Omaha, Nebraska indie rockers Cursive will be stopping in DeKalb on Sunday, July 26 at Otto's Nightclub, 118 E. Lincoln Highway, at 8 p.m. to promote its latest album "Mama, I'm Swollen." First forming in 1995, the post-hardcore trio has built a fanbase...

The 61st Annual Primetime Emmy nominations were announced late last week and has turned Hollywood on its head with its snubs and surprises. Here is an examination of what won, what lost and what is just plain frustrating: THE WINNERS 1. "30 Rock" Nominations:...

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Michael Bay is an easy target for film critics like Nickelback is an easy target for music critics. They produce work that's flashy and lacks substance while they laugh all the way to the bank. Though Bay's films usually receive very low ratings, he's...

In the first 20 minutes of "Bruno," there's a scene involving the fictional Austrian celeb and his Asian boyfriend Diesel that makes that naked fight in "Borat" seem PG-rated. A constant flow of envelope pushing gags seems to be the underlying theme here....

After twenty years playing together, 3 million albums sold and supporting some of the biggest bands of all time on tour, genre fusing band Rusted Root is bringing their unique sound to town when they play Otto's Niteclub, 118 E. Lincoln Highway, on July...

The latest release from metalcore innovators Killswitch Engage feels like a riot on a reality TV show. It has the potential for chaos, but the producers will step in if things get too crazy. Unfortunately, KSE is at their best when they embrace chaos...

Johnny Depp's new period piece "Public Enemies" doesn't involve swashbucklers or gaudy makeup or the unbearable stench of a Tim Burton project. Oh, what a glorious time to be alive. Bringing his too-cool-for-school bravado wherever he goes, Depp takes...

My life was changed forever last week. I'm now an addict. "1 Vs. 100," the Bob Saget hosted game show has been adapted for the XBOX 360 and is currently the cause for my much needed intervention. This remarkable, interactive video-game-gameshow is the...

"Away We Go" is nothing we all haven't seen before. It's a coming-of-age story for thirty somethings whose dreams of self-fulfillment faded after college. It's an indie darling filled with quirky, purposely eccentric supporting characters to make the...

I was watching "Jimmy Kimmel Live" a little more than a week ago when he made a crack at the expense of Michael Jackson. I laughed, people in the audience laughed, this was the norm. For as long as I can remember, the legendary pop superstar was the butt...

Releasing a "Hack and Slash" game is like scaling a mountain during an avalanche, but Ascaron is willing to do it anyway. Blizzard's Diablo series is so dominant in the "Hack and Slash" genre that almost every other game in the series is referred to as...