Watch ‘Onward’
Posted on March 16, 2020 by Maria Hernandez in Entertainment
Maria Hernandez
Chronicle Reporter
Onward is the first Disney movie to star a character of the LGBT community and some people are happy about it while others are upset.
Specter is a cop and has a girlfriend who has a daughter. She discusses parenting difficulties with the two main characters, Ian and Barley Lightfoot. Middle East countries were not happy about the LGBT reference and they have decided to censor that scene.
The movie onward is an animated film and it takes place in a fantasy world. This fantasy world is inhabited by elves, trolls, centaurs, minotaurs, and other magical creatures who live like humans do in a world full of technology. The technology in this world replaced all forms of magic and there is no hope of magic coming back. However, this all changes when Ian Lightfoot receives a gift by his mother that his long-dead father left for him. The gift consists of a spell that would bring his father back to life for a day. However, the spell was not very successful because Ian and his brother were only able to get half of his father to appear. Ian and his brother go on a very special quest to complete the spell before time runs out and they are unable to see their father.
Onward is a great movie to watch with your family and it is now in theaters.
‘On My Block’ returns
Posted on March 11, 2020 by Maria Hernandez in Entertainment
Maria Hernandez
Chronicle Reporter
On My Block, season 3 is finally on Netflix after a year. Season 3 offers eight new episodes featuring the same characters from the previous two seasons, Monse, Cesar, Ruby and Jamal.
In this season, the group of friends have a special mission and that is to find Lil’ Ricky, who was responsible for the hidden money. The season starts off by pickling up where season two ended which is, the group of friends being abducted. The kidnapper was Cuchillos, the leader of the Santos. The season ends with the crew having to make the hardest decision of their life.
The cast does not know yet if there will be a season 4 but for now you can stream seasons 1-3 on Netflix.
Justin Bieber releases ¨Changes¨
Posted on March 5, 2020 by Maria Hernandez in Entertainment
Maria Hernandez
Chronicle Reporter
The album Changes by pop artist, Justin Bieber has reached #1 on the Billboard 200. This is not Bieber’s first time on the Billboard 200. He is the youngest artist in history to earn seven #1 records.
The album was released on Feb. 14 and it was the first album Bieber has released since 2015. There are 17 tracks in the album. This album features artists like Kehlani, Quavo, Post Malone, etc.
“I really think Justin Bieber’s album is good. He sounds like a different person” said Samanta Hernandez, SAS 9th grader.
Watch the new Netflix romcom this Valentine’s Day
Posted on February 14, 2020 by Melisa Lovos in Entertainment
Melisa Lovos
Chronicle Reporter
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You, the new sequel to the 2018 movie adaption To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, is now on Netflix, as a teen romantic comedy, a few days before Valentine’s Day.
Directed by Micheal Fimognari, this new movie adaptation, along with the previous one of the sequel, are based on the YA series by Jenny Han, portraying the life of a young Korean-American teenager who has a preppy style and is a romantic. This sequel shows the continuation of her life after the love letters she wrote as a child, are mailed to her former crushes. Such leads to her getting to know one of the main characters, Peter Kavinsky.
Throughout the movie, she begins experiencing her new ‘dating life’ with Peter, until another boy from her past, one of which she wrote a letter to, returns and as do her feelings. She becomes confused as to who she truly wants to be with, and whether it is possible to be in love with two boys- her boyfriend and her longtime crush.
“I like how she wrote her feeling toward her crushes, into a letter, and then it got leaked and yet got a good reaction in return until she was in a relationship with one of them.” Says SAS Junior, Julian Valencia, who watched the new movie and found it entertaining as well as heartwarming.
Shakespeare competition is no sweat for sophomore
Posted on February 12, 2020 by Maria Hernandez in Entertainment
Maria Hernandez
Chronicle Reporter
Luna Estrada, a sophomore in PAM has won the Shakespeare competition. The competition took place on Feb 4.
Estrada performed Amelia’s monologue and she said she felt very prepared.
“I felt pretty confident. I had been practicing the monologue for like a few months at that point, so I knew the material pretty well.”
Estrada was shocked when she was announced the winner of the competition. She did not expect to win.
“I was beyond excited. I did not think I was going to win. I actually thought one of my friends was going to win.”
Estrada will now be competing at the Los Angeles District level
Grammy Awards a flop or not
Posted on January 28, 2020 by Henry Christian Alquiza in Entertainment
Henry Alquiza
Chronicle Reporter
As many know Jan. 26 held many events from the tragedy in the morning to the Grammys. Many throughout the day were discouraged with the news in the morning but the awards went on. With honoring two people who had passed Nipsey Hussle and the loss of Kobe Bryant the show started.
The award show was hosted by 15-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys at the Staples Center here in Los Angeles. To keep it to the audience’s best interest the performers ranged from Aerosmith to Tyler the Creator, for a of 41 performers. Additionally there were also 16 presenters for the Awards.
There were several awards given out in their own designated genres. However, the most notable awards were given to Billie Eilish. Consisting of “Record of the Year”,”Album of the Year”,”Song of the Year”,”Best new Artist”, and “Best pop album of the Year.”
Furthermore, senior Johnny Gutierrez stated “I feel like Tyler the Creator’s Grammy was well deserved, and was humble considering it was his first one.”
People we have lost this year
Posted on December 11, 2019 by Henry Christian Alquiza in Entertainment, News
Henry Christian B. Alquiza
Approaching the end of the year many people were taken from us. A total of 135 celebrities were lost this Year, from music artist, actors, and public influencers. With recent loss of music artists Juice World, the world was awoken by news that he had died of a seizure Dec. 8.
Also recently the person who puppets Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, Caroll Spinney died. We also lost a great comedian actor John Witherspoon who played as ‘Granddad’ on Boondocks.With a widely known childhood actor Cameron Boyce, who many remember from well known television series Jessie which air from 2011 to 2015 and portrayed as “Luke Ross.”
At the age of 33, rapper Nipsey Hussle who was shot on the same street of his store he owns “the Marathon Clothing Company.” This is only the very short list of the people who we lost this year.
Choir Is Singing Hollywood High Into The Christmas Spirit
Posted on November 15, 2019 by Janet Gonzalez in Announcements, Entertainment
Janet Gonzalez
Chronicle Reporter
Save the date because on Dec. 5th, the week after we come back from Thanksgiving break, Ms.Hertzner and her choir classes will perform after school at 6:00 p.m. in the annual Christmas Show.
Hollywood High Notes is Ms.Hertzner’s first ever all women’s choir and they will also be having their own section/period of time to sing in by themselves in the show just like Hollywood High Notes,a lso known as show choir, where they will perform songs like Fum, Fum, Fum!, Mary Did You Know, and others songs that they are very excited and eager to perform.
The Voices of Hollywood, mixed choir, will be joined by the other branches of choirs and sing songs such as Carol of the Bells and Once Upon A December. Show Choir will be singing and dancing to their own rendition Happy Kwanzaa and Happy Holiday. The show will feature popular Christmas songs as well as songs from other cultures and religions!
So make sure to go check out the Christmas show and buy your presale ticket for $2 !
The Fine Line era begins
Posted on November 14, 2019 by Guadalupe Dominguez in Entertainment
Guadalupe Dominguez
Chronicle Reporter
It has been a year since Harry Styles was last seen on stage. The Met Gala 2019 host went MIA on all social media platforms until October 10 when he announced the release of his new single Lights Up. After almost a month of releasing Lights Up the former One Direction member announced both the name and release date of his sophomore album, captioning a picture on Instagram he wrote, “FINE LINE. THE ALBUM. DEC 13”.
As if fans were not already going crazy with the release of his album, Styles announced a one night show at the Forum on Dec. 13. Thousands were left without a ticket after scalpers bought the $25 tickets and started reselling them for outrageous prices, the highest going up to $9,900.
Everything changed for the fandom yesterday though. Harry Styles and his team released tour dates for both the European and North American legs of the tour. The openers for the North American tour are Koffee and Jenny Lewis while the European shows will be expecting King Princess.
Tickets go on sale on Ticketmaster for the North American Tour on Monday at 10:00 am for American Express cardholders and verified fans, ending on Thursday Nov. 21. While the general sale starts Friday, Nov. 22nd at 10:00 am.
Elan Bernardo, SAS junior and Harry Styles fanatic, said, “I feel like his influence was very present in our childhood. I wanted to go to the last tour, but couldn’t.”
Sheiks attending Frozen 2 premiere
Posted on November 6, 2019 by Maria Hernandez in Entertainment
Maria Hernandez
Chronicle Reporter
Elsa the snow queen is making a comeback to the big screen and that means another amazing premiere. Frozen 2 will be having it’s premiere on hollywood blvd on November 7, 2019
Hollywood High School students were given the opportunity to attend the premiere. Students from each SLC had to enter a raffle on Monday. A handful of students were chosen to go to the premiere. The students are very excited to attend because they got VIP passes.
“I‘m feeling very excited because I believe it’s going to be a wonderful experience” -Victor Solis, PAM
In case you don’t know what happened in the movie Frozen here is a little recap:
Anna and Elsa are two sisters who are very close. After a small accident caused by Elsa the two sisters drifted apart. Later on, Elsa was crowned queen of Arendelle. The day of her crowning she caused another accident with her snow powers. She ran away leaving Arendelle in perpetual winter. Her sister and a mountaineer go on a search to find her so that she could end the winter she had left. In the end, the sister reunite and Elsa brings back the sun.
Frozen 2 will be in theaters November 22, 2019.
