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The Red Ledger

The online student news source of Lovejoy High School

The Red Ledger

The online student news source of Lovejoy High School

The Red Ledger

With his newest feature, director Scott Cooper has crafted a terrific film that will twist your emotions to no end.

Putting the furnacing touches on

Doug Laman, Staff Reporter/Movie Critic December 16, 2013

Back in 2009, Scott Cooper made Crazy Heart, a film that’s one of the most powerful of that year and gave Jeff Bridges the best performance of his entire career. Four years later, this amazing filmmaker...

12 Days of Christmas: Disney’s A Christmas Carol

Doug Laman, Movie Critic/Staff Reporter December 15, 2013

Considering how Robert Zemeckis and Jim Carrey’s previous forays into Christmas films (The Polar Express and the live-action Grinch respectively) worked out, it would seem like this motion-capture adaptation...

12 Days of Christmas: Arthur Christmas

Doug Laman, Movie Critic/Staff Reporter December 14, 2013

Thanksgiving 2011 was just an ordinary Thanksgiving for many, but for the filmmakers behind 4 specific films, it was nothing short of a bloodbath. In the span of five days, Happy Feet Two, Hugo, The Muppets,...

Before this year, the theatre production class has put on A Charlie Brown Christmas. However due to a lack of boys in the class, and the abundance of male roles in Charlie Brown, the class has chosen to perform their own student written adaptation of Twas’ The Night Before Christmas which will be performed in the lecture hall during the Fine Arts festival on Saturday, December 14 with two shows (12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m.).

‘Twas the night before the Fine Arts Festival

Haley Brown, Staff Reporter December 13, 2013

Twas the Night before the Fine Arts Festival And all through the Theatre The Advanced Acting class scurried To put on a Christmas Show! Every year at the annual Fine Arts festival, the advanced acting...

On Saturday, Dec. 5, the fine arts department will host the Fine Arts Festival. This community event will consist of performances from each department as well as art displays.

Celebrating the fine arts

Haley Brown and Jordan Toomey December 13, 2013

The annual Fine Arts Festival will be  Saturday, December 14 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The event will include performances and exhibits from every Fine Arts class, as well as performances by the elementary...

12 Days of Christmas: How The Grinch Stole Christmas

Doug Laman, Movie Critic/Staff Reporter December 13, 2013

Some movies, after making tons of money and becoming successful, still remain great movies that live up to the hype that surrounded them on their initial release. Then there are others, films that make...

Lead singer Jared Leto encourages the audience to sing along while the band plays Search and Destroy.

Thirty Seconds to Mars: mission accomplished

Catherine Hathaway, A&E Editor December 12, 2013

The crowd squints through the fog to get a better glimpse of the dark figures emerging on to the stage. The signature neon triangle blinks in the darkness until the lights come up on the band members of...

Choir spreads Christmas spirit

Alyson Sudak, Staff Reporter December 12, 2013

Christmas carols and raising money are in perfect harmony for choir students as they deliver some holiday cheer as part of their annual fundraiser. “Carolograms are wonderful for choir kids, because...

12 Days of Christmas: It’s A Wonderful Life

Doug Laman, Movie Critic/Staff Reporter December 12, 2013

In the pantheon of Christmas flicks, a wide variety of genres, directors and actors are involved, along with a range of stories with varying degrees of success. Still, it’s pretty obvious what many consider...

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