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‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ enjoyable, but doesn’t need new season

By NYSSA BULKES | November 4, 2008

Larry David lives to cringe another day. According to an Oct. 23 article in The New York Times, HBO has ordered a 10-episode seventh season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Lordy, help us all. The grit-your-teeth-and-hope-it's-over-soon TV series is famous...

NIU theater group, CAB perfomed ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ to packed theater

By BRIDGET ORKFRITZ | November 4, 2008

Flamboyant costumes, massive amounts of makeup ‘Time Warped' their way to DeKalb this weekend. Insert, a NIU theater group, along with College Activity Board (CAB), hosted a performance of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" to a packed theater. "Rocky...

AC/DC ‘Thunderstruck’ sold out Allstate

By DAVID THOMAS | November 4, 2008

The word "change" seems to be a buzz word for the past couple of years. A lot has changed in the eight years since AC/DC has embarked on a world tour. But when AC/DC took the stage at the Allstate Arena on Saturday, it seems like nothing has changed....

Jackson Five back again?

By BRIDGET ORKFRITZ | November 4, 2008

There's a rumor going around that The Jackson Five will be reuniting. How do I feel about this? I'm really not sure. I liked Michael's stuff back in the day, but with everything that's happened in recent years, I'm not sure I'm for a reunion. It would...

Greatest election movies of all time

By NORTHERN STAR STAFF | November 4, 2008

Politics are everywhere today, due to the election. If you need to take a break from the political pundits analyzing and re-analyzing the election tonight, find comfort in other things election related as we examine the greatest election movies of all...

FOX cancels highly underrated cartoon ‘King of the Hill’

By ORLANDO LARA | November 4, 2008

Here we go again with FOX's cartoon cancellations. It was announced that "King of the Hill" will be no more. The latest order of 13 episodes, which will most likely air during next season, seems to be the end for the show. I say "seems" because FOX has...

Heavy metal takes center stage at House Cafe last Wednesday

By TONY MARTIN | November 3, 2008

Every review I write usually starts off with how unique The House Café is to see a show, most likely because the performers there are not usually bands one would see in a coffee shop. Wednesday night was no exception as the glass shook on the windows...

Flavors of the Week: The Joker, campus parking, ethics training

By NYSSA BULKES | November 3, 2008

Each week, Flavor ranks the town's stand-out issues and residents throughout the week on a scale of ice cream scoops. This week, one scoop is the least dastardly of the acts, with three scoops being given to the most anger-inducing topic. People who went...

Reality TV not just trashy TV, but bad reality

By NYSSA BULKES | November 3, 2008

Janice Dickinson is a real piece of work. According to a video posted on E! Online, Dickinson is being sued by one of her ex models, Brian Kehoe, for defamation. Kehoe allegedly that Dickinson ruined his modelling career for publicizing that he had a...

’30 Rock’ starts off on right foot

By DAVID MATZ | November 3, 2008

The Emmy award winning sitcom "30 Rock" premiered on Thursday night for its third season. The premiere started with Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) coming back to the office wanting to regain his job as network executive and willing to do anything for it....

Breaking News with Orlando: Two men assult a ghost

By ORLANDO LARA | November 3, 2008

Two men assaulted and robbed a ghost Friday morning. Betelgeuse, 856 of Purgatory, was summoned to the corner of Franklin and Sixth streets at approximately 3:15 a.m., said police. "I was sitting at home, minding my own business, when I hear my name three...

Keillor entertains mostly older Convo crowd

By LAUREN STOTT | November 3, 2008

The parking lot at the Convocation Center was dotted with out-of-state license plates, making it obvious that Garrison Keillor had drawn quite a crowd Thursday night. Few guests were younger than 40, but Keillor's jokes and anecdotes were entertaining...