All posts in: New York University

23 Feb 2015

Karlie Kloss is Leaving Victoria’s Secret

Just as she was rising to the top of Victoria’s Secret stardom, Karlie Kloss is preparing to make her exit. It was reported last week that the angel is indeed walking away from all the VS modeling gigs and trading in those wings for a bunch of school books. This fall, Karlie will officially be a student at New York University! Hooray! She’s not quitting modeling for good, however, but as you might imagine, a contract with Victoria’s Secret takes up a fair amount of time. At least she’s walking away with four Victoria’s Secret Fashion Shows under her belt. While at NYU, Karlie will be enrolled at Gallatin School of Individualized Study and word on the street was that former supermodel Christy Turlingtun Burns was the one who actually wrote Karlie’s letter of recommendation. Awwww. It’s hard to believe she’s just 22 because the girl seems much wiser beyond her years. We’re excited for her education and what she’ll do next!

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09 Oct 2011

Can I Live Like Dakota Fanning?

Dakota Fanning is a new freshman student at New York University this year and with a career like hers, there’s no way we could have ever expected her to shack up in a dorm room. Now, I loved my dorm experience. I was all about the friends and being involved for the first two years, but I was living in such a small space and sharing bathrooms with everyone on my floor. Those weren’t exactly the best perks about dorm room living. I suppose Dakota weighed her pros and cons and decided that her two bedroom / two bathroom apartment with 27-hr doorman and a sundeck was much better than on campus housing and after seeing photographs of her apartment – I think I can agree.

It’s not known if she has a roommate or not, but I would imagine little sister Elle would sometimes crash with her. The apartment is $8,400 a month and happens to be the same building that Mr. John Mayer lives in as well. Any chance I can find an apartment like this for a price that is much less in New York City? One can only hope.

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20 May 2011

In the News…

Fashion

– Miss Hailee Steinfeld is officially the new face of Miu Miu. [Source]

– Justin Bieber is launching a fragrance for his fans called “Someday.” [Source]

Music

– People sometimes forget that riders exist for bands and musicians. Fulfilling Katy Perry’s sounds a little bit like a nightmare. [Source]

– Selena Gomez’s new album cover is somewhat questionable. [Source]

– Lady Gaga and Starbucks are collaborating on a scavenger hunt together! (Not sure what this means because I’m too lazy to read all the text and this is also the most random pairing ever, but here you go!) [Source]

– Friendly Fires released their new album “Pala” yesterday. [Source]

– Lady Gaga was named Forbes’ top celebrity. [Source]

– Glee’s Matthew Morrison will join The Backstreet Boys and The New Kids on the Block on their tour this summer. [Source]

Television

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– Kat Dennings makes her return to television in her new CBS comedy 2 Broke Girls. [Source]

– The judges from the current season of NBC’s The Voice will return for season two. [Source]

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– Saturday Night Live promo Justin Timberlake

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– Who’s getting excited for the return of Pretty Little Liars?! Summer TELEVISION, you are mine.

Seattle

– Starting today, you can now dine at Capitol Hill’s newest restaurant Skillet Diner and purchase your Capitol Hill Block Party tickets!

– This Saturday is Seattle University’s Quadstock, but as I’m sure you already know… it is for students only! Lucky us!

– Since you can’t make it to Quadstock, you should head on over to Cal Anderson for the first ever four-on-four dodge ball tournament. Sounds brutal. [Source]

oh Capitol Hill Seattle – you really are one of my favorite blogs!

Other

– Model Lily Aldridge married Kings of Leon front man Caleb Followill last week in a custom-made Vera Wang wedding gown. [Source]

– Vogue Editor-in-Chief’ Anna Wintour’s daughter Bee Shaffer has fled to LA to work alongside Glee’s head honcho Ryan Murphy. While Bee is not working with Glee specifically, she is assisting him with his many projects that may or may not include Glee’s 3-d movie. [Source]

– Essie’s Summer 2011 Brazilliant collection is on my must-have list. [Source]

– James Franco has graduated from New York University. Which school will he end up at next? Correct answer – University of Houston in the fall. [Source]

– Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son Patrick is trying to drop his father’s name to take his mother’s. [Source]

– Kia Grasty describes what it is like to clean up after “privileged” college students who are the sons and daughters of well-known people in the industry for a living with a $140,000 salary. [Source]

– A Hello Kitty theme park will debut in China in 2014. OH MY GOODNESS! [Source]

29 Mar 2011

Mr. Franco the Prof

It’s no secret that James Franco is quite possibly one of the most driven actors in the business with his multiple degrees. Seriously, why won’t he stop enrolling in school? He’s making everyone in the world look bad next to him. The last time I watched him Jimmy Kimmel, he mentioned that he was currently enrolled in courses that would later on allow him to teach. Well, fan girls and fan boys, that time has finally come. James Franco will begin teaching a graduate course at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in which the max number of students allowed to enroll is 12.

“Franco also recently teamed up with Columbia College Hollywood to offer a 12-student editing class, in which students will create a half-hour documentary using footage from his film career. “Master Class: Editing James Franco…With James Franco” will be taught by Franco’s editor Tyler Danna.”

^^^ so much lawls.

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24 Jun 2010

Celebrities Get Schooled

Cole and Dylan Sprouse of the Disney Series The Suite Life of Zach and Cody and The Suite Life On Deck have decided to attend New York University next fall.

“Cole is sticking to entertainment and will be majoring in Television and Film Production with a minor in Drama and Dylan plans to venture into the Fine Arts with a minor in Economics! ”

They are 18?! Why do they still seem so young to me. If you did not watch those shows on the Disney Channel, they were also the little boys that shared the role of Julian “Frankenstein” in Big Daddy. And they’re all grown up now.

I think it’s really great that child actors that are pretty much set for life still decide to pursue higher education. It shows that they care about it and that they can juggle these two lives that don’t mesh at all. I can’t imagine how difficult that must be. Cole and Dylan aren’t the first though, many actors have done it and succeeded. For example, James Franco has attended three or four different schools and got the degrees.

I was having this conversation with my best friend recently and I posed the question: “If you had enough money to support yourself for the rest of your life, would you still attend college?” We both said yes. What would you say?

*Didn’t Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen go to NYU also? Did they ever finish?

And Wikipedia has informed me that they left partway through…

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08 May 2009

Let the beat build…

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It’s a play off of Lil’ Wayne’s “Let the Beat Build…” but New York University student Nyle portrayed his rendition of the song that literally built off of one beat. The vocals are amazing and I love the variety of instruments and the people included in the video. The video was done in one take with the audio being recorded simultaneously with the film. I heard that it took them about forty tries or so but still can you imagine how hard that would be?

And most of all I love this song because it reminds me of late night Jack in the Box runs with my friends and Erik house.