Entertainment

What’s better than talking behind somebody’s back? Talking behind somebody’s back right in front of their face. People across the world started tweeting about someone to no one. And thus, an art form was born. The subtweet. The Twitter world began to explode with endless forms of subtweets that never fail to entertain.

There something unexplainably adorable about celebrity best friends that makes us all fall in love with them. Seeing their pictures out shopping and being normal people remind us that maybe, just maybe, they’re not so different from us after all.

Last night, Valley hung out with heartthrob and Magic Mike superstar Alex Pettyfer. Okay, so we didn’t get to actually meet him (maybe in our dreams). But Valley was given the amazing opportunity to join a virtual college roundtable and talk to Pettyfer about his upcoming film, Endless Love (out February 14) as well as past and future projects.

Last night, we all gathered around the buffalo chicken wings and the television set to watch the biggest game of the year. By no means can we call it the best game of the year, judging by the scoreboard and the many memes floating around the Twittersphere of a disappointed Peyton Manning.

Everybody makes fun of MTV and VH1 “music” channels for doing everything that isn’t related to music, but we need to remember that they gave us the greatest gift of all – trashy reality dating shows. You can find trashy TV anywhere nowadays, but it isn’t the same as watching a marathon of trailer-park girls screaming at each other or some weird nerdy kid on MTV dating someone’s mom. That being said, here’s the best dating shows from each channel:

Penn State is known to be a fun college town. But with so many bars, it’s common to end up at the same one every night. Take the quiz and add up your total points to figure out which Penn State bar you are!

Levels has been known to book massive EDM artists in the past such as Fedde Le Grand, Laidback Luke, and Above & Beyond (just to name a few), but recently, Levels has been expanding its music scene.

Echosmith rocked the HUB on the first night of their Trendsetters tour, playing 11 songs from their debut album, “Talking Dreams.” After loud chants of “one more song!” from the crowd, the band of siblings returned to the stage in an unplanned encore to play a cover of The Talking Heads’ song, “This Must Be The Place.”

From Rolling Stone to Alternative Press, everyone’s been talking about America’s hottest new band: Echosmith. Recently named one of MTV’s “Artists to Watch” for 2014, Echosmith joins the likes of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Lorde, who were awarded the title last year. Now Echosmith are heading to Penn State to play a free concert for students in the HUB.

They get loud. They get wild. They sometimes get a little smelly. They’re our guy friends. Serving as unofficial big brothers to many of us, guy friends are essential, especially when the petty drama of girl world becomes too much to bear. But, when you call your guy friends to hang out on a Saturday or Sunday, they don’t answer. Why?

The Academy Awards announced their nominations on Thursday, January 16. Instead of spending countless hours in the movie theater and dropping the cost of a textbook on movie tickets, we decided to give you the 411 on our must see movie of the year.

Remember when you got a Facebook and your mom didn’t have one? Ah, those were the days. That being said, without our very dear family members and friends on the internet, we wouldn’t have some of the gems that come with it. Without further ado, we present to you what every person over 40 does on Facebook:

Who doesn’t love a funny lady? They’re just like you – quirky, smart, and confident. The only difference is that they don’t need to laugh at their own jokes (guilty as charged), because the whole world is already laughing for them.

2013 was certainly not a disappointing year for the movie industry. As usual, there were so many films released to the big screen it was hard to keep up. This was a good year for the box offices as a lot of anticipated films were released. So now that it is 2014, it is time to look back at what the top five highest grossing movies of 2013 were.

2013 as we know it has come to a close and with it has gone all the excitement of the holiday season. Realizing the impending doom of 8 am classes and sub-zero temperatures awaiting us in the coming weeks, you may be feeling that all meaning has been stripped entirely from your existence.

Botanically classified as a partial parasite, Mistletoe has the ability to grow on trees in addition to growing on its own. The plant, known for its green shrub-like appearance with small yellow flowers and white berries, is often associated with warding off evil spirits, fertility and life-bestowing powers.

There’s nothing quite like this time of year. Lights envelop State College with color and hope and optimism. The air is filled with the sound of happy, impatient children and the occasional chiming of sleigh bells.