Daniel D'Addario

PODCAST: Discussing this year's Oscar nominations

Julia Alekseyeva, Daniel D'Addario, and Morgan Davies discuss the recent Oscar nominations and condense the ten best picture nominees to the three you must see before the ceremony.

Going off the Streep end

I’ve had a bit too much time to read articles about the Oscars and everyone’s two favorite memes thereto: “Meryl Streep is the queen of movies!” and “‘Precious’ is so good!”

By Daniel D'Addario | Dec 6 09:47 pm ET

Conspiracy theories and me: a bad romance

I feel the same way about the Vigilant Citizen as I did about the millennial literature and conspiracy YouTube videos I studied in my Introduction to American Studies class.

By Daniel D'Addario | Nov 22 11:35 pm ET

The 'usually' suspect

Arts journalism has been plagued by this fast-and-loose style of reporting for as long as I’ve been reading Entertainment Weekly.

By Daniel D'Addario | Nov 8 06:23 pm ET

Apocalypse now

2012 is, according to the Mayan calendar, the year the world will end.

By Daniel D'Addario | Oct 25 06:14 pm ET

Forget it, Dan, it’s Chinatown

I found out Roman Polanski had been arrested via my friend’s Gchat status message. I recalled finding out Heath Ledger had died via Facebook. The narrative—or narratives—that were created in the immediate aftermath of Polanski’s arrest were like an alteration of the greatest-actor-ever story that sprung up as soon as Ledger was gone.

By Daniel D'Addario | Oct 11 06:45 pm ET

VMAs and heartbreak

On the morning I woke up early to see Michael Bloomberg and Boris Johnson speak, people were still angry at Kanye West for interrupting Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards.

By Daniel D'Addario | Sep 27 06:48 pm ET

AUDIO SLIDESHOW: The Brooklyn Book Festival

By Lucy Tang and Daniel D'Addario | Oct 9 01:05 am ET

‘If I could make sense of it all’

Endings always sneak up on me without much warning, or maybe it’s just that I miss the warnings.

By Daniel D'Addario | Apr 30 08:30 pm ET

The rollercoaster ride

By the end of spring break, it was hard to see the beginning.

By Daniel D'Addario | Apr 16 08:29 pm ET

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