are easy to make fun of. Notice the difference: The first reason is motivated...
August 1st, 2010 | Comedy, Entertainment, Movies & TV, News | Read More

A Student Review of Big Boi’s solo debut, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty

Contrary to what veteran rapper Nas proclaimed in 2006, hip-hop is not dead.  Rather, the attitudes of rappers have shifted significantly since hip-hop’s “golden age,” which arguably reached its most fertile years from 1993-1996. Those three years boasted an abundance of tremendously talented...
July 29th, 2010 | Entertainment, Music | Read More
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