An orchestra performed at NIU's Boutell Memorial Concert Hall Tuesday night, even though most of the members haven't entered high school yet. NIU's Children's School of the Arts Orchestra, composed of local middle school students and a few quest performers,...

(To the tune of "Those Were The Days") Boy, the way Mike Jordan played. Songs that gave Oasis fame. Anna Nicole had no shame. Those were the days. Was no need for wiretap. Everyone shopped at The Gap. Gee, Tupac sure could rap. Those were the days. And...

Throughout the last decade, adoring fans have watched pop sensation Britney Spears rise and fall through periods of success and drama. Since her first album in 1999, Spears has become one of the tabloids' favorite celebrities, especially as she went from...

For the fourth consecutive year (surprisingly), Britney Spears was the most searched term on Yahoo.com. Rounding out the list includes some very interesting choices and no-brainers. To understand the list, we must first examine why the terms were searched....

On Nov. 23, 2004, I skipped class for the first time ever so I could get "World of Warcraft" the moment it hit shelves. I love Blizzard games and eagerly await "Starcraft II" and "Diablo III," however, I'm passing on the latest "WoW" expansion pack, "Wrath...

"Bolt" leapt off the screen, literally, as Disney has made an entire film specifically made for 3D. With an all-star cast, "Bolt" is not only an adorable film about a movie star dog who believes he really has super powers, but is also a showcase for the...

Only three years after graduating from NIU with a B.F.A. in acting, Justin Mentell has taken on a wide range of roles. From the 2005 short film "At the Still Point," which earned him the Student Film and Video Association's best actor award, to his 16-episode...

Ludacris is back in the usual way for his sixth album, "Theater of the Mind," a project which feels like all the other albums released by the Southern rapper. The only major difference on his latest work is that almost every track features another rapper....

Jason Statham returns as Frank Martin, professional transporter, in "Transporter 3," another one of his shot-for-the-middle action films. This time around, Martin is coerced into playing delivery man after a business associate crashes through his villa....

Ludacris â€" 'Theater Of The Mind' Ludacris is back in the usual way for his sixth album, "Theater of the Mind," a project which feels like all the other albums released by the Southern rapper. The only major difference on his latest work is that almost...

Nothing spreads the yuletide cheer more than Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon getting beat up for 90 minutes. "Four Christmases," Vaughn's second consecutive Christmas movie, is a slightly modified version of "Meet The Parents," but is divided into...

Take arguably the best emcee and strip him down of his grandiose beats, and what do you get? Well, in a lot of cases, that scenario would be the end of his career. Kanye West, however, is an exception. He always has been the exception, and now he has...