It has been a tough road for writer/director M. Night Shyamalan, but his next project has the potential to be huge. The 2000 film "Unbreakable," starring Bruce Willis as a man who realizes he has superhuman powers, wasn't received very well at the box...

Over the years, many of our favorite shows have eventually had to call it quits. But those last moments of those shows can either blow our minds and leave us so impressed that it will forever be called a classic or they can completely flop leaving us...

The NIU Jazz Lab Band and University Jazz Band will perform their first concert of the 2008-2009 year tonight at Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. Under the direction of Rodrigo Villanueva, Pat Terbrack and Larry Brown, the concert will be filled with an...

In honor of Phish getting back together, I thought that I would come up with a list of other great bands that I feel should also reunite. The chances that these bands will get back together are slim to none, but if Phish got back together, then maybe...

We've put a professional wrestler, "Law & Order" actor and bodybuilder in political office the last few years, so why not a comedic sketch writer? Al Franken, former "SNL" writer, political pundit and author, is leading the race for a seat in the...

Rapper Kanye West's long-rumored HBO show doesn't look like it will be seen anytime soon. The project, which is headed by "Curb Your Enthusiasm" writer Larry Charles, was recently said to be shelved by execs that felt the show might have been a little...

Trying to discover who you are? Look someplace else, this is "Better Know a Character." Today's character is animated rapper and entrepreneur Gangstalicious from Adult Swim's "The Boondocks." Voiced by Mod Def, the clenched-teeth speaking gangsta made...

Ever wonder why musicians change career paths? Some switch to acting, others stay at home to raise their kids. Not Carlos Santana, though. At the age of sixty-one, soulful-rocker Santana is still cranking out the tunes, but is planning his retirement...

There seems to be a common trend among spy thrillers. The main character is first introduced as the best spy there is. Then, the villain is portrayed as an evil mastermind bent on destroying the Western world. We then follow the spy as he attempts to...

After gaining popularity â€" and making a bundle of money â€" Marvel, publisher of "X-Men," "Spider-Man" and the like, are conquering TV land. Again. I'm sure many cartoon-ized superhero fans remember the mind-bogglingly great "X-Men: The Animated...

'Quarantine' is this Halloween's most interesting film. Starring: Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Jay Hernandez Plot: A reporter following a pair of firefighters gets quarantined inside a building. Add in a bunch of murderous "infected" people and buckets...

Clint Eastwood's latest film "Changeling," starring Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich, has true ties to NIU's hometown of DeKalb. The film tells the true story of Christine Collins of Los Angeles who, in 1928, reported her 9-year-old son Walter as missing....