“Think Globally — Eat Locally” is the working title for a documentary from the Department of Communication on the importance of homegrown, natural food.Media studies professor Laura Vazquez is directing the project with assistance from graduate...

It appears the façade Frank and Claire Underwood have crafted is set to crack in season three of “House of Cards” (warning: spoilers ahead).The biggest shock of the premiere — the series was released in whole Friday on Netflix — was how little...

Follow the Oscars with Scene writer Arthur Aumann on Twitter: @ArthurAumann.  // <![CDATA[// ]]> [View the story "Oscars 2015 with the Northern Star" on Storify]

Tight competition in Best Picture and Best Director will highlight the 87th annual Academy Awards, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris.“Birdman” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” lead the way with nine nominations each.Best pictureA Best Picture nominee...

A weekend blizzard blanketed the Midwest in snow and led to class being canceled at NIU, but classes resumed Tuesday.The blizzard left more than a foot of snow in DeKalb and 22 inches by Lincolnshire, which was the highest accumulation in the state, according...

Gamers can anticipate another merciless episode of the “Game of Thrones” video game.The second chapter of Telltale’s video game adaptation of Game of Thrones, “The Lost Lords,” will be released for PlayStation Feb. 3 and Xbox Feb. 4.I was...

School of Theatre and Dance students will appear in the seventh annual Winter Festival of Dance in Schaumburg.The Winter Festival features several dance schools and companies, including Giordano Dance Chicago and Visceral Dance Center. Styles of dance...

A drug-fueled adventure of a man searching for his ex-girlfriend — or what sounds like an average Friday night in DeKalb — is the subject of the film “Inherent Vice,” released Jan. 9.Joaquin Phoenix stars as Larry “Doc” Sportello, a befuddled...