Fresh off the heels of his best selling record to date, ‘Some Mad Hope,' Matt Nathanson will be in Chicago this Thursday and Friday playing two shows at the House of Blues. His biggest hit yet, ‘Come On Get Higher' is on radio rotations across...

Jazz performers wowed the cold audience with sleek and crafty sounds at The House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, on Monday night that hosted the NIU Jazz Combo Fest. The various jazz groups featured star performances and highlighted the players' abilities...

According to every major music news site, Paul McCartney is trying to release a previously unreleased track entitled "Carnival of Light." Will it be all it's cracked up to be? I certainly hope so. The psychedelic, melodolic rock is something I have yet...

Cue all teen girls: Start screaming now. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the "Twilight" film franchise is already looking forward to the second, third, and perhaps fourth installments of Stephenie Meyer's swoon-worthy book series. Well, they're not...

Daniel Craig isn't the only Bond-ready actor out there. Perusing through msn.com, I stumbled across the headline "The Men Who Could Have Been Bond." Without looking at their list, I made my own. Compare the two, if you wish, or just enjoy the eye candy....

Christmas is a little extra special this year. "Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special" premiered Sunday night on Comedy Central. Dunham, ventriloquist extraordinaire, trotted out his puppets for an hour-and-a-half of Christmas-themed stand up....

Christopher Carter, mindreader, hypnotist and self-proclaimed "freakout artist," will be bringing his show, "Theater Of Thoughts" to NIU tonight at the Carl Sandburg Auditorium. According to a news release, Carter will cause a lightbulb to explode by...

Often times, magic is a game of eye versus mind. Seeing is not always believing, however, as is the case with these six mystifying performers. 1. The Masked Magician There's nothing romantic about Val Valentino. Completely derivative of those who came...

As the end of President-elect Barack Obama's historic election night speech echoed throughout the Convocation Center Saturday night, Young Jeezy asked everyone to sing-a-long to "My President Is Black," even if they only knew the beginning. The crowd,...

Funny the type of attention $1 billion can attract. Variety reported last week that the mayor of Batman, Turkey is suing Warner Bros. and "The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan for using the city's name without his permission. A few things about...

"Saturday Night Live" got two new cast members last week, but except for the opening, you would have been hard pressed to find them. Abby Elliot, daughter of former "SNL" cast member and "Cabin Boy" scribe Chris Elliot, and Michaela Watkins made their...

Flavors of the Week is changing. Now, rather than those confusing ice cream scoops, Flavor will be ranking recipients like it does the movie reviews, with zero stars being the worst and five stars being the best. 0 of 5 stars - Stores that think it's...