Gabrielle Bondi

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Gabrielle founded The Young Folks in 2010 with Luciana Villalba. Since then, she has served as editor-in-chief and oversees the staff and editorial content on The Young Folks. She recently graduated from Northwestern University and is now working on her master's degree at the Medill School of Journalism.

Music News: The 54th Annual Grammy Awards Winners

Last night, the biggest night for music, The Grammys, took place. It started out as a somber night with the recent passing of Whitney Houston. But we kept on celebrating music and her life throughout the night. Adele swept the…

Film News: BAFTA Awards 2012 Winners

The countdown to Oscar continues with the BAFTA Awards! The British Academy Film Awards is the last major award show before the Oscars, and sometimes a big indicator of who may take the industry’s top honors. Big winners of the night…

Film News: New ‘Beauty & the Beast’ Adaptation Will Star Vincent Cassel & Léa Seydoux

The fairy tale re-adaptations keep on coming! This time Silent Hill director Christophe Gans will be bringing a new Beauty and the Beast to the big screen. It will star French actors Vincent Cassel (Black Swan) and Léa Seydoux (Midnight…

Book Review: The Infernal Devices – Book 2: ‘Clockwork Prince’ by Cassandra Clare

NOTE: The following review is ridden with mild spoilers. This is the only spoiler warning you’ll get, so please proceed with caution. Cassandra Clare is a big name in the Young Adult literature world. Her books are all best-sellers and…

Film News: Watch the new trailer for THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN!

When I heard that Sony was rebooting the Spider-Man franchise, I was ecstatic. I wasn’t very happy with the previous Spider-Man films, and I felt like maybe this time they’ll get it right. AND THEY HAVE. The new trailer is…

Book Review: ‘Shooting Stars’ by Allison Rushby

This time’s random pick from my NetGalley collection is Shooting Stars, a story about a young paparazzo that goes undercover to take pictures of a celebrity at a rehab facility. When I say young paparazzo, I mean a sixteen year…

Film Review: THIS MEANS WAR, starring Chris Pine, Tom Hardy & Reese Witherspoon

I’ll be honest. I only saw This Means War because I’m a big fan of Tom Hardy. From the trailer, the movie looked like it had the potential to be entertaining, but I didn’t hold out too much hope for…