Analise is a junior journalism major from Folsom, California, and is now based in Austin. She’s currently a Life & Arts senior reporter and Comics illustrator. When her brain stops working, you will often find her fangirling over her cats, hanging out with her sisters or making lattes at a cafe.
The series “Analise Pickerrell’s Adventures at The Daily Texan,” which released a premature pilot episode in the fall of 2021 that flopped before the show picked back up after some thorough rewriting...
DreamWorks recently decided to follow in Disney’s well-trodden footsteps and create a live-action remake that nobody asked for.
The studio released the live-action remake of “How to Train Your...
Despite viewers’ ability to binge a TV series in a few days, producing them can take years, and after a year-long program in collaboration with ATX TV Festival, UT students in TSTV’s Incubator Program...
This year, fans flocked to South by Southwest to see performances from their favorite artists, such as Khalid and Suki Waterhouse. However, Taylor Swift didn’t even need to perform, let alone be in the...
“Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore” had its Texas premier at South by Southwest at The Paramount Theatre on Tuesday. The documentary follows the life and career of Marlee Matlin, the first deaf actress...
“O’Dessa,” starring Sadie Sink and directed by Geremy Jasper, premiered at South by Southwest on Saturday. The film follows O’Dessa (Sadie Sink), a wandering folk musician with a prophetic guitar...
A24 Films’ comedy-horror “Death of a Unicorn,” starring Paul Rudd (“Clueless,” “Ant-Man”) and Jenna Ortega (“Wednesday,”) premiered at South by Southwest as a headliner on Saturday and...
The crowd of over hundred fans, film enthusiasts and former romantic admirers sizzled with excitement as acclaimed actor Kevin Bacon reflected on his extensive career, from his breakout...
“Bridget Jones, it’s time to live.”
The favorite frazzled pseudo-Englishwoman Bridget Jones, played by UT alumna Renée Zellweger, returns for a fourth addition to the Bridget Jones’ Diary series...
Stolen rent, a blood donation mishap, a potential serial killer love interest, a Nick Minaj-esque fist fight and a threat from a gang leader, formed the perfectly disastrous and entertaining twenty-four...
Longhorns may have been on winter break the past month, but Hollywood wasn’t. The Daily Texan is here to provide some valuable insight on a few of the season's latest releases — including “Nosferatu,”...
The Texan's Comics Department compiled some of the illustrations drawn for stories that ended up not being published to feature the work of the Texan's illustrators.
The forecast read sunny with a chance of Glen at Auditorium Shores by Lady Bird Lake on Nov. 24, when Austinites searched for the best Glen Powell look-alike in the city. Nearly 20 “Glens” participated...
“Wicked,” the Tony-award-winning Broadway musical and spin-off of “The Wizard of Oz,” drew attention from theatre kids everywhere after its 2003 debut. After two decades as a modern Broadway classic...
Bouncy country tunes echoed through the air on a cool Thursday night at Republic Square Park in the heart of downtown Austin. Rows of cowboy boots and hats assembled in front of the stage as the June Shine...
Bothered by the lack of Hanukkah films in modern media, radio-television-film junior Ethan Rubenstein decided to make his own. His short film, “The Golem,” premiered at the Austin Jewish Film Festival...
Hundreds of students, some dressed in dazzling costumes of pink or green, formed a seemingly never-ending circle around UT’s student union on Monday night, awaiting the doors of Oz to open at 7:30 pm....
A young boy, human-sized insects and a giant peach came together in none other than Roald Dahl’s “James and the Giant Peach,” adapted for the stage and performed by UT Theatre and Dance at the B....
Dancers moved in fluid synchronization as if brushes on a canvas.
Impressive holograms of inky visuals encompassed them, moving in unison with movements that mimicked ancient calligraphy. Critically-acclaimed...
As election season comes to a close, The Daily Texan's Comics Department gathered all its illustrations pertaining to voting and candidates to be featured in a gallery.
Director Robert Zemeckis took former “Forrest Gump” stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright off the high shelf, dusted them off and stuck them right back in some Gump parallel universe. He accomplished everything...
As if witnessing a musical conversation between master and student, all eyes fixated on Branford Marsalis in awe as the celebrated jazz musician led the UT jazz students in a saxophone solo.
The Grammy...
Audiences no longer need to wonder what the two most attractive and charming actors of our generation look like falling in love, starting a family and enduring tragedy. Studio A24’s “We Live in Time”,...
Country music artist and Texan Braxton Keith began his career by posting cover videos on social media platforms like YouTube. The 23-year-old now boasts hundreds of thousands of streams and several viral...
Amongst the hustle and bustle of people rushing from stage to stage, watching their favorite artists perform and soaking up the sights and sounds of Austin City Limits Music Festival, a miniature version...
One of the most highly-anticipated artists making their Austin City Limits debut this fall, Chappell Roan mesmerizes audiences with her avant-garde persona and undeniable talent. The Daily Texan put together...
With the amount of teary eyes in the audience, the orchestra seemed to possess water-bending abilities when playing the music of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” at Bass Concert Hall on Sunday. Fans relived...
French animator and director of the Oscar-nominated Netflix film “I Lost My Body,” Jérémy Clapin releases his first live-action film “Meanwhile on Earth” on Nov. 8. The film follows the story...
Suki Waterhouse — best known for her hit “Good Looking” — released her second studio album Memoir of a Sparklemuffin on Friday. With sounds alluding to ‘90s and early 2000s soft rock, the dream-pop...
Locals know the Austin Chronicle’s Hot Sauce Festival for its tasty sauces of all flavors and heat levels, live music and the annual hot sauce contest. For some, winning the contest was the peak of their...
Dream-like and distorted images of the bizarre decorate striking pastel pink walls — what curator Claire Howard (art history, ‘20) said pays homage to a 1959 international surrealist exhibition in...
From producing visual art to chaotic memes, artificial intelligence has been showing up in new and unexpected ways, drawing concern from creatives about the new technology’s abilities.
Local pun...
On Labor Day, participating studios across the city open their doors for free in honor of Austin’s Free Day of Yoga. Whether a downward dog seems like a heroic feat or a five-minute headstand feels like...
Young artist, producer and songwriter Asha Imuno will accompany Austin-based artist BLK ODYSSY on his upcoming “The Fantasy House Tour,” which stops in Austin this Saturday at Antone’s Nightclub....
Locals and tourists know the Paramount Theatre as a historic site and entertainment staple of downtown Austin, but 50 years ago, the business struggled to keep its doors open.
Built in 1915 for vaudeville...
With her catchy hit singles “Espresso” and “Please Please Please” topping charts recently, Sabrina Carpenter seemed to be solidifying herself as a leading pop icon this summer. However, Short n’...
Book lovers have learned to keep their expectations low when a favorite novel announces its upcoming film adaptation. However, cast such worries aside, because “It Ends with Us,” the best-selling novel...
Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 4 de agosto de 2024 por Analise Pickerrell y fue traducido al español por Citlali Martinez Hernandez.
Vinculada a los temas de la...
Tied by themes of indigenous identity, historical trauma and reverence towards tradition, the Blanton Museum of Art’s newest exhibition, “Native America: In Translation,” features over 60 works...
With about a month of summer left, The Daily Texan compiled a list of songs to best encapsulate the late summer feeling and remind fellow Longhorns, whether vacationing, taking summer classes or simply...
Pretty in pink and accompanied by her emotional support chihuahua, Elle Woods takes the stage for Zilker Theatre Productions’ 65th annual summer musical. From July 12 to Aug. 17, audiences can see “Legally...
“Fly Me to the Moon,” directed by Greg Berlanti, comedically draws on a 1960s space race conspiracy theory through the lens of a romance between a launch director and an advertising specialist determined...
The Blanton Museum of Art decided to shake things up this summer, taking advantage of its newly-renovated grounds by “dancing about art” every second Saturday. On July 13, the museum will put a spotlight...
Instead of looking for a lifelong soulmate in a bar at 2 a.m., young people should try running two miles at 8 a.m. to find their match — or so the viral RAWDAWG Run Club believes.
Four fitness fanatics...
The impact of an altruistic high school teacher can go far, but for Avery Wong, a neuroscience and Plan II sophomore, the impact went extremely far — over 4000 miles, to be exact.
On May 25, Wong...
With Earth Day just around the corner, The Daily Texan compiled a playlist to accompany the soothing sounds of nature and get students in the mood to celebrate the beautiful planet. Find a nice, grassy...
The culmination of two years of unobstructed artistic investment, six graduate students prepare for their final exhibition before receiving their Master of Fine Arts degrees.
“All Else,” the 2024...
Eclipses make for rare and captivating phenomena, stimulating the creative imaginations of humans for millennia. As an ode to the upcoming solar eclipse on Monday, UT’s Visual Arts Center hosted its...
The entrancing music of J.S. Bach floated up the stairwell of UT’s Main Building on Tuesday afternoon as a psychology professor played his Tetris viola, participating in an international celebration...
