Feburary

Spotlights 

The year 2022 has just started, and the topic of movies has already started to circulate around.

Whether you’re a Marvel fan or not, you’ve probably heard of Marvel’s latest movie, “Spider-Man: No Way Home”. Grossing “$1.53 billion worldwide,” it has become the “eighth-highest grossing movie ever at the global box office” (Variety). This movie is the sequel to Spider-Man: Far From Home, and the movie begins off exactly where the previous movie had ended. As the movie starts we see Peter Parker (Tom Holland), getting exposed as Spiderman by his enemy Mysterio (Quentin Beck). The movie follows Parker and his struggle in figuring out a way to get things back to normal, when people didn’t know about his alter ego, Spiderman. The generated money earned from the movie managed to pass by various popular movies, such as: “The Avengers”, “Furious 7”, and “Frozen II”. 

So what's new in 2022? What are some movies to look out for that are coming soon to theaters? The first movie to be on your watchlist is “Scream”. It’s already arrived in theaters and should stay in there for a while longer, seeing as it has only just recently been released. This movie is part of a popular horror series that has been going on for over a decade (Insider). Next to watch is “Uncharted”. With its release date being February 18th, it’s a movie about the game “Uncharted,” and it features Tom Holland as the main character (Insider). Coming out March 4th is the highly anticipated “The Batman”. With former vampire, Robert Patterson, as Batman, it is said that the movie “could be the year's first big box-office hit”(Insider). Not too long after, “The Batman” release, “Downton Abbey: A New Era,” will be released 14 days after. This movie takes after its previous movie “Downton Abbey”, which was said to have been a “hit” movie many years ago when it was first released (Insider). Lastly, “Morbius” is said to hit theaters on April 1st. Produced by the same company as “Spider-Man: No Way Home”, this movie’s main premise is a vampire named Morbius, who in the comics, is a villain of Spider-Man (Insider). These were the top five movies coming to theaters in 2022, so be sure to mark your calendars and be ready to grab your popcorn because these movies are ones you won’t want to miss!

A very popular game that is going around right now is Five Nights of Freddy’s (FNAF). Currently, they have 8 Main FNAF Games in total. There are 6 Five Nights at Freddy's spinoff games. But the main game right now that everyone is playing is Security Breach.  has their mixed views on how they like it. Some people do not like it and feel it can be better with the jump scares but many others do like it. The thrill of the video game is very exciting and it can make your blood boil out. 

Security Breach is about this little boy named Gregory that gets trapped in Freddy’s Fazbear in the mall and Freddy is trying to help him out because it gets dangerous at night. There are guards everywhere keeping him from getting out and while that is happening there are animatronics roaming around looking for Gregory. 

His background story is unknown so no one knows where he came from and how he appeared in the mall. There are six possible endings when playing this game and it can take up to 7 hours to finish. There are many background stories with the four original animatronic animals: Glamrock Chica, Glamrock Freddy, Montgomery Gator, Roxanne Wolf, and Vanny. There is a simple way to beat the game but most find that it is more fun when there is a challenge. 

The game can be purchased for $39.99 and can be played on PC. 

On Monday night 1/10 there was an exciting college football game that a lot of us sports fans were looking forward to. Georgia vs Alabama, this game was a rematch after Alabama upset the Georgia Bulldogs who were undefeated, they had won 41-24. According to CNN Sports, “The Georgia Bulldogs turned back their demons and turned away Alabama, defeating the reigning national champions to capture the school's first title since 1980.” Georgia has been looking to beat Alabama for a while, and they finally did it on 1/10/22! I know Georgia Bulldogs fans are super excited and Alabama fans are just staying quiet. 

Before this game, people were betting on the outcome. The majority of the people were betting on Alabama to win once again. Not many people were rooting for Georgia. The Bulldogs were the underdogs in this situation. Some people believed in them, the others just thought it was going to be another Bama win. According to WSB-TV, “It’s all over! Kelee Ringo intercepts Bryce Young and returns it 79 yards for the touchdown. Georgia takes the 33-18 lead with under a minute to play.” Congratulations Georgia fans on this sweet win and your revenge on Bama. 

On January 5th, 2022, a 5-year-old boy was playing with a lighter and caught his Christmas tree on fire in Philadelphia. The fire spread to the apartment building and killed 12 out of the 14 people inside. According to the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office, the three adults and nine children died from smoke inhalation. Among the dead was the boy's mother. The 5-year-old admitted to his neighbor and multiple authorities that he was playing with an orange lighter when the tree caught fire. For more information about this tragic event click here to be directed to The Philadelphia Inquirer or here to be directed to The New York Times. 

Smartwatches have become more advanced and gained newer uses as the years go by. Most people may have only got smartwatches to tell time, but recently smartwatches have gained the abilities such as,” monitoring your heart rate, tracking your location or making calls to your friends without any help from a smartphone whatsoever.”(source 2). Most people wear their smartwatches every day for hours; that same watch can act as a portable EKG machine and track your heart. Reportedly Apple is working on ways for future apple watches to take readings for blood sugars, body temperatures, and blood pressure. These watches are able to do things that may have required a doctors visit such as,” track metrics, such as blood oxygen saturation and body fat estimates.``(source 1). The only concerns that have appeared are the reliability of these devices. People have become worried about how 100% of these devices are. Apple and Fitbit are working towards the accuracy of their smartwatches as the days go.

Rankings, across the world we can look at where we rank on different topics. One way to break down different countries is based on how inclusive the society is, this includes safety and security, personal freedom, governance, and social capital. According to Rankings :: Legatum Prosperity Index 2021, we rank 20th overall but when it comes to each topic this is a different story. The United States ranks 69th when it comes to safety and security, 22nd in Personal Freedom, 23rd in Governance, and 13th in social capital. Other countries like Norway ranks 1st in both safety and security, and personal freedom. While Finland ranks first for governance and Denmark ranks first for social capital. Why are we not in the top 10 for these rankings is what we should be asking?

According to Billboard, The top 20 songs for the month of January are 

1.)Easy On Me (Adele) 

2.)Stay (The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber) 

3.)Heat Wave (Glass Animals), Shivers (Ed Sheeran)

4.)We Don’t Talk About Bruno (Carlina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane 5.)Gurrero, and Stephanie Beatriz)

6.)Industry Baby (Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow)

7.)Cold Heart (Elton John & Dua Lipa) 

8.)Bad Habits (Ed Sheeran) 

9.)Need To Know (Doja Cat) 

10.)Super Gremlin (Kodak Black)

11.)abcdefu (GAYLE)

12.)Levitating(Dua Lipa)

13.)Smokin Out The Window (Silk Sonic, Bruno Mars, & Anderson Paak)

14.) Surface Pressure ( Jessica Darrow)

15.)Good 4 U (Olivia Rodrigo)

16.)Fancy Like (walker Hayes)

17.)Ghost (Justin Bieber)

18.)Save You Tears (The Weeknd & Ariana Grande)

19.)Kiss Me More (Doja Cat Featuring SZA)

20.)That's What I Want (Lil Nas X

The top artists for the month of January are

1.)Drake

2.)Taylor Swift

3.)Juice WRLD

4.)Kanye West

5.)Bad Bunny