Celebrities are taking over TikTok and the internet is loving it!
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By Spencer Croston
Entertainment Editor By now everyone knows the extremely popular social media app TikTok. The app that started gaining popularity in early 2018 has become a staple in mainstream media. With it being seemingly impossible to go anywhere without hearing about the app, it was only a matter of time before celebrities from all across the globe began using TikTok. Big named celebrities such as Reese Witherspoon, Gordon Ramsey, Will Smith, Jennifer Lopez, and Lizzo have begun posting frequently on the app, garnering large followings. The aforementioned celebrity chef, who is known for harshley critiquing people’s meals, has begun doing the same to his followers on the app. Kristin Salaky of Delish stated, “Gordon Ramsay's TikTok account is full of joyful things like him dancing with his daughter or reacting to audios of his own freak-outs, but these days, it's mainly full of the TV chef's bread and butter: telling people their cooking absolutely sucks.” The Oscar-winning actress, Reese Witherspoon, has been using the app to make silly videos and further bond with her son who also frequently uses the app. Alicia Lee of CNN claimed, “Reese Witherspoon is proving once again that she's not a regular mom, she's a cool mom. Her 16-year-old son Deacon Phillippe dropped his first single, "Long Run," featuring Nina Nesbitt last week. And being a proud mom, Witherspoon showed off her son's latest accomplishment on Saturday not with a simple post on Facebook or Instagram, but through the medium of choice for Gen Z -- a TikTok dance.” Witherspoon’s presence on the app seemed to inspire none other than action star Will Smith to join the app. Angela Watercutter of Wired stated, “It was bound to happen. Not a week after fellow celeb Reese Witherspoon got on the app, the Fresh Prince has officially joined TikTok.” Smith frequently posts silly videos that are extremely well edited, yet don’t quite make a lot of sense. Within weeks of these celebrities joining the app, millions of TikTok users began following them. Many of their videos are extremely popular, consistently making it onto the app’s “For You Page.” With these celebrity accounts garnering huge followings, it is clear that TikTok users love the presence of celebrities on the app. Posted 10/28/2020 |
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MODEL STATUS: taking the best fall portraits
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By Justie Martinez
Trending Editor As the leaves fall, the temperature gets colder, everyone’s camera roll gets fuller. Whether you are trying to get those life-long memories with your friends, that new instagram profile picture, or even those perfect senior photos, there are many tricks and tips to get those perfect fall photos. Professional photographer, Rebecca Wyatt says, “The sun sets earlier, its angles change, and its light illuminates the earth differently. It’s a great time to take advantage of the earlier golden hour and the warm glow.” Fall is the perfect time to experiment with risky photography ideas. Try sunset photography to make the vivid colors of fall even bolder. Try using backlight to create an angelic vibe. During fall, there are many opportunities that are not available other times of the year. It is important to embrace the colors. Sarah Wilkerson CEO of Clickin Moms says, “fall is about color.” Use the leaves to your advantage. The leaves are beautiful in fall, try laying in a leaf pile, throwing leaves above you, and even framing the camera with leaves. Capture all the colors around you. The combination of light and color creates the best fall portrait. The most important part of taking the perfect fall photos, or any photo, is FUN! Jessica Drossen, professional photographer from California suggests, “Set up a time to play and let them discover falling leaves, jumping in leaf piles and the world around them changing colors.” Fun is the key to getting a perfect smile, funny action, and lasting memories. Taking photos in fall is a great opportunity, great colors, new light, and the best vibes. As the leaves fall faster, get out and practice your model poses, make some memories, and show everyone who ever doubted you that you are the beautiful inside and out. Posted 10/20/2020 |
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Stay on Trend this Halloween
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By Tyler Lybbert
Wellness Editor As Halloween approaches, the more excited I get about this upcoming holiday season. There are so many fun treats and traditions that the Holidays bring in. Halloween brings in the seasonal festivities such as pumpkin carving, haunted houses, corn mazes, and much more. However, Halloween signifies the start of the most popular season out there- Pumpkin Spice season. Pumpkins can be turned into almost anything. In the nursery rhyme Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater, it served its purpose as a house. Although pumpkins are not needed to the extent of houses in the real world, pumpkins serve a great purpose of spicing up the food world. During the holiday season, 800 million pumpkins are consumed in the US, according to The Daily Meal. Maybe the reason for their popularity is because they ́re delicious, or maybe it is because they signify the start of the holiday season. Summer Winds Nursery explains the reason of the increased popularity of pumpkins as a ̈ strong inclination to act on limited time offers like seasonal pumpkin spice flavors. ̈ There are lots of activities that include pumpkins through these next few months. They make for some cute decorations, or you can carve them to be scary, Halloween themed decorations to greet eager trick-or-treaters. My family enjoys carving out pumpkins, and whoever has the scariest gets a prize. Some families paint their pumpkins instead. Other traditions include making pumpkin pie, or making other tasty pumpkin treats. Pumpkins may be a very simple fruit, but they have a lot of uses when it comes to baking. Another good treat is pumpkin French toast. One that almost everyone has heard of is the Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks. Pumpkins are popular, and the Holiday season is the best season ever to get creative with what you can make out of one. Posted 10/09/2020 |
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WHAT YOU DIDN't know you needed: Best find For october
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By Justie Martinez Trending Editor What’s better than pumpkin spice? Mini Pumpkin Waffles! The best fall find for this October season is the Dash Pumpkin Mini Waffle Maker from target. With 4” non-stick cooking surface makes it easy to clean and even easier to use. It has a compact size making storage easy. It heats up quickly and evenly for perfectly cooked waffles in 1 minute. It even includes a recipe guide. The compact size and perfect-for-one size makes this a great gift for anyone, especially college students, and snag one for yourself. The Dash Pumpkin Mini Waffle Maker is available at a variety of retailers. The best deal and availability is at Target. Currently it has 66 reviews on Target, with an average rating of 4.9 out of 5 stars. Reviewers say, “Don’t hesitate-great value for $10. Easy to use-beeps and light turns off letting you know the waffle is ready. Gives a little recipe booklet-says how much batter to use. Very nice looking pumpkin pancake for fall breakfast.” Another perfect fall trend with this mini waffle maker is using it to make cinnamon rolls, or even pumpkin muffins! If you are not already convinced that this waffle maker is a MUST, the cherry on the top, or syrup on the waffle, in this case, is the price tag on this is only $10! Product reviewer from refinery29.com says, "This is literally the cutest thing I've ever seen. It's so tiny, which is actually perfect because each waffle cooks in literally one minute! I also use it way more than I thought I would...pro tip: frozen hash browns and cinnamon roll dough in a waffle maker is next level." So make this the best year yet, and remember, you heard it here first, “This is a must!” Teen foodie approved! Posted 9/30 |
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MASKS: The new Fashion Peice
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By Jada Clayton
Editor of Home Page Masks, they have been really annoying to some and others don't mind them. They are here for functional and fashionable reasons, and I'm sure you've noticed that there are many unique and cool designed masks. Because everyone is required to wear a mask almost everywhere imaginable, people have all sorts of them, some are witty, some are cool, some are over the top crazy, while others are just plain old disposable blue ones. While face masks are clearly being used to prevent the spread of the sickness, masks can also be used to express personality and creativity! There are some that have facial features like beards, mustaches, noses, lips, smiles, and anything being covered by the mask printed right on there. Companies have been able to use masks to their advantage by putting their logos on them. Along with the trendy cool designs there have been simple and humbling masks because many people have discovered a new hobby in making and selling them. Some people have disregarded nose and mouth masks completely and wear full face shields. Masks are silly with all of these patterns and designs but some people take it one step further unintentionally by wearing the simple piece of cloth incorrectly. Posted 9/24/2020 |
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Unstoppable:
the rocketing Social Media platform and its queen
BY JUSTIE MARTINEZ
TRENDING EDITOR
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Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, now are being pushed to the curb by a new social media platform, TikTok. According to Forbes.com TikTok is “one of the quickest growing social media applications in the world with over 1.5 billion downloads on the App Store and Google Play.”
Tik tok is most popular between ages of 16-24, with 41% of their users being within this range (Omnicore). TikTok has several trends including, singing, lip syncing, recipes, and life hacks. While TikTok has many trends, dancing is the most popular. Tik Tok attracts many users. The most popular user is Charlie D’Amelio, a popular dancer. She began her TikTok career in May 2019, and has quickly gained traction. D’Amelio was named the “Reigning Queen of TikTok'' by The New York Times and fans as she was the first user to exceed 50 million subscribers on TikTok. Currently she has 86.4 million followers on TikTok, the most of any user. She is only 16 years old. She once was an average girl from Norwalk, Connecticut who has become famous through TikTok. She lands on the Forbes list “40 under 40” for 2020, next to stars like Zendaya and Beyonce. Since her new found fame, she is planning to start her career as an actress. She is also launching a line of makeup with Morphe, an influencer favorite makeup creator Charli, herself says, “With Morphe, we’re working together to show that you are beautiful with or without makeup”. She is attempting to be a positive role model for young girls, being natural and honest, even speaking out about her struggle with eating disorders. She has a book, Essentially Charli: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping It Real, set to release in December of 2020. Her new success leads many to question if she will be the biggest celebrity of the generation. D’Amelio shows no sign of stopping and many look forward to seeing more from the young girl. Posted 9/15/2020 |
WAP A "bridge" between classicalism & modernity
popularity to reinvigorate agnostic Gen-Z'ers interest in Christianity
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE IS INTENDED AS PURE SATIRE AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF cchs OR ANYONE THEREIN...
By Ben Woodward
SCIENCE & TECH EDITOR
"I said, certified Priest
7-days a week
Worship and prayer
Make that sinning-game weak"
Worship and Prayer (WAP), a song Created by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, has recently fallen into the limelight across social media platforms like TikTok. Recently adopted by Christian youth who have choreographed it into a dance, influencers have been using the song's newfound popularity to reinvigorate agnostic Gen-Z'ers interest in Christianity.
Although primarily targeted towards females who want to demonstrate appreciation for their god-given bodies and dedication to classical religious dancing, this dance has grown immensely popular among TikTok's male audience. Posting these dances on TikTok often get the dancer hundreds of thousands of views from men around the world interested in their message of worship and prayer. After establishing a large following of male followers, these female WAP dancers continue to post similar dances in hopes of teaching their following the importance of Worship And Prayer. Although both males and females enjoy the WAP dance, albeit, in different aspects, it has been known to cause contention in relationships. A Corner Canyon student who has requested to remain anonymous recounts a recent experience where the WAP dance instigated an argument between him and his girlfriend:
Although primarily targeted towards females who want to demonstrate appreciation for their god-given bodies and dedication to classical religious dancing, this dance has grown immensely popular among TikTok's male audience. Posting these dances on TikTok often get the dancer hundreds of thousands of views from men around the world interested in their message of worship and prayer. After establishing a large following of male followers, these female WAP dancers continue to post similar dances in hopes of teaching their following the importance of Worship And Prayer. Although both males and females enjoy the WAP dance, albeit, in different aspects, it has been known to cause contention in relationships. A Corner Canyon student who has requested to remain anonymous recounts a recent experience where the WAP dance instigated an argument between him and his girlfriend:
"I was at Toscano's a few days ago with my girlfriend, and she decided to go to the bathroom. I got a notification from one of my friends a few minutes prior and decided to reply now that she was busy. . . I opened the text, and it was a link to a TikTok of a girl doing the WAP dance. I didn't really know a lot about WAP previously, but now I was really interested in it. My girlfriend came back to the table and heard the WAP song playing, immediately grabbing my phone and seeing Addison Rae in the middle of the dance. After realizing it was saved to my favorites, she proceeded to yell at me along the lines of her thinking I didn't find her attractive and that she has way better WAP than Addison. I tried calming her down, but she began to do the WAP dance in the middle of the restaurant, ultimately getting us kicked out."
The student now reports that they have broken up.
Aside from its massive success among Christian youth groups, the term WAP has been widely adopted by affluent groups and people. As the cultural disparity between Gen-Z and older generations grows larger the term, is being used in hopes of overcoming this gap and appealing to the younger audience. Reputable organizations and people such as WHO, President Trump, and the Pope have established themselves as self-acclaimed WAPers and frequently use the acronym across their social media accounts.
Posted 9/11/2020
Posted 9/11/2020