Dave Grohl has finally outgrown Nirvana, after logging almost twice as much time as a Foo Fighter than drumming for the grunge legends. One of Nirvana's most important albums was "MTV Unplugged in New York," a live acoustic album. It was the one feather...

A bunch of mice running around a sewer does not sound like the most interesting of concepts. But "Flushed Away" does a great job of keeping things interesting and engaging. Roddy (Hugh Jackman) is a spoiled pet mouse that has been left alone while his...

"Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause" has Tim Allen and Elizabeth Mitchell reprising roles as Scott Calvin (AKA Santa Claus) and Carol Claus. Mrs. Claus is pregnant and longing for her family, but because of the S.O.S. (Secret of Santa), Carol's parents...

Will Ferrell continues to add to his ever-growing resume with a serious turn in director Marc Forster's light-hearted but thought-provoking "Stranger than Fiction." He stars as IRS agent Harold Crick, a shy and timid man whose uneventful life revolves...

DeKALB | "Two Donuts/Dos Donas" is an original Guatemalan puppet play at the Corner Theater in the Stevens Building, with shows at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $5 and available only at the Corner Theater. Pepito is a young...

Meet junior Andy Dameron. On Monday, he happily said he officially changed his major to theater studies. His major since beginning at NIU had been pre-communication studies and was the reason he transferred here from College of Dupage. He even said he...

David Rauch is a Northern Star employee studying abroad. "An American In Paris" will chronicle his studies and adventures in France. I have less than a month and a half left in Paris. If you read my last letter, you might think there is a sigh of relief...

The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, will showcase a pair of distinctively diverse musical evenings tonight and Thursday. The weekend will feature bands, The Chariot and Elanors, amongst others. Tonight The Chariot — featuring Josh Scogin, former...

It is hard to feel bad for a person when their major worry is whether he or she will get to go back to a private boarding school. "Flicka" is the story about a girl who, after her school threatens to kick her out, trains a mustang and eventually rides...

"Entertainment Weekly" recently posed the question, "Is ‘Borat' the funniest movie ever?" It's certainly debatable. But it's doubtful anything better will come out in 2006. Sacha Baron Cohen, last seen in the now second-funniest film of the year, "Talladega...

At the end of "Saw II", audiences were left seeing John, aka "Jigsaw" (Tobin Bell) — the mastermind behind a series of twisted deaths that have baffled authorities — on the verge of his own demise. In "Saw III", his condition has deteriorated to the...