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The Colleen Hoover adaptations need to stop
“Verity” feels like if a 13 year-old rewrote “Gone Girl”. The film is one of the many Colleen Hoover book-to-film adaptations to have come out in the past few months. It follows Dakota Johnson’s character, Lowen Ashleigh, a struggling author who is approached to finish a popular book series by well-known and incapacitated writer…
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NPHS cross country teams race into a new successful season
Racing up and down the hills, the NPHS cross country [XC] team sprints each step as they inch towards the finish line. The running season for many student athletes has started up for the year, allowing them to display the hard work they have been putting in since summer. As of recently, the team…
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“Tony” provides an appetite for experience
For people who seem lost in their purpose in the world, sometimes it takes running away from the only place they’ve ever known to find themselves. The new A24 film “Tony” depicts world renowned chef Anthony Bourdain’s monumental and career changing summer in Provincetown, Massachusetts. We are introduced to a young “Tony”, who is…
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Artists of NPHS: Local artists and art-enthusiasts work to preserve physical media amidst rising artificial intelligence
If OpenAI had existed when Leonardo De Vinci or Vincent Van Gogh were alive, would the Mona Lisa or the Starry Night have ever been created? If Pablo Picasso asked ChatGPT to paint him, how would the culture of creative, abstract, emotional expression have developed? Artificial intelligence [AI]’s rapid developments in creative spaces prompt…
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Thousand Oaks Botanical Garden commemorates the Matilija poppy
As spring arrives in Thousand Oaks and flowers start to bloom, the joy of being outside attracts many locals. On May 17, the Thousand Oaks Botanical Gardens hosted the Matilija poppy festival. The event included a master gardener guest speaker, as well as a walking tour of the main gardens where guests could see…
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“The Great Gatsby Live!” brightens theaters
On April 18, local artists put on an hour-long musical adaptation of “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts. It was adapted for performance by Bradley Gosnell, a theater teacher at Oaks Christian High School, and Ari Stidham, a television actor. They aimed to make theater more…
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TEDx gives youth voices the stage for change
With the stage lights on and youth voices prepared to speak, Newbury Park High School’s [NPHS] TEDx club hosted its first ever event on April 17 with the theme “Youth Voices, Global Impact.” TEDx Youth is an international program under the licensed organization TEDx and provides students a platform to give speeches about topics…