I'm thrilled for summer. The sun's neat and everything, but there's nothing quite like poking your eyes out, waiting for the end of a tough semester. In high school, senioritis comes three-and-a-half years into your four-year term. In college, it comes...

Dear NIU and others, It has been a great year for entertainment, and it has been an even greater year covering it for your pleasure. We have both learned a lot about each other, mainly that some people actually do like Motley Crue and Panic! At The Disco...

Ween might be the most versatile band ever. They released a country album in 1996, and most of their other albums are a mish-mash of genres. On "Buenos Tardes Amigo," Gene Ween spins an epic, yet cheesy, Spaghetti Western yarn. The track opens with Gene...

The Joker's madness varies in intensity from comics, to television, to film. Cesar Romero's light-hearted performance in the original television series gave way to Jack Nicholson's more mental, but still fairly silly portrayal, of the Joker in Tim Burton's...

Starring: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine Director: Alfonso Cuarón Plot: Everyone seems to have a favorite future-dystopia novel like "1984" or "Brave New World." Well, "Children of Men" is the best equivalent film that has been produced...

Rating: 6/10 Boy meets girl, they become friends and then something complicates their relationship. Girl dates other people, boy realizes he loves her, boy fights for girl, they fall in love and live happily ever after. This ever-so-typical equation for...

Here are Tony's picks for what to rent on DVD today: "I'm Not There" - The Bob Dylan biopic finally hits DVD after what seems like forever. Brilliant performances by Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Richard Gere and others highlight this film about the many...

Northern Star had the opportunity to sit down with Kaitlin Zordan, a senior biology major who was cast as an extra for the Chicago-filmed "Public Enemies," starring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Channing Tatum. The film is set for release in July 2009....

Rating: 10/10 Though the title of the new Roots album appears to be an oxymoron, there is nothing contradictory about this heavy work of perfection. It's just plain good. "Rising Down," the Roots' 10th record, displays the Philadelphia-bred hip-hop band...

When Stevens wrote a song about Detroit, he mentioned specific landmarks and places to comment on how the once-great city is crumbling from within. "Chicago" doesn't have those specifics, because it's not about the Windy City itself. Stevens has said...

Director: David Zucker Starring: Trey Parker, Matt Stone Plot: Lifelong friends Joe Cooper and Doug Remer love basketball, but they hate the whole dribbling-and-running part. So, they combine all the skill of basketball and the standing around of baseball...

Once again, The House Café, 236 E. Lincoln Highway, welcomed Sundowner to entertain the increasingly chilly crowd on Friday night. The result was a tightly packed crowd singing along to earnest songs about alcoholism and traveling. But before that,...