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Downloadable content will replace the usual video game sequel

By DAN STONE | March 5, 2009

Criterion may have set out to revolutionize the racing genre with "Burnout Paradise" but also may have pioneered a new direction for franchise-based gaming. Legions of long-running game series have fallen into a grind of releasing a new installment every...

‘Groogrux King’ anticipated

By DAVID MATZ | March 5, 2009

Dave Matthews Band recently announced the name of its new studio album, "Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King." The name Groogrux was known for being the nickname of late bandmate LeRoi Moore and was pushed back from its original April release date to just...

On ‘The Office’…

By DEREK WALKER | March 4, 2009

Dear "The Office," Congratulations are in order, for you have so revolutionized the state of the modern sitcom that an entire generation of viewers has taken notice. Whereas everybody hated your first season, calling it a rip-off, or a poor port of the...

B-listers keep viewers tuned in

By JEN HANCE | March 4, 2009

While none of us could ever have expected to see Tom Green, Joan Rivers, T-Boz and Dennis Rodman in the same show, "The Donald" has managed to compile one of the strangest mixes of B-list celebrities for his latest "Celebrity Apprentice." The season premiere...

Simpson’s rightfully renewed

By DAVID MATZ | March 4, 2009

America's most dysfunctional family is about to become America's longest running scripted prime-time series. Last Friday, Fox signed the animated series "The Simpsons" for two more seasons, surpassing the previous record held by the Western series "Gunsmoke,"...

Disney Channel creates not only actresses, but pop startlets as well

By BRIDGET ORKFRITZ | March 3, 2009

Charles Darwin had the gene. As did Jacques Cousteau. But does Ace Ventura, Jr. have it? The love of animals, wacky harebrained theories and outrageous costumes topped off by burgeoning hair are what make a true pet detective. Physically, Ace Jr. (Josh...

New ‘like’ feature on social Web site is completely pointless

By DEREK WALKER | March 3, 2009

I'm not sure if the word has reached your ear yet, but there's a revolution (of sorts) occurring on everybody's favorite social networking site, Facebook. Don't worry, it's not another policy rewording or spam-advertising application â€" not even close....

‘Eastbound’ is crute, gritty

By JEN HANCE | March 3, 2009

He claims to have an arm like a rocket, the mind of a freakin' scientist and another appendage like a Burmese python, but what he doesn't have is a job. He's Kenny Powers, a washed-up major league pitcher trying to make ends meet in the new HBO series,...

New isntallment in ‘Pet Detective’ franchise is fun

By DEREK WALKER | March 3, 2009

Charles Darwin had the gene. As did Jacques Cousteau. But does Ace Ventura, Jr. have it? The love of animals, wacky harebrained theories and outrageous costumes topped off by burgeoning hair are what make a true pet detective. Physically, Ace Jr. (Josh...

Variety show at Egyptian Theatre features puppets, music, dance

By ANDY FOX | March 2, 2009

REVIEW "Live From Budapest," a variety show hatched from the mind of the venerable Brian Starr that features native DeKalbians showcasing their talents, held its first performance at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., this past Saturday to a varied...

Taking over the ‘Late Night’ desk, the bar is set high for comedian

By CHRIS KRAPEK | March 2, 2009

Tonight will mark the beginning of a new era for NBC's "Late Night" when comedian Jimmy Fallon, Conan O'Brien's replacement, will host the inaugural episode of the popular late night talk show. Seeing as Fallon was appropriately forgotten in Hollywood...

The kings with no court

By HEATHER SKRIP | February 27, 2009

Recently, at the Grammy Awards, punk rock band Blink-182 announced its decision to get back together after a three-year hiatus. It's not surprising at all that the band decided to get back together. For years, magazine lists have been screaming that Blink...