Early Wednesday, astronaut Lisa Nowak was flown to Johnson Space Center in Houston amid talks of a psychological evaluation. The reason for the trip? Attempted second-degree murder of a fellow...
"Last year I went to a basketball game. If I was asked on a date and there was a basketball game, I think I would say, 'Maybe after the game.'" -Elizabeth Monrad, senior "My corniest memory...
"Thriller," the first track on Fall Out Boy's new album, Infinity On High, opens with Jay-Z rapping, "Yeah, what you critics said would never happen/ We dedicate this album to anybody people said...
Martin Zimmerman is a creator of worlds. His universes are built with language and plot, and are conjured into existence onstage. As both a playwright and an actor, the senior is closely attuned to...
Hip-hop hurrah in Durham This weekend, North Carolina Central University will host the Hip-Hop MusicSummit. The event is part of NCCU's Hip-Hop Initiative which aims to offer an academic approach...
Robert Schneider, frontman of the indie-pop band the Apples in Stereo, is something of a musical genius and a monumental figure in the indie world. In the early '90s he founded the Elephant Six...
The hottest item this Valentine's Day isn't chocolate or flowers. It's not even jewelry. Instead, the modern boyfriend may be as likely to give his sweetheart a vibrator as he is a dozen roses....
With its latest episode, "The Fix," Heroes is primed and ready to plunge into the role it has always threatened to: a slightly less compelling Lost-with superpowers. Critics have always pointed...
A Weekend in the City, Bloc Party's sophomore release-following the 2005 smash hit Silent Alarm-is at once a more mature and more experimental album. Departing from the danceable, rhythm-heavy...
Hardly over a year ago, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah seemed on top of the indie-rock world, still riding the wave of critical praise and grassroots support received by their self-titled debut. Shortly...
After five seasons, viewers are finally getting a glimpse at another, more human, side of Jack Bauer. Both physically and mentally scarred after 18 months in a Chinese prison, Bauer returns to the...
The idea of the struggling young artist is often romanticized, but as Jonathan Larson's Tick... Tick. Boom! demonstrates, the challenge is not for the faint of heart.
It may grab you at first with its easy acoustic chords and that sweet voice you know and love so well. But keep listening to Norah Jones' new album, Not Too Late, and your opinion may change....
Art can be a powerful way to share history, and the new exhibit at the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture is no exception.
As the awards season reaches its climax, recess offers our picks for the best in acting, writing and directing. This is the third of seven installments covering the 79th Academy Awards, presented...
Freedom Writers is a "based on a true story"-film scripted from the unecessarily long-titled book The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the...
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is practically a Durham institution. Besides inspiring Mayor Bill Bell to temporarily rename Durham "Realitywood" in past years, the festival bring hundreds...
American Idol runners-up have a penchant for outshining the winners of their seasons. Take Season 2 runner-up Clay Aiken drubbing Ruben Studdard in both debut album sales and celebrity status. Or...
Xavier Rudd, Australian musician and surf bum, has learned more from his extensive travels than just how to catch a wave. Rudd's mastery of a variety of musical instruments (including banjo, slide...
Just as the final echoes of last week's Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer performance are fading from Page Auditorium, another group of Grammy Award-winning crossover stars are preparing to take the...
