The sequel to the box office hit "Diary of a Mad Black Woman", Tyler's Perry's "Madea's Family Reunion" is a lot like the character Madea: loud, gutsy and bold. It's that rare film which successfully pairs side-splitting humor with heartbreaking drama....

More than six months after his death, the memories of NIU English professor Gustaaf Van Cromphout remain potent within both the department and university. Morgan Kathleen Giles, a graduate of NIU, has begun collecting memories to preserve his legacy....

For some, sharing their dreams, fantasies, and perverse thoughts with people isn't a problem. For others, there is Group Hug. Group Hug (grouphug.us) is a Web site enabling people to anonymously confess secrets to anyone willing to read. Confessions range...

The Arctic Monkeys are three things that propelled the English quartet to sudden super stardom. First, they are young — really young. No member of the band legally could buy a pint here in the States. The band is relatively adolescent, too. After a...

(Jensen/Patrick - wrtestlemani is on word, the m is capitalized in the middle ... now delete me. Thank you) The road to WrestleMania XXII in Chicago is nearly complete. With only a month remaining until professional wrestling's "biggest night," the questions...

Whenever I get the chance treat myself to a slice of pizza, I always feel rather lucky. In a certain sense, no matter how bad this pizza is, it is almost always good, because it is pizza. Many would say that the same goes for sex. Now, rather than go...

24 Friday night at Otto's Niteclub, 118 E. Lincoln Highway, Cealed Kasket will perform at 10 p.m. "Cealed Kasket is just a really hilarious spoof metal band," said Otto's general manager Jeremy Eisenberg. "I can't even really explain their music; they...

When DC Comics said "Infinite Crisis," which has taken over nearly every DC title, completely would change the DC Universe, no one could have known how true the statement would become. Next week, in an incredibly bold move, the DC Comics universe will...

Indie rock band, The Living Blue, plays The House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, at 8 p.m. tonight. The band members took the time beforehand to let us know what records they are listening to at the moment. British Sea Power — "Open Season" — "This...

The comic world always is filled with epic battles and grand scale events. More times than I can count, characters have come back from the dead, traveled through time and fought either under circumstances or against opponents which boggle the mind. Marvel's...

From Left to Right: Who: Jerry depizzo What: saxophone had to grow into his instrument; it was bigger than he was Who: marc roberge What: vocals / guitar Grandmother was an atlantic city dancer Who: Benj Gershman What: Bass Can't remember what he writes...

I've never made out in the back row of a movie theater. Have you? Well if you have, you're lucky we're not playing Circle of Death or Waterfalls. You'd be taking a swig of your beer or a shot of something strong right about now. There seems to be a trend...