Accentuate

Fun and quirky sneak peak at cool trends around the country.

Hot or Not

Assistant Accent Editor Shea O’Meara ranks the best and worst new TV shows for the upcoming fall season. Hot “New Girl” Leaving the manicured and fashionable babes from shows like “Pretty Little Liars” and “Gossip Girl” behind, “New Girl” pulls from the popularity of down-to-earth stars like “Easy A”’s Emma Stone and “Juno”’s Ellen Page. [...]

guilty pleasures

Finding the right change to buy a late-night treat from a vending machine can be a pain, so Algae Veronica has found a way to keep sugary snacks on hand. The 23-year-old cosmetologist created Candy Sprinkles Nail Art, a new manicure concept that uses sprinkles and rhinestones to decorate fingernails. The edible design is one [...]

Celeb Oops

Lady Gaga opened last month’s Video Music Awards by performing as her male alter ego, Jo Calderone. Unfortunately for Gaga, Britney Spears wasn’t willing to play along when Calderone confessed to looking at posters of Spears while touching himself. After Calderone called Spears to the stage to accept the Video Vanguard award, he awkwardly leaned [...]

celebrity oops!

Kelly Rowland’s hit song “Motivation” wasn’t the only thing heating up the stage last month. The singer got in a real-life dilemma when her leather top fell a bit too far south. While Rowland’s “peek” performance earned her major headline mentions, she’s hardly the only star to slip during a show. Earlier this month “Good [...]

blog of the week

Class of 2015 freshmen have more than just a hurricane to deal with during their first few weeks as undergrads. So for the rest of their college career “Year One: A College Blog” is here to help. Making it Count, an educational institution that works to better students’ lives, created the blog to guide newcomers [...]

omg!

Hard rock band KISS is getting a little soft nowadays. Funko, a pop culture toy manufacturing company, is making the band members in Plushie form. The company will release a collection of 7-inch tall KISS Plushies featuring the four original artists: Gene Simmons, ‘The Demon’; Paul Stanley, ‘The Starchild’; Ace Frehley, ‘The Spaceman’; and Peter [...]

Ithaca is… Music

The Nines The Nines in Collegetown has a relaxed atmosphere, a $5 cover charge for live bands and some of the best deep-dish pizza in town. www.theninesithacany.com Castaways Located on Taughannock Blvd. Castaways has a full bar, live bands every night and free music every Friday evening. www.castawaysithaca.com Delilah’s on Cayuga Delilah’s on Cayuga offers a music [...]


© 2012 The Ithacan. All rights reserved. Contact Webmaster.