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'Like Heaven' isn't an average chick flick
Sometimes chick flicks can be entertaining, funny and enjoyable all at once. "Just Like Heaven" is one of those movies.
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SN staffers debate G-Unit releases
Every once in a while, a brave soul decides to challenge State News music reporter Benita Mehta. This time around, graphic artist and G-Unit fan Brian Feeny discusses two of the hip-hop troupe's latest offerings. Benita's thoughts I'll admit I knew nothing about G-Unit or Tony Yayo when I discovered 50 Cent's new "The Massacre (Special Edition)" and Tony Yayo's "Thoughts of a Predicate Felon" in my mailbox this week.
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Detroit music scene is more than White Stripes, Eminem
Rolling Stone recently published a book called "Schools That Rock: The Rolling Stone College Guide" in which author Jenny Eliscu details college towns that have thriving rock scenes.
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Mysterious modernist
It's harder to take a picture than it looks. All the elements of a photo need to be perfect to create a capturing image - light, balance, focus, vantage point and framing. Photographers know these things and study them intently in the classroom or experiment with them out in the field. A number of influential photographers mastered these techniques by working out in the field in the 1930s.
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Pussycat Dolls are hot; CD is not
The Pussycat Dolls originated as a song-and-dance troupe in 1995, in Christina Applegate's Los Angeles garage.
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Mysterious modernist
It's harder to take a picture than it looks. All the elements of a photo need to be perfect to create a capturing image - light, balance, focus, vantage point and framing. Photographers know these things and study them intently in the classroom or experiment with them out in the field. A number of influential photographers mastered these techniques by working out in the field in the 1930s.
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The happenings
Films opening Friday "Just Like Heaven," starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo.
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This week's drink: pink porch crawlers
Almost every party has a keg. Or maybe the hosts have tried to accommodate others by serving jungle juice instead.
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Festival brings blues to Lansing
The only thing better than free music is good free music. And Michigan's capital city, Lansing - where Gov.
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Fall offers opportunities to check out good plays
It's now the middle of September and the theater scene is going into full effect. It's time to go and see a play. It seems that many of the play companies in greater Lansing have chosen comedies this month.
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Behind the groove
The music business is cutthroat. It's difficult to get started and even harder to make it big.
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Five favorites
The State News presents five things going on in the world of pop culture that just might make your life a little bit better. 1.
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1st-time cell user adjusts to new life
When walking across campus, no matter what time of day it is or whom you pass, there seems to be one aspect in common: the cell phone. It seems almost everyone has a cell phone these days, whether out of necessity or desire.
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Spice up show-watching experience with parties
Several of TV's new season and series premieres air this month. Here are some suggestions on how to throw a theme party for some of the best new shows and some popular returns: The Apprentice: Martha Stewart (NBC) The gist of the show: Like Donald Trump's original version, candidates have to compete for a position in Martha's company.
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Career fair time? Career wear finds
So, you're on your way to the first job interview of the semester - or maybe it's your fifteenth because the economy is in distress.
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Mobius Band follows current electronic trend
Mobius Band has mastered the art of electronic pop-rock. Many bands are going the electronic route lately, adding in plenty of beeps and boops to back up vocals and guitars.
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'Wonder Years' needs to be on DVD immediately
Why hasn't there been an official DVD release for all 115 episodes of "The Wonder Years?" Frankly, I just don't know.
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Actors rescue sloppy 'Sylvia'
The actors in "Sylvia" put on by the Lansing Civic Players gave a valid performance despite a cheesy script. "Sylvia" opened this weekend at Hannah Community Center to give audiences a glimpse inside the life of a slowly collapsing marriage. The story follows Sylvia the dog, played by Laura Croff, as she enters and disrupts the married life of Greg and Kate.
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Stellastarr* disc next in long line of '80s dance-rock renaissance
Stellastarr* is a band out of New York City that is often overlooked. Maybe the band will get more attention with today's release of its sophomore album called "Harmonies for the Haunted." Their 2003 self-titled album had plenty of memorable hits like "Jenny," "My Coco" and "Pulp Song." Their new album has just as much potential, if not more.
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Student designer seeks to 'transform' face of fashion
Nick Vandermolen says he knows that every moment, he is transforming as a person. The English junior brought this philosophy to a taped-down catwalk on the lawn behind the Old Horticulture Building on Friday with his second fashion show. This year's show was called "Transformation." It follows a show held last year at Central Michigan University, where Vandermolen transferred from this year.