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Stop watching TV, get out and start living life
Television sucks. We all agree. Sure, we all say that. So why is it the first thing you turn on when you get home?
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Shakespeare play gets island flair
Made up in feathered hats, white wigs and hoop skirts, the Elizabethan-transformed cast of William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" will embody the characteristics of classic Britain, but with a modern twist on Thursday. "The exotic qualities of (Caribbean) music and culture is something everyone is familiar with, and it's modern," Director Mary Job said.
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Festival explores Meridian's past
Meridian Township took a step back in time from the year 2004, making it seem more like 1864. The Meridian Historical Village, 5151 Marsh Road, in Okemos, came alive Saturday as part of the Meridian Heritage Festival. Fiddles played in the background as people meandered in and out of six old buildings in the village and volunteers demonstrated various activities from the 1800s such as shelling corn. "(The festival) is to be able to show the people in community what it was like to live in this area over 100 years ago," said Jane Rose, the Meridian Historical Village Coordinator.
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Kerry film shows Vietnam, ignores facts
The question raised by "Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry" isn't if it's an unbiased account of presidential candidate Sen.
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The Used album uses new sounds, offers no surprises
People remember The Used by their sad single, "Blue and Yellow," and, of course, by lead singer Bert McCracken's romance with crazy Kelly Osbourne.
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Rock your body
Welcome back to "Rock Your Body," The State News' fitness and nutrition column. Each week, we hit up our local experts with some questions and pass on their wisdom to you. But before we get to the goods, we thought we'd tell you a little bit about who'll be giving you advice. Tom Ostrander: Tom is the owner of Powerhouse Gym, 435 E.
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'Ladder 49' portrays family, bravery
"Ladder 49" reaches a level of intensity in its opening scene that most films never come close to achieving at their climaxes. The movie begins in the middle of a sequence of events: A colossal warehouse is burning and two people are trapped inside.
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Deranged, dark book entertaining
Chuck Palahniuk has done it again. The author of books such as "Fight Club", "Choke" and "Invisible Monsters" takes his readers down another unbelievable trail of character throes and woes, but this time the high testosterone levels are hard to come by.
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'Ghost in the Shell' puts 'Matrix' trilogy to shame, better than 1st
Anime is that genre where astonishing visuals and bewildered dreams combine to create a film widely perplexing to the average viewer.
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Heavy metal pop band to play Mac's, release CD
Momma always said not to judge a book by its cover, but one look at Mandarin sends heavy metal vibes down my spine.
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'Fight Club' author makes 2 people pass out during reading
People can't deny that Chuck Palahniuk's writing has an effect on people. During his reading, two people passed out while others donned red and blonde pigtail wigs when they asked questions during his question-and-answer session. Palahniuk joked, read and told some outrageous stories to his audience on Monday at Schuler Books & Music, in the Eastwood Towne Center during the book tour for his latest novel, "Diary." Instead of reading "Diary," Palahniuk chose a short story titled "Guts." It detailed three individuals and their interesting quests into manhood.
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Anime emerges
From Saturday morning children's shows to late-night adult cartoon dramas, 60 percent of the animated series broadcast around the globe come from Japan, according to a Japanese government agency. Once sardonically touted as "Japanimation," the Japanese anime industry, including television, feature films, DVD sales and an onslaught of character-driven toys and games, is an $18-billion-per-year business, according to the Japanese External Trade Organization, a government-supported agency that researches Japan's economy.
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Enjoying anime takes research
The buzz over some Japanese film called "Spirited Away" zipped through movie news magazines and flitted across talk show lips during the winter of 2002 and 2003. Critics said things like: "It's a rip-roaring whimsical adventure!" and "You've never seen anything like it!" The movie-man himself Roger Ebert thumbed "Spirited" up the wazoo, giving it the No.
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Disney On Ice to deliver variety of classic characters
For once, forget about exams, classes and bills, because this Wednesday, students will have the chance to remember what it was like to be a kid.
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The Prodigy return from 7-year absence to tread familiar ground
It's been seven years since we heard "The Fat of the Land" by techno punks The Prodigy.
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Rock your body
Welcome back to "Rock Your Body," The State News' fitness and nutrition column. Each week, we hit up our local experts with some questions and pass on their wisdom to you. But before we get to the goods, we thought we'd tell you a little bit about who'll be giving you advice. Tim Wakeham: Tim is an assistant strength and conditioning coach at MSU. Ronda Bokram: Ronda is a nutritionist in the health education department at Olin Health Center. Tom Ostrander: Tom is the owner of Powerhouse Gym, 435 E.
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Bettany, Dunst serve a film flop
The most important thing a movie about sports can do is convincingly portray its actors as athletes.
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Darth Lucas flexes ego with 'Star Wars' films
A not-so-long time ago, in a state far, far away, a bright young filmmaker needed to follow up his breakthrough film, "American Graffiti" with something new.
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Rapper Nelly brings two games with double album release
St. Louis rapper Nelly has done the unthinkable. The man behind the hot success of 2000's "Country Grammar," has released two completely different sounding CDs on the same day.
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Sex-oriented video game panned by male critic
I first caught wind of The Guy Game through an advertisement hung over the urinals in a bar bathroom.