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‘God Friended Me’ Season 1, Episode 1: “Pilot”

 “Pilot” serves its purpose to establish the procedural nature of ‘God  Friended Me.’ The episode itself, however, doesn’t give confidence that  this series will have a long lifespan. Somewhere buried underneath all  of the cringey dialogue, terrible acting, contrived plot points, there’s  a solid core that has potential to make an interesting show discussing  religion and social media. That, however, would be too complex and  unique for a primetime CBS show. It may be fun to watch as something  fascinatingly bad, but that doesn’t actually make it good. 




Along Came Maria

Hurricane Maria caused $102 billion in damages. Today, the island nation is still recovering and navigating its new normal.


Industry veteran, Ball State professor Vanessa Ament speaks about her short film ‘ Amplified: A Conversation with Women in American Film Sound’

Amplified: A Conversation with Women in American Film Sound, was created through Ball State’s Virginia Ball Center for Creative Inquiry and crewed by a total of 14 Ball State students. The film celebrates the women who work in Hollywood’s sound departments. From Foley artists to sound editors, Amplified gives a platform to 30 different women working in the male dominated film industry, allowing them to tell their unique stories. 



A brief history of the production of 'Bohemian Rhapsody'

Few individuals have become so synonymous with the title "rock star" as Queen's Freddie Mercury. The group's late lead singer was famed for his intense charisma, his musicality, and his bitter fight with AIDS that ultimately claimed his life in 1991. Without a doubt, his most enduring song was Queen's hit, "Bohemian Rhapsody" which displayed a fair amount of emotional, tonal, and musical range for the group, cementing their place in the stratosphere of modern music history.