Omarion seeks to establish his manhood and solo talent in his self-titled album "O." The former member and lead singer of the boy band B2K is on his own, taking all the spotlight after the band’s bad breakup. The bad blood between them hasn’t hindered...

There’s warmth attained when Sam Beam’s tranquil melodies glide across his simple acoustic arrangements. With the lovely winter weather beating down once again, Iron and Wine’s EP Woman King provides a soothing accompaniment to brave the sting of...

From the outside, the DeKalb Area Women’s Center, 1021 State St., resembles what you might imagine a house constructed in 1917 would look like: unappealing to the eye. The inside, however, is alive with ideas and spirit. Functioning as a meeting and...

Weekender Art & Theater Reporter In the theater before the show, a midwestern ambience emanates from every corner of the sparsely furnished Stevens Building Players Theatre, an atmospheric device conceived by Carl Myers, sound designer for "Far Away."...

An exhibit chronicling the life and career of a local resident, "Sights and Sounds: Photographs by Arthur Montzka," premiered March 1 at the Nehring Center Gallery, located on the second floor of the Nehring Center for Culture and Tourism for the DeKalb...

Recently, my editor and I did something amazing. We spent 11 hours and 5 minutes watching all three extended editions of "The Lord of the Rings." Let me change my statement. Recently, my editor and I did something ridiculous ... We sat on a couch and...

Spurned by competition from local venues and Internet services such as Netflix, Blockbuster set into effect a policy promising "The End of Late Fees." In February, New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey sued Blockbuster, claiming the ads were "fraudulent...

The next time you throw all in on that flush you’re holding, you could win a college scholarship. The College Poker Championship is in its second year of operation, rewarding the top online poker players enrolled in college with scholarships. Simply...

What do you get when you combine Kevin Williamson, Scott Baio, Craig Kilborn, Shannon Elizabeth, Carrot Top, an animated dog and Wes Craven? Yes, a bad joke. But also, a bad movie. In movies like "Teen Wolf" we had a teenage monster hitting the game-winning...

Whoever said that ‘70s rock is dead and long gone is wrong. Plug in the lava lamp, grab a spot on the faded shag carpet and get ready to flash back a good 30 years, because the spirit of heavy ballads and swooning vocals lives on in Dead Meadow. The...

"Man of the House" is next in the long line of not-so-prestigious films that juxtapose archetypal (or cliche) action heroes upon a typically mundane setting. Purveyors of this tradition include "Kindergarten Cop" at best and "Suburban Commando" at worst....

Chris Shim, a 2002 graduate of Harvard University, won Weekender’s 2005 Oscar contest by correctly predicting 19 of the 24 winners. The Seattle native came across the Northern Star’s Web site while searching the Internet for Academy Award competitions....