Brits impress at fairly predictable Oscars ceremony
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Daniel Day-Lewis has done what was wholly predicted and taken the Best Actor Oscar at this year’s Academy Awards, setting a record for most Oscar wins in the process. Max…
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The River’s Oscar Predictions 2013
Seth MacFarlene presents the 85th Acadamy Awards on Sunday, February 24. Who will walk away with the big awards of the night? The River makes its predictions. James Garwood On…
KU amateur boxer wins debut match
Paul Chimczak prevailed on his debut amateur boxing match after two years of hard training. Konstantinos Lianos A Kingston University student triumphed on his very first amateur boxing fight after…
River’s comment editor has her say on Natalija Belova and benefits
Natalija Belova, ex-Kingston student and single mother from Lithuania, seems to have it all figured out. Julie Hebenstreit Miss Belova spoke to The Sun, boasting that she turned down work…
KU theatre company to play Camden Fringe Festival this summer
KU drama students are to perform at the Camden Fringe Festival with the support of the university this summer. Anna Stayduhar Kingston University has commissioned the Eve Theatre Company to…
Review: Cloud Atlas
Although new film Cloud Atlas, directed by the Matrix‘s Wachowski siblings, is fantastically done, are the genre-spanning stories too much for cinema to handle? Max Parker Cloud Atlas is more…
Review: Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
The River reviews an unrecognisable version of Hansel and Gretel. Alessandro Iacovangelo The film begins with the well-known fairytale of Hansel and Gretel entering a little cottage made of candy…
Syrian KU student fears going home
Being able to walk down the street is a luxury for Syrian student, Amer Labania. Caroline Bursell That hated lecture, the countless essays, a robe at graduation and graduating at…
The River talks to top Hollywood producer Allison Abbate of Frankenweenie
Having control over George Clooney may be many women’s dream, yet it is all in a day’s work for Hollywood producer Allison Abbate. Max Parker Allison Abbate is a master…
“Give Natalija a break” says The River’s deputy online editor
It is beyond me how some British tabloids always manage to blame random eastern Europeans for a benefit system that they find unreasonable. Sofia Capel It is also beyond me…