The Tongva Times

Rom-coms imply romance only for some people

February 26, 2021

By Chloe Morales | Staff Writer Photo from Rolling Stones For years, romantic comedies have set unrealistic expectations for those on the quest for love. These movies give people...

Actors with disabilities should have equal opportunity to play characters with disabilities

February 26, 2021

By Emme Tran | Junior Editor Photo from usatoday Actors with disabilities deserve to be cast as characters with disabilities, as the film industry’s portrayal has been largely...

Sundance Film Festival successful in first-ever hybrid model

February 26, 2021

By Brittany Snow | Production Chief Photo from Picasa Every year the Sundance Film Festival, an event in which independent artists can showcase their new feature films and media,...

TikTok proves important to music industry

January 29, 2021

All it takes for a song to go viral is to hear 15-seconds of it in a video that appears on users’ For You pages. Music that blows up on TikTok gives smaller artists a chance for success...

Tokyo’s Summer Olympics should be postponed

Brian Ly, Production Chief • January 29, 2021

Japan is struggling to contain another surge of COVID-19 cases, surpassing 320,000 cases according to the World Health Organization (WHO). On Dec. 7, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency in Tokyo and three surrounding prefectures. Both the dramatic rise in cases and emergency announcement send one clear message: the Tokyo Summer Olympics will not be safe enough...

TV shows mirror reality with COVID-19 portrayals

January 29, 2021

The year of 2020 has brought many people the leisure to watch shows on Netflix and other streaming services. As COVID-19 keeps people inside due to quarantine regulations, boredom overcomes them. However, shows begin to spring into action and start producing more episodes, some of which portray the perpetual spread of the virus...

‘Concrete Rose’ an enlightening book for all

January 29, 2021

On Feb. 28, 2017, Angie Thomas released her award winning book “The Hate U Give,” which focused on how a growing teenage girl, Starr, had to work to find her voice that was lost among the crowd after witnessing the murder of her childhood bestfriend. As everyone began wrapping up “The Hate U Give,” Thomas was asked by so many fans to tell the story of a prominent figure in Starr’s life, her father, Maverick Carter...