"Hotel For Dogs" - 7/10 A dog with its own concierge service? Director Thor Freudenthal's latest film "Hotel for Dogs" is a heartwarming film about two orphan children who create a home for stray dogs in an abandoned hotel. Even though Nickelodeon and...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) â€" DeKalb native Richard Jenkins has been nominated or best actor for his role in "The Visitor." Jenkins plays a college professor in the critically acclaimed film. He most recently played the father of John C. Reilly in...

They don't want to play, they just want to bang on the drum all day. So Percussion, a Brooklyn-based quartet, will bring their unique form of music to NIU when they play the Music Building's Recital Hall on Friday night. The band, which has been called...

"My Bloody Valentine 3-D" Rating: 7/10 A shaky beam of light pans across a dark theater illuminating the anxious expressions of over 75 faces equipped with 3-D glasses. As a Darth Vader-like breathing apparatus is heard, audience members shriek as the...

Are you forever a castaway or will you be rescued someday? Test your deserted island knowledge with "LOST" trivia. 1. What are the cursed numbers found in "LOST?" A. 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 B. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 C. 4, 1, 15, 1, 23, 1 D. 1, 10, 20, 30, 40,...

Fall Out Boy - "Folie Ä Deux" Rating: 6/10 Fall Out Boy is one of those bands that manages to polarize music critics into those who either love or loathe them. Unfortunately for bands that achieve such a status, it's difficult for them to receive...

Previously on "LOST..." The fifth season of the ABC show is set to kick off its three-hour season premiere tonight at 7 p.m. With the fourth season leaving viewers with many cliffhangers to mull over for a couple of months, let's re-examine what happened...

Notorious - 7/10 Many things can be said about Christopher Wallace, better known as The Notorious B.I.G. He was a boy trying to be a man, a man trying to make money, and above all, a rap icon for the east coast. The problem, however, with making biographical...

Where's The Band?, a Midwest solo acoustic tour, will make its first stop of January at The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, in DeKalb. Featuring solo performances from rock frontmen Dustin Kensrue of Thrice, Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids, Chris Conley...

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...

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...