'Role Models' is a buddy comedy that would have been better if it were made last decade. In an awkward pairing, Stifler and that arrogant guy from "Clueless" play the two leads, a pairing that is so fresh it feels like 1999 all over again. Wheeler (Sean...

So Leo DiCaprio rocks my socks. Apparently, he rocks Zac Efron's, too. According to a report on E! Online Friday, quotes purportedly from DiCaprio were fabricated to insinuate that he had "total respect" for young teen dudes like Efron who handle the...

At the end of every year, every entertainment news source believes it has an obligation to produce a "best music of the year" list. Unfortunately, musical taste and opinion is entirely subjective. If it were objective, Katy Perry wouldn't have broken...

Charles R. Cross, mastermind behind "Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain," has released a new book about the enigmatic Nirvana frontman, "Cobain Unseen." What makes this book worth reading is the fact that it's centered around exclusive artifacts...

I like to move it, move it. Most people are familiar with the lines from that song and the fuzzy creatures that accompany it from the "Madagascar" series. Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe, Gloria the hippo and the penguins, have finally...

The hype for The Cure is something that I could never understand. As hard as I try, it's hard for me to enjoy Robert Smith's whining; I mean crooning. So, after all this time apart, the thought was maybe the band had some good songs prepared for their...

Wild Blue is a blueberry flavored lager from Anheuser-Busch. Wild Blue tastes a lot more like a blueberry-flavored soft drink than a beer. It tastes like a really good soft drink, but if people wanted a soft drink, they probably wouldn't be buying beer....

Twenty-four voices sang in pristine unity as the NIU Chamber Choir performed at the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall Wednesday night. The opener was an 11-movement selection that took up the entire first segment of the concert. The piece was very church-like...

1. Best Pre-Credits Intro to a Bond movie: Roger Moore in "The Spy Who Loved Me" It's priceless. He's being chased by baddies down a ski slope, and in 1977, this had to be done for real; special effects weren't around. He skis off the cliff, and just...

Curtis DuBois Fuller, a renowned hard bop trombonist, will perform with the NIU Jazz Ensemble in the Duke Ellington Ballroom tonight under the direction of Ron Carter. Fuller, the 73-year-old who used to play with the likes of Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie,...

Shiny Toy Guns are in their teen years. It's only their second album, but the disc shows growth and a stronger point of view of who they are as musicians. "Season of Poison" opens more like an emo album would rather than an electronica album. Early on,...

NIU has a historical and entertaining past. By digging through the Northern Star archives, Flavor was able to examine what was going on Nov. 6 oh-so-many years ago. 5 years ago: Flavor sat down to talk with musician Robert Randolph of Robert Randolph...