Animal Collective - "Merriweather Post Pavilion" 8/10 Four or five years ago, Animal Collective was being hailed as progenitors of the recently emerged freak folk movement, a group of like-minded musicians equipped with traditional acoustic instruments...

Today is truly a historic day as a black president takes office for the first time in America's history. It's no shock that our country has become a more liberal nation, and I don't just mean in terms of politics. As our society progresses, what we consider...

Dear George, I'm not a rocket scientist, nor of a similarly geeky vocation, but even I can see that you have indeed placed a heavy emphasis on using your final days in office to right your many wrongs. If I may impart, I have a few suggestions of my own...

Don't know whether you're an ally or axis? Brush up on your history this weekend in DeKalb. Dale Cozort, local author and World War II history specialist, will speak at noon and be followed by Don Shoo, World War II veteran, who will give a presentation...

The Golden Globes need to call it a career. Seriously, enough already. The Academy Awards is already the end-all be-all in celebrity hooplah/award shows. This goes for other award shows as well, but the Golden Globes just happened to be on when I decided...

Americans love Howie Mandel. They may even be obsessed with him, so it is perfectly reasonable for NBC to reward the "Deal or No Deal" star his own hidden camera show called "Howie Do It," which premiered Jan. 9. To say Mandel is flying without a net...

With "Scrubs" officially off the "do not resuscitate" list and back on the schedule, creator Bill Lawrence believes the show has found new life on ABC, which picked up the ailing sitcom for 18 episodes. But the network switch and influx of new characters,...

Review- "Valkyria Chronicles" Grade: A- Sega's "Valkyria Chronicles" turns all of the age-old conventions of the Tactical-RPG genre on their ears. Fortunately for Sega, mixing things up produced the single most important TRPG since 1998's "Final Fantasy...

There's a scene near the end of Sam Mendes' "Revolutionary Road" where Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are involved in an emotionally paralyzing shouting match at point-blank range. The two go back and forth making unbridled accusations until finally...

The social networking site Twitter is proof that you can sell anything that appeals to people's narcissism. To reference Douglas Adams' book, "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe," Twitter makes it even easier to find out "everything you never wanted...

One of the biggest events this past holiday season was the film adaptation of the 2005 novel "Marley and Me." People have been flocking to bookstores and movie theatres to hear the story of a man and his best pal: his dog. While millions of dog lovers...

Do you think you know "American Idol?" Are you more of a Chris Daughtry or a William Hung? With the two-night season premiere concluding tonight, take this test to see if you have what it takes to be an idol. 1. Who won last season's "American Idol?"...