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Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) flanked by stormtroopers from the First Order in &quot;Star Wars: The Force Awakens.&quot; Ren&#039;s glaring similarity to his idol Darth Vader is symptomatic of the film&#039;s lack of originality. (Lucasfilm)

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Second Take: Best and Worst of 2015

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Second Take: Star Wars Episode VII lacks force to be franchise&#8217;s new hope

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This week, Daily Bruin A&amp;E is counting down to the new year by looking back at the best and worst events in the arts and entertainment world of 2015.

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Lady Gaga (left) and Matt Bomer (right) star in season five of &quot;American Horror Story.&quot; The show has foregone it&#039;s previous artful horror and character development in favor of excessive obscene material and a nonsensical plot. (FX)

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Second Take: Weak plot, excessive obscenity fail to deliver for &#8216;American Horror Story&#8217;

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&quot;The Girl in the Spider&#039;s Web&quot; by David Lagercrantz (left) is the fourth book of Stieg Larsson&#039;s &quot;Millennium Series.&quot; Harper Lee&#039;s &quot;Go Set a Watchman&quot; (right) is the sequel to her novel &quot;To Kill a Mockingbird.&quot; Both novels were released in 2015. (Alfred A. Knopf and HarperCollins)

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Second Take: 2015&#8217;s biggest book sequels fail to carry legacy

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Shia LaBeouf smiles during #ALLMYMOVIES, a livestream of the actor watching all his films in reverse chronological order. LaBeouf has produced a series of performance art pieces in 2015 designed to push artistic boundaries and inspire unconventional thought. (newhive.com)

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Second Take: Shia LaBeouf&#8217;s eccentric 2015 performance art dismantles celebrity

Gabriella Kamran

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The July feud between rappers Drake (right) and Meek Mill (left) placed hip hop brawls and diss tracks in the age of social media and online streaming. Drake&#039;s second diss track aimed at Meek Mill, &quot;Back to Back,&quot; was eventually nominated for a 2016 Grammy Award and helped Drake win the feud through its quotability, online popularity and lyrical attacks. (Courtesy of James Dimmock, Creative Commons photo by Andrew S. via Flickr)

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Second Take: Drake and Meek Mill usher hip hop feuds into 2015&#8217;s social media age

Kun Yong (Sean) Lee

This week, Daily Bruin A&amp;E is counting down to the New Year by looking back at the best and worst events in the arts and entertainment world of 2015.

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Second Take: 2015’s biggest book sequels fail to carry legacy

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Second Take: Shia LaBeouf’s eccentric 2015 performance art dismantles celebrity

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