Archive for the Category ‘Arts / Culture’

Aubie leads flash mob on the Haley Center concourse

Aubie leads flash mob on the Haley Center concourse

There was a flash mob in the middle of the taco truckin’ Haley Center concourse early this afternoon, perhaps lacking the numbers (or books or beach balls) of Auburn’s last flirtation with the decade-old fad, but definitely packing more star power—yes, that would be the mascot national champion right in there middle of the mobbing. [...]

Octavia Spencer and Josh Hopkins (briefly but boldly) talk Auburn at the Screen Actor’s Guild Award

Octavia Spencer and Josh Hopkins (briefly but boldly) talk Auburn at the Screen Actor’s Guild Award

They’re all blending together like so many Cam Newton rookie year NFL records: Golden Globe Award nominee, SAG Award nominee, Golden Globe winner, Oscar nominee, Essence Magazine “Breakthrough Award” winner, accidentally being referred to in a TWER tweet as the Burger That Made Auburn Famous (more like a burger supreme, am I right Theo?), and now SAG [...]

Popular video game developer best known for “Twisted Metal” is apparently an Auburn fan

Popular video game developer best known for “Twisted Metal” is apparently an Auburn fan

So popular has Tiger Pause: Tracking Auburn in Pop Culture become even Bama fans feel obligated to cough and jerk their heads toward Auburn hoodies (thank you, Matthew Phillips). This particular Auburn hoodie is being regularly worn by David Jaffe, a video game developer who seems to have garnered a bit of cult following by [...]

Accolades continue for Auburn grad Octavia Spencer with Essence Magazine’s “Breakthrough Award”

Accolades continue for Auburn grad Octavia Spencer with Essence Magazine’s “Breakthrough Award”

And it don’t stop for Octavia Spencer.

Remembering the McLean Deluxe, ‘The Burger That Made Auburn Famous’

Remembering the McLean Deluxe, ‘The Burger That Made Auburn Famous’

1991 wasn’t the best of years Auburn fans. Our first losing season in a decade was in the works; a traitorous, sanction-loving moon was in the 7th field house. But while the quality of football Auburn had cultivated in the late 80s was waning, by God, the low-fat, low-calorie ground beef its meat scientists had developed during that same time had arrived, and what it may have lacked in taste it made up for in pride.

Auburn alum Octavia Spencer receives Oscar nomination

Auburn alum Octavia Spencer receives Oscar nomination

Our chances of landing that TWER interview grow slimmer by the day.

Atkins continues the Aces: Auburn football player turned mystery writer nominated for Edgar Allan Poe Award

Atkins continues the Aces: Auburn football player turned mystery writer nominated for Edgar Allan Poe Award

We’re still holding out hope for an Otis Mounds historical crime series.

Stop motion LEGO video marriage proposal to Auburn grad goes viral

Stop motion LEGO video marriage proposal to Auburn grad goes viral

It took several days and 2,600 photos—and at least one orange and blue outfitted LEGO figure.

’74 Auburn grad reinvents herself with docu-tourism

’74 Auburn grad reinvents herself with docu-tourism

Lisa Weldon, ’74, decided last year she needed something different in her career. A lifelong advertising executive based in Atlanta, she felt she was missing out on the newest trends in the business, primarily social media. She set out to change that by enrolling in a course at Parsons in New York City. She found [...]

Watch Auburn alumna Octavia Spencer win a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress

Watch Auburn alumna Octavia Spencer win a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress

Auburn laid a tiny claim to its first Golden Globe Sunday night. Montgomery native and 1994 Auburn graduate Octavia Spencer won the Hollywood Foreign Press’ award for Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role for her critically acclaimed performance as a maid in Civil Rights-era Mississippi in the 2011 film “The Help.” [...]

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