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Dubnik falls in Jeopardy final

By Amanda Reed / Staff Writer February 14, 2016

Although she didn’t win the $100,000 grand prize in the “Jeopardy!” College Championship finals Friday night, Sarah Dubnik walked away with bragging rights and enough money to travel wherever she...

Kate Koenig | Visual Editor

Debunking Hillman’s dirtiest secret

By Matt Maielli / Staff Writer February 12, 2016

Playboy Magazine once ranked Hillman Library’s first floor as one of the best places in the country to meet women. Fact or fiction? Urban legends already hold a special place in our culture — Bigfoot,...

‘The Bachelor’ out of touch with modern love

By Tarun Sathish / Staff Writer February 12, 2016

For a show running 20 seasons and counting, “The Bachelor” still doesn’t get modern dating. The show, in which one enticing man whittles 20 women down to just one, and vice versa for “The Bachelorette,”...

John Hamilton | Staff Photographer

Who is, ‘Sarah Dubnik’? Pitt student reaches final in ‘Jeopardy’ competition

By Amanda Reed / Staff Writer February 10, 2016

Sarah Dubnik is frustrated at what transpires before her. “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek queries contestants of the show’s annual College Championship semifinal round: “The [Nobel] Peace prize...

Sarah Dubnick appears on Jeopardy.  (Credit NBC)

Daily Dubnik: Pitt senior to compete in college ‘Jeopardy!’ semifinal Wednesday

By Jack Trainor / Culture Editor February 8, 2016

Who: Pitt senior Sarah Dubnik What: Competing in the Jeopardy! College Championship semifinals Where: NBC When: Wednesday Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. Why: Dubnik was one of the semifinal round’s two highest...

A Series Of Unfortunate Events official poster (Netflix)

A fortunate turn of events: Netflix will give series new life

By Meghan Bray / Staff Writer February 8, 2016

Fans of “A Series of Unfortunate Events” have reason to believe their misfortune is over. After a less-than-satisfying 2004 film adaptation, the Baudelaire orphans might finally return to relevancy...

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Burr brings comedic genius to Netflix in “F is for Family”

By Tarun Sathish / Staff Writer January 20, 2016

When Netflix revealed it was teaming with vulgar, rambling comedian Bill Burr for an animated comedy, I was naturally skeptical. The product, “F is for Family,” to my thrill, turned out to be an undeniable...

Jennifer Lawrence backstage at the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards show at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Golden Globes offers few surprises

By Britnee Meiser / Staff Writer January 11, 2016

For as much predictability as TV and film awards bring every year, it always feels better when the obvious choice isn’t the same as last year’s. Sunday night’s 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards saw...

Segways are out, being replaced by hoverboards and Fetty Wap is in, phasing out Kanye West.  TNS

A pop culture review of 2015

By Jack Trainor / Culture Editor January 6, 2016

“Back to the Future Part II” may have predicted tablets, flat screen televisions and video conferencing in 2015, but not even Doc Brown could have foreseen Jon Snow’s fate. Last year hosted many...

Pitt Tonight will host its first show on December 14, 2015.  Photo courtesy of Jesse Irwin

Students bring late night to Pitt

By Alessandra Roberto / for The Pitt News November 23, 2015

The event with the most buzz at Pitt last week wasn’t a sporting event — it was a student talk show. With all 95 seats sold out, Jesse Irwin, senior political science and film studies major, will...

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