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REVIEW: A Tortured Popstar: Taylor Swift’s Most Vulnerable Album Yet Releases

April 25, 2024 Paulina Mata

By PAULINA MATA/Social Media Editor Even with a broken heart, Taylor Swift has just released her biggest album yet, both in terms of tracks and of sales. Swift’s 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” [Read More…]

Culture

Gen-X Jim Presents: Does “Road House” (2024) suck?

April 22, 2024 GenX Jim

By JIM CLAYTON/Staff Writer First of all, I am shockingly Gen-X. I am a rolled jeans, Converse hi-tops, business in the front, party in the back member of the “Why Bother” generation. I could ignore a [Read More…]

City/State

Brookshire’s Annual Fresh 15 Event Draws 4,500 Racers to Tyler

March 11, 2024 David Chapek

By DAVID CHAPEK/Staff Writer Brookshire’s 11th annual Fresh 15 event brought 4,500 racers to Tyler last Saturday morning. The race was sponsored by dozens of businesses, from a local construction company to an international cereal brand. [Read More…]

Campus News

Football Great Terry Bradshaw Talks Football, Acting

March 11, 2024 The Patriot Talon

By WHITNEY WORLEY/Staff Writer  If NFL Hall-of-Famer Terry Bradshaw could talk to the Dallas Cowboys, he would tell them one thing: “Take it easy. If you’re comfortable, you open up and you see everything. When [Read More…]

Culture

Everything We Know About Taylor Swift’s Next Album

February 26, 2024 Paulina Mata

By PAULINA MATA/Staff Writer Taylor Swift recently enchanted fans with the announcement of her next album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” at the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards on Feb. 4.  Swift’s eleventh album is set to [Read More…]

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Editor-in-Chief and Vice Editor-in-Chief applications open

February 22, 2024 Brynna Williamson

By BRYNNA WILLIAMSON/Vice Editor-in-Chief Well, graduation is coming, and with it, my graceful exit from the Patriot Talon. I’ve been on staff for over three years now, and I’ve seen four generations of Editor-in-Chief come and [Read More…]

Culture

Predicting the Academy Awards 2024 — Part Two!

February 22, 2024 The Patriot Talon

By STEPHEN CRAIG/ Staff Writer The Academy Awards: the awards ceremony we all like to make fun of, yet still watch every year. Founded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the Academy [Read More…]

Culture

Predicting the Academy Awards 2024 — Part one!

February 19, 2024 The Patriot Talon

By Stephen Craig/Staff Contributor The Academy Awards: the awards ceremony we all like to make fun of, yet still watch every year. Founded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the Academy [Read More…]

Opinion

The Grammys: Artistic Innovation or Industry Inflation?

February 8, 2024 Larry Bonilla

By LARRY BONILLA/Staff Writer Since 1959, the Recording Academy’s mission has been to recognize “excellence” in the recording arts by bestowing annual awards to artists. A core belief they have behind their decision making is to [Read More…]

Campus News

Top 5 Films Releasing in 2024

February 8, 2024 The Patriot Talon

By YOSEF IBITAYO/ Staff Contributor   Dune: Part Two  Dune: Part Two, based off of the seminal 1965 science-fiction novel Dune by Frank Herbert, continues the story of 2021’s Oscar-winning Dune. Following the fall of [Read More…]

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