The idea for the use of 3D in movie theaters has been around for ages, but lately, it seems as though the 3D business is booming. With films like "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour,"...

Max Payne has finally ventured from the video game screen to the silver screen. The film, starring Mark Wahlberg, Ludacris and Mila Kunis will be in theaters this Friday. "Max Payne," directed by John Moore, is based on the 2001 third-person shooter with...

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...

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...

The NIU Philharmonic is back for another performance season with a new conductor at the helm. The new NIU Philharmonic Director, Lucia Matos, was the orchestra director at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh from 2003 to 2008. Matos is also the music director...

While watching "What Happens in Vegas" for the first time this weekend, I had a sort of epiphany. "Vegas" is the first movie that I have heard of that has a special digital format so that the owner can watch the movie on a DVD player, and also download...

"Saturday Night Live" stuck with its ratings-drawing formula Thursday and successfully continued to lampoon the presidential race. "SNL: Weekend Update Thursday," the first of three half-hour specials to air before the Nov. 4 election, spoofed the second...