It's March Madness - Hollywood style. This Sunday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out the Oscars, everyone's favorite award. Sure, most spend the evening screaming at the idiot voters when their nominee comes up empty, but we all...

Jasmine Guy will not speak at NIU next Tuesday, as previously announced by CAB. Guy had to cancel her lecture "The Hyphenated Woman" because she will shoot a pilot for Showtime. "It's a big loss for Northern," said Brooke Beyers, CAB Speakers coordinator....

After 10 years of performing in everything from "Miss Saigon" to "Dick Clark's American Bandstand," Dustin Lewis comes to DeKalb to start a dinner theater. The theater group he has planned, The At Home Players, will perform at The House, 263 E. Lincoln...

John, you definitely remember MY number. "John Madden '94" for Sega Genesis is the holiest of football games, at least in the M.O.O.S.E. kingdom. Men have been made, pride has been lost and friendships have been destroyed over this stupid, silly game....

With St. Patrick's Day just around the corner, Blue Dandelion Records presents Irish native Eleanor McEvoy with her fourth album, "Yola." McEvoy retreated to the inclement landscape of Wexford, Ireland, whose near-extinct dialect is Yola, a mixture of...

Calling all performers: Borders Books and Music, 2520 Sycamore Road, now offers live music from 8 to 10 p.m. every Saturday. Just what does Borders offer that other area music venues don't? "It's hard to compare Borders to other venues, because the set-up...

wish that I liked Alanis Morissette, just like I wish that I could drink a cup of coffee in the morning without having to go potty directly after. But I just can't. Listening to Morissette's newest CD, "Under Rug Swept," makes me grind my teeth and remember...

Music labels are trying hard to replicate the mammoth success of pop stars Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. In one of many industry-wide efforts to find the next star, record company MCA spent $2.2 million on 18-year-old Carly Hennessy. Her debut,...

Waiting. We find ourselves waiting for many things - the weekend, our next birthday, graduation, our first job above minimum wage. As we sit and wait for these things to happen, our lives are being lived without proper participation or consent. We are...

Spring break is nearly upon us and while arrangements already have been made, you always can plan ahead for next year. All you need to know are your options. The popular places for travel? Cancun, Mexico, to name a few. Sandy beaches, warm weather, strangers...

The scene plays out on the walls of romantics everywhere, a posterized snapshot with so much symbolism that a surrealist would drool. On the poster a lanky and worn young man stands defiant. Clad in clunky Nike sneakers, a deteriorating Clash T-shirt...

With "Enema of the State," Blink-182 showed how humor can fit into punk rock. With the release of "The Green Chair Sessions," local band Flaming Boner shows that not just any mediocre punk band can be funny. The album lacks taste and sensibility. It goes...