Sydney Baum Haines
School
University Of Minnesota
Expertise
Movies, TV, Dungeons & Dragons
- Sydney is a news writer for Looper, often covering Marvel, The Boys, and animation.
- She's previously written for the website Science 101 and the print publication The Minnesota Daily.
- At Science 101, she wrote the company's top-performing article, reaching 20 million views.
Experience
Sydney has been a working writer for three years, but has been an avid fan of all things nerdy since her first Saturday morning cartoons. She interned as a news reporter for the newspaper The Minnesota Daily and honed her digital media voice when writing full time for the website Science 101. Armed with countless hours spent watching Marvel movies and a surprisingly diverse array of TV shows, she started writing news stories for Looper in 2020. Her widespread interests mean she's just as likely to watch a reality series, anime, or a prestige drama.
Education
Sydney has a B.S. in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior and Minors in Cinema and Media Culture Studies and Marine Biology from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.
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Stories By Sydney Baum Haines
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Greg Grunberg only appears in two episodes of Criminal Minds, but rather than playing an antagonizing unsub, his character is close with a series regular.
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Her husky, gravelly voice is unmistakable, but where have you heard it before?
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MJ's necklace creates some surprising continuity errors and plot holes in "Spider-Man: No Way Home." Here's what Marvel fans should know about the item.
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Spider-Man: Far From Home had it all from action to drama, to comedy. Here are the film's funniest moments.
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Young actor Kodi Smit-McPhee plays Peter in Netflix's The Power of the Dog. Here's where you are likely to have seen the talented Australian actor before.
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One deleted scene from Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers actually gives more context to Boromir's character and changes plenty of viewers' opinions of him.
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Here's how Brie Larson prepared for her role as Ma in the 2015 film Room.
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Aubrey Plaza may be best known for her Parks and Recreation and Ingrid Goes West roles, but she also voiced a Spongebob Squarepants character in Season 9.
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Henry Cavill shares in a new interview which scene from 2013's Man of Steel he regrets filming and explains why he feels he ruined the scene.
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Here's everything we know about Women of the Movement, a limited series based on the true story of civil rights activist Mamie Till-Mobiley.
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Penelope Garcia was at the center of the BAU family on "Criminal Minds." Here's why she left the team.
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Before he was a major film and TV star, young actor Shia LaBeouf appeared on one episode of the short-lived teen dramedy Freaks and Geeks.
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One of the warmest Christmas movies this year is Netflix's A Boy Called Christmas, an adventurous tale about a young boy who believes in magic and seeks hope.
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When it came time for Hotchner to step aside as BAU unit chief in Season 5 of Criminal Minds, here's why Morgan got the job instead of Rossi.
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"Elf" has fully cemented itself as a Christmas classic, so if you're looking to watch it this holiday season, there are a few options for streaming it.
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If you watch the Disney movie Hocus Pocus, you'll see that Max's tie-dye T-shirt is the same colors as the dresses worn by the Sanderson sisters. Here's why.
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Television actor Kim Rhodes may be familiar thanks to her work on The CW series Supernatural and her role on the Disney show Suite Life of Zack and Cody.
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Here's why Buffy the Vampire Slayer character Oz, played by Seth Green, left the show after appearing on The WB series from Season 2 through Season 4.
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The season finale left a whole new mystery for viewers to ponder.
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If Criminal Minds fans are looking for episodes from the show's 15-season run that have no deaths of any characters, these are the ones to watch.
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Here's where you may have previously seen the actor who plays Spike Spiegel on Netflix's Cowboy Bebop.
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Donald Glover, the actor who so memorably played Troy on Community, has only become more and more successful in the years since.
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Fans loved him, but that love quickly soured with his villainous character arc in Season 2. Where does Nate go next?
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When can fans of the French animated series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir expect Season 4 to arrive on Netflix before the season is over?
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In September 2021, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" brought its eight-season run to an end with a two-part series finale. Here's what fans thought of the show's conclusion.
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Here's the unassuming character in Marvel's "Eternals" that both casual viewers and die-hard comic book obsessives alike have fallen in love with.
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The cult-favorite sitcom might exist in the same universe as the Blip.