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1. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Mighty Behrendt | Staff

   Tunesday: Scoring your senior year (opens the original)

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   So, you’ve entered your senior year of college. If you’re not planning on attending graduate school, this was your last first day of school. If you’re not a local, this may very well be your last year visiting your favorite UC Berkeley haunts: the Taco Bell that stays open until the wee hours of the morning, the old movie theater you frequent with your friends, the bar where you spent your 21st birthday. Need I say more? With this rite of passage comes the need for a playlist. Not just any

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2. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Mighty Behrendt | Staff

   ‘The Sun Never Sets’ team settles emotional scores (opens the original)

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   There’s something to be said about how living by the waterfront, at least according to the world of film and television, seems conducive to summer love triangles. From the lakeside setting of this summer’s “Every Year After” to the beachside backdrop of last summer’s “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” there’s certainly something in the water. Now, “The Sun Never Sets,” a love triangle comedy-drama set and shot in the coastal haven of Anchorage, Alaska, arrives in theaters with the

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3. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · Mighty Behrendt | Staff

   Simone O. Elias reflects on her universal ‘Porcelain Rage’ (opens the original)

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   There are a myriad of ways one could write about 16-year-old Berkeley author Simone O. Elias. Elias released her first book in 2024, “Old Films, Young Eyes: A Teenage Take on Hollywood’s Golden Age.” This July, she released her second, “Porcelain Rage: A Manifesto for the Gen Z Woman,” a work of feminist cultural criticism. There is, of course, the easy route: to label her a wunderkind, or marvel at the fact that someone so young has already written two books. Yet, while her age is cer

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4. Article · Jul 23, 2026 · Mighty Behrendt | Staff

   Crafting haunted seaside haven of ‘Widow’s Bay’ with Steve Arnold, Jennifer Engel (opens the original)

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   Very few television series this past year have matched the success of Apple TV’s breakout horror-comedy series “Widow’s Bay.” Amassing 19 Emmy Awards nominations in its premiere season — the most of any freshman series this year — the show quickly established itself as both a critical darling and a cultural phenomenon, earning recognition for its performances, writing, direction and technical achievements. Yet behind the series’ razor-sharp blend of comedy and creeping dread is ano

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