Can Toyota, a company known in the automobile industry for having the recipe for continual success, create a vehicle that has more spice without compromising the entire dish?
Quick, name a TV show on the air set on a college campus. Give up? Thought so. The majority of TV revolves around teenagers or middle-agers.
Fans of roots rock, blues, reggae and just plain ol' good music, listen up: If you haven't heard the John Butler Trio yet, you will - very soon. The Australian export has been riding a massive wave of popularity in its native country for a few years now, achieving a status equal to that of Dave Matthews Band in the United States.
"Be Cool" is an example of what happens when you pair a powerful cast with an exceedingly awful film.
BoarsHead Theatre has raised the bar for performance. The cast of "The Story" at BoarsHead Theatre, 425 S.
"Nu Poeticz," an open mic poetry night, will take place from 6 p.m. to about 11 p.m. on March 13 at 621, a bar located at 621 E.
Since Tori Amos first rocked onto mainstream music's radar more than a decade ago, we've seen the many facets of her personality.
On Friday night, the only thing Pete Dayrell had for dinner was a small container of plain white rice.
Riverwalk Theatre's "Noises Off" is a side-splitting look into the life and drama of the thespian world. The success is due to a brilliantly written script, a well-rehearsed cast and excellent direction. "Noises Off" is set in various English towns and follows an acting troop in its attempt to perform the British sex farce "Nothing On." In each act, the offstage drama takes a larger toll on the performance of "Nothing On," as couples fight and jealousy takes hold. Each actor is fully immersed in their character or characters.
Athletes at the college level are required to put in a ridiculous amount of time for their sports. They must balance conditioning and practice everyday, along with matches and tournaments on the weekends - all on top of a full class schedule.
Let me give it to you straight: Horoscopes are a rock-hard nugget of feces. What keeps us reading them is the lure of the forbidden.
There often is a very thin line between genius and crazy. One particular New Jersey hip-hop trio is definitely walking this line with its newest album, a disc that teeters dangerously between cutting-edge brilliance and absolute insanity. "Absence" is the third studio album for hip-hop group Dälek, pronounced "dialect." The album already is being hailed by some critics as a daring step into new musical territory, a mind-blowing masterpiece following in the footsteps of pioneers such as Public Enemy and KRS-One.
Action movies are rarely known for outstanding plot development, but any movie requires character growth and a natural story line to be believable. Unfortunately, the movie "Constantine," directed by Francis Lawrence, lacked these necessary elements. The big special effects of the action-packed thriller are realistically fantastical but not quite enough to distract the viewer from the contrived plot full of holes. John Constantine (Keanu Reeves) is a cigarette-smoking exorcist who is dying of lung cancer.
Adam Finkel Special for The State News Last month, on the cover of Time magazine, a new demographic in society was reported.
Welcome to an exaggerated world only possible in film; a world where all cheerleaders are vapid, superficial and have boob jobs; Texas police officers are helplessly sexist and void of emotion; and black preachers do nothing but sing and dance to the point of embarrassment.
From "Whistle While You Work," to "Can You Feel the Love Tonight," a Disney song extravaganza pounces on East Lansing this week. The new Broadway show "On the Record" brings 75 years of Disney shows and songs to Wharton Center's stage this week with a brand-new plot. "This is kind of like a concert," Wharton Center spokesman Bob Hoffman said.
We all wonder what actually goes on backstage at a show. Whether the actors are nervously pacing the ground before going on stage, or busy flirting or bickering with each other, there's always something going on the audience doesn't see. For the next two weekends, Riverwalk Theatre, 228 Museum Drive in Lansing, presents "Noises Off" in an attempt to share the thespian world with the audience. "Noises Off" is a British sex farce following an acting troupe through the process of putting on a show.
Come Sunday, some of the biggest names in Hollywood will be carousing the red carpet in pursuit of one thing - the glamour, prestige and success of taking part in the 77th Annual Academy Awards.
Paris Hilton is my dog. We go way back. Kind of. When I first heard her name, she was a still-unknown model for Iceberg Jeans.
This is not your grandmother's art show, nor her typical antique shop. Nestled in the back of the cozy Spiderhouse Market & Antiques is a small, intimate gallery.