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Hanna Cortright

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor

Hanna is a senior in her third year of journalism. She joined the program so she could write more often. Hanna runs track and field, and when she’s not at practice, she is probably watching 2000s movies or Friends, her favorite television show. 

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Lead vocalist Florence Welch of English indie band Florence + The Machine sings powerfully into her microphone.

Florence + The Machine’s newest album Everybody Scream is scream-worthy

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
November 9, 2025
Taylor Swift's new album cover The Life of a Showgirl pictures the singer dressed in glamorous attire submerged in water.

Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl falls short of showstopping

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
October 12, 2025
Charlie longingly stares at Sophia with the rest of The Runarounds posing in the background.

Run, don’t walk, to watch Prime Video’s new TV show The Runarounds

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
September 9, 2025
Mt. Joy's album cover for their new album, Hope We Have Fun, has a minimalist design.

Mt. Joy releases their new sentimental folk album, Hope We Have Fun

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
June 5, 2025
Taylor Frankie Paul and the rest of MomTok smile in a group. (Courtesy of The Fordham Ram)

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives season two: the more raunchiness and drama, the better?

Teya Strong and Hanna Cortright
May 30, 2025
Top five album covers that never go out of style

Top five album covers that never go out of style

Hanna Cortright and Teya Strong
April 27, 2025
The Crux's cover art features lots of easter eggs referencing lyrics and song titles off the album.

Djo’s new album, The Crux, is a must-listen

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
April 16, 2025
Assistant Principal Kaki McLachlan's favorite game is Cats and Assistant

Game on: Staff and board games at Archie Williams

Teya Strong and Hanna Cortright
March 19, 2025
Audience member holds up number one as the band preforms.

The stars shone down on Saint Motel at The Fillmore

Teya Strong and Hanna Cortright
March 18, 2025
Saint Motel's newest album cover art features a silhouetted figure on the edge of a infinity pool.

The sky is not the limit for Saint Motel’s newest album

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
February 25, 2025
Super Bowl halftime performer Kendrick Lamar strikes a pose surrounded by dozens of patriotically clad backup dancers. (Courtesy of Rolling Stone)

2025’s Super Bowl halftime shows hidden messages is worth the rewatch

Teya Strong and Hanna Cortright
February 16, 2025
Bachelor Grant Ellis hands out a rose during the rose ceremony. (Courtesy of Parade)

Buckle up: The Bachelor’s season 29 first impressions

Teya Strong and Hanna Cortright
February 13, 2025
Kitty Song-Covey (Anna Cathcart) teases her sister's boyfriend, Peter Kravinsky (Noah Centineo).

XO, Kitty’s newest season needs to be kissed goodbye

Hanna Cortright and Teya Strong
January 30, 2025
(Courtesy of IMDB)

Top 10 music videos to inspire your next playlist

Teya Strong and Hanna Cortright
December 11, 2024
Lily Van Der Woodsen helps Dan and Jenny Humphrey prepare a Thanksgiving dinner and bond. (Courtesy of 9Now)

Top five Thanksgiving episodes to enjoy this holiday season

Hanna Cortright and Ava Alsterlind
November 23, 2024
The cover art for The Cure's newest album, Songs of A Lost World, depicts a light gray, misshapen stone contrasted by a dark background.

The Cure returns with monotonously gloomy album Songs of A Lost World

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
November 10, 2024
Netflix’s top 10 binge-worthy TV shows ranked

Netflix’s top 10 binge-worthy TV shows ranked

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
October 23, 2024
Penelope (Megan Stott) diligently watches tree loggers alongside environmental scientist Alana (Krisha Fairchild).

Netflix’s new TV Show Penelope is equal parts cinematic and slow-paced

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
October 7, 2024
The cover for Kate Bollinger’s new album, Songs From A Thousand Frames Of Mind, depicts her sitting on the kitchen floor surrounded by a surrealist scene with fish implemented throughout the image.

Kate Bollinger packs new album Songs From A Thousand Frames Of Mind with melancholic whimsy

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
October 7, 2024
The cover art for Bright Eyes’ new album, Five Dice All Threes, features five dice with all threes sprawled across a dimly lit sidewalk. (Courtesy of Genius)

Five Dice All Threes: Bright Eyes’ new album of redundant retrospection

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
September 24, 2024
Promotional material courtesy of the Movie Database

Top ten nostalgic 2000s movies for a blast from the past

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
September 12, 2024
Musical duo Sofi Tukker’s album cover for their new album BREAD features baked goods and backup dancers.

Sofi Tukker’s new electro-pop album BREAD is rising to the top

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
August 29, 2024
Watch these summer movies to kick off your break.

Dive into our top 10 summer movie watch list

Elsa Hunt, Hava Rossiter, Hanna Cortright, Lola Capobianco, and Olive Diamond
June 11, 2024
Wallows’ album cover for Model features a living room full of retro furniture.

Wallows’ newest album, Model, lacks versatility

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
June 5, 2024
Author Lisa Hamilton animatedly discusses her new novel, The Hungry Season: A Journey of War, Love, and Survival, alongside fellow author and sustainable food advocate, Anne Lappé.

Wayfinder and Fairfax Recreation host book talk with author Lisa Hamilton

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
May 16, 2024
The cover of The Black Keys’ new album, Ohio Players, shows patrons in an Ohio bowling alley.

The Black Keys release a collaborative and exploratory new album, Ohio Players

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
April 14, 2024
Read these great book recommendations and enjoy the Spring season! (Photos courtesy of Amazon and respective publishers)

Top 10 Spring books to sprout your reading list

Ella Furuichi, Sierra Goldberg, Jasmin Desruisseau, Ava Alsterlind, Dylan Carson, Hanna Cortright, and Elsa Hunt
April 8, 2024
Tyla poses in an iridescent skirt and top matching set on her self-titled debut album, Tylas album cover.

Tyla’s self-titled debut album shines a light on amapiano music

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
March 30, 2024
Jack Antonoff poses in a staggered lineup with his fellow band members.

Bleachers releases overly repetitive self-titled album Bleachers

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
March 18, 2024
MGMT band members Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser pose up close and blurred to the camera with red-tinged light reflected off of their solemn faces.

MGMT releases free spirited new album Loss of Life

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
March 1, 2024
Beyoncé stays on a country theme while adjusting a cowboy hat in the newest lyrical visualizer for one of her new singles “16 Carriages.”

Beyoncé enters her country music era with a new single

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
February 26, 2024
Zara Larsson poses as Venus for her newest album’s cover art, recreating Sandro Botticelli’s masterful yet controversial painting titled “The Birth of Venus.”

Zara Larsson shoots for the stars with new album Venus

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
February 21, 2024
Green Day’s cover album for Saviors shows an edited version of a photo originally taken in 1978 in a riot during the Troubles.

Green Day’s new album, Saviors, shines with ‘90s nostalgia

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
January 29, 2024
Ariana Grande poses up close to the camera in a blurry snapshot used as her new single’s cover. Promotional material courtesy of Imbd

Ariana Grande starts the 2024 year with a captivating new single

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
January 19, 2024
Menstrual products are available in women's restrooms, gender neutral restrooms, and at least one men’s restroom on Archie Williams Campus.

The truth of period care at Archie Williams

Hanna Cortright and Ava Alsterlind
January 3, 2024
Contractors work next to the drill being used to install pillars for the solar panels.

Archie Williams parking lot closes for solar panel installation

Ava Alsterlind and Hanna Cortright
December 11, 2023
Dove Cameron’s Alchemical: Volume One cover displays the album’s sexuality and self-reflection.

Dove Cameron releases debut album, Alchemical: Volume 1

Hanna Cortright and Ava Alsterlind
December 8, 2023
"The Perfect Fall Playlist"

The perfect fall playlist

Hanna Cortright and Ava Alsterlind
October 26, 2023
School dances get overcrowded, with dancing students stepping on each other’s toes.

Homecoming inspires sexual assault awareness

Ava Alsterlind and Hanna Cortright
October 23, 2023
Drake’s For All the Dogs album cover drawn by his five year-old son Adonis in crayon depicts a dog on a black background.

Drake’s newest album For All the Dogs has dropped

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
October 16, 2023
Eartheater poses for a photoshoot with Numéro Magazine to promote her newest album.

Eartheater’s album Powders falls short of a new take on electropop

Ava Alsterlind and Hanna Cortright
October 12, 2023
The Fairfax Theater, in Fairfax advertising "A Haunting in Venice," a 2023 horror film.

Five fall horror movies for a cozy day in

Hanna Cortright, Arts and Entertainment Editor
September 28, 2023
A pack of MCAL girls runners take off from the starting line at the Stinson Beach Relays.

Archie Williams cross country season starts with a quick splash

Allison Bredow and Hanna Cortright
September 9, 2023
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