Listening isn't really McCoy Tyner's cup of tea, whether it's the latest CD or conventional wisdom on his home city. Perhaps that's why Tyner sounds like no one else. The distinctive piano style he...
Man of the Year seems like the fulfillment of every liberal college student's dream: a Jon Stewart equivalent wins the presidency of the United States. Since the dawn of comedic news media (the...
Clint Eastwood has been on a hot streak with critics with films like Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby. His latest project to garner overly generous praise is Flags of Our Fathers, which has...
With appearances on The View and The Ellen DeGeneres Show, along with a simulcast of him rocking Times Square in movie theaters nationwide, Rod Stewart has finally introduced his new album, Still...
Senior Josh Posen is an amazingly calm man. Posen, chair of Duke University Union's Broadway at Duke, is currently preparing for one of his committee's largest shows ever, a special one-day...
The inaccessibility of undergarments is usually the source of their allure. However, the unanticipated exposure of a young woman's panties during a parade creates quite a stir in The Underpants....
With a tagline like "What if the one thing you want is the last thing you need?" what can you expect but hormone-driven adolescent melodrama? In Nearing Grace, the angst-ridden teen in question...
With Halloween just around the corner, a new horror film event will feature a frightening subject: women. But the Femme Fatale Film Series hosted by the Carolina Theatre isn't devoted to your...
After the departure of guitarist-songwriter Ben Moody in 2003, many doubted Evanescence could duplicate the multi-platinum success of their previous album, Fallen. Though their newest, The Open...
Stand-up-comedian-turned-movie-headliner Dane Cook has recently been at the receiving end of Hollywood loving. Cook will star in the latest comedy Employee of the Month, as an average Joe box-boy...
At first glance, The Ground Truth seems like just another post-9/11 documentary: a belligerent anti-war campaign legitimized by distressing images of the dead. But this film removes itself from...
Unfortunately for Employee of the Month, even Jessica Simpson's low cut t-shirts and excessively pouty lips can't rescue a film suffering from forced humor and poor acting. It's bad enough to...
Amid recent criticisms of students' lack of interaction with the world outside the Duke bubble, one group of students is using their artistic abilities to bond with the local community. Three...
On the heels of 2004's single-laden Hot Fuss, The Killers are back in the limelight with Sam's Town. The flurry of singles accompanying their first album brought recognition of the band's glitzy...
Remakes are all too commonplace in today's Hollywood, but leave it to gangster film auteur Martin Scorsese to make one that actually beats the original. Based on the Hong Kong police drama Infernal...
What do The Cat in the Hat, The Ring and the new Planet of the Apes have in common? The answer is the work of Jamie Kelman, makeup and makeup special effects artist. With Halloween just around the...
Every year, the McKee family attracts adventurers from far and wide with its 12-acre navigational behemoth-a massive corn maze dotted with eight disconnected markers. Some come for everlasting...
Notable Durham restaurant openings are few and far between. Last year, when Chapel Hill got the standout steakhouse Bin 54, Durham got the mediocre Mt. Fuji and the largely forgettable restaurants...
When the Decemberists signed to Capitol Records, numerous questions arose in the mind of every fan who believes in the name of their old label: Kill Rock Stars. Would they compromise their brand of...
Few things affect the musical-and critical-community like a new Beck album. Fans, haters and the press all eagerly await the unveiling of whatever new persona and sound Beck Hansen has in store,...
