WHAT TO WATCH TONIGHT Summer programming still has a stranglehold around my neck like Latrell Sprewell. The few new, non-daily summer shows that I like are now over like "Factory" and "The Venture Bros." I still need to wait a few more weeks until a new...

Here we are, stuck in the gray area between great summer blockbusters and our favorite fall flicks. It was a slow weekend at the box office, but "Tropic Thunder" managed to maintain its position at No. 1 for its second weekend. Two of this weekend's new...

Books written by the wives of famous people are a phenomenon in themselves. Rather than obtaining candid comments from the likes of Brett Favre or George W. Bush, the easy route - meaning through the wife - is annoyingly popular. For the wives, it's as...

Visionary director Oliver Stone has always been fearless when it comes to politics. He has furthered the debate of who killed Kennedy, examined the life of Nixon, and told a fictional account of what it was like on September 11th. But in two short months,...

Rating: 5/10 Starring: Anna Faris, Emma Stone, Colin Hanks Plot: Shelly (Faris), a Playboy Bunny, gets kicked out of the Playboy Mansion and is hard-pressed to find a new place to live, and more importantly, a new family. She wanders to a college campus...

Most young people may not know it, but a man that helped revolutionize contemporary punk has died. Jerry Finn passed away Thursday, Aug. 21, as a result of a severe brain hemorrhage. Saying that Jerry Finn's albums were influential would be an understatement....

In the second grade, my mom took on the daunting task of creating a Halloween costume for me of my favorite video game character. Instead of choosing Super Mario, Sonic or one of the few recognizable video game characters of the early 1990s, I chose to...

Rating: 5/10 Starring: Rainn Wilson, Christina Applegate, Teddy Geiger "The Rocker," which opened this past Wednesday, didn't exactly rock, but it sure sank like one, as the film didn't even make the top 10 list at the box office. Moviegoers don't seem...

Rating: 5/10 Starring: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson. Ian McShane Plot: Prison Warden Hennessey (Allen) frames Jensen Ames (Statham) for murder to make him drive in her prison's "Death Race," all in a quest for higher ratings. The race is a...

Get ahead of the curve and memorize these movies before starting classes. This way you'll fit right in when people start quoting them non-stop on the bus, in class and at social gatherings. If you don't have time to watch all 10, here's a cheat sheet....

LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said....

Comedian Bill Engvall will perform at the Convocation Center on Friday, Sept. 26. Tickets are on sale now, with prices at $37 for the general public or $30 for NIU students with a valid NIU OneCard. There is a two ticket limit for NIU students. Doors...