Laura Portwood-Stacer's eyes widened ever so slightly when she learned the music industry filed hundreds of lawsuits Monday in its continuing war against online file sharing.
Cartoons exist for many reasons, but it could be argued that one of their most important purposes is to make us laugh (although some Hawaiian shirt-wearing computer geek would probably tell me cartoon boobies serve another purpose). During a week where we remember some horrific events that took place just two years ago, all of us could use a good laugh.
In 8th grade I had a teacher from hell. She wore her hair in a short fashion, her lips were constantly in a straight, serious line and one thing was for certain - you followed the rules when she was in sight.
After watching "The Order," filmgoers may do just that - order their money back. A suspense film that doesn't deliver, the movie boasted a colorful cast who only serve as window dressing for a poor script. Heath Ledger stars as Alex Bernier, a member of the mystic order of priests called the Carolingians.
Calvin Richardson's sophomore album, "2:35 PM," starts off with a bang and ends with a thud. The 12-song epic - about a crazy little thing called love - starts off with organs blasting and a desperate Richardson begging his girlfriend to stop pushing him around in the appropriately titled "Keep On Pushin'." The drum beat is simple and similar to almost all the CD's tunes, and Richardson has a nice falsetto voice, which will at first seem impressive.
Tucked away in downtown Lansing, the Michigan Historical Center, 717 W. Allegan St., is like stumbling upon a treasure when you're least expecting it.When patrons first approach the towering building, they are greeted by extensive glass doors which spill into a round rotunda.
The only clothing remaining on Justin Guttridge is a modest thong. The Grand Ledge native thrusts his pelvis and shakes his butt, hoping he will be able to court some money for his striptease. Women and men begin to scream and yell as Guttridge performs a highly erotic dance of sensual moves. Daring customers sprawl out on the hardwood floor with money clinging from their teeth at Club X-Cel, 224 S.
The sound of elementary-, middle- and high-school girls screaming filled Eastern High School's Don Johnson Fieldhouse, 220 N.
The Like Young put on such a turbo-charged performance at Mac's Bar Saturday night, guitarist Joe Ziemba started bleeding during "Even If It's Getting Late" - which was only the group's second song."My finger started bleeding," Ziemba said after his show at Mac's, 2700 E.
The lively sound of "It's Raining Men" blasted through the speakers at Harper's Downtown on Friday night as 12 Lansing-area bachelors shook their hips and strutted their stuff for the Lansing Heroes Bachelor Auction. More than 200 local ladies sat in the audience at 131 Albert Ave.
While some MSU students sat poolside at the IM West swimming pool Friday night, Kelsey Onkka didn't let the crisp, cool breeze stop her from diving in.
White rappers should pay their respects to their forefathers - traveling salesmen from a highly-successful '50s musical. Hopefully readers are scratching their heads right now and Eminem is concocting a song about how he wants to kill me.
Surrounded by a school deeply embedded in rich agriculture and landscaping, it's no wonder MSU art professor Irving Zane Taran's passion is to turn the earth's natural beauty into beautiful art. When Taran is not in the classroom, he's in the studio preparing for art exhibitions. Taran's latest works, "Heavy Weather: Superior Acrylic," will be showcased for free at an art exhibition at the Hankins Gallery, 280 M.A.C.
You better not talk through this film - you might miss out. Today at 7 p.m., MSU Libraries will kick of its Friday Night Film Series with the silent film, "The Passion of Joan of Arc," directed and co-written by Carl Theodor Dreyer. Julia Holderness, assistant professor of romance and classical languages, said those who enjoy watching music videos will find this film interesting.
MSU alumnus and former State News photographer Doug Elbinger is exhibiting his collection of celebrity photographs at the East Lansing Public Library, 950 Abbott Road, through the month of September.
Chicago-based The Like Young is bringing its power pop to Mac's Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave.
Now that you have been to class for a week, it's time to start skipping. While skipping, many people enjoy sleeping, walking dogs on campus and - playing video games.
He didn't have the look of a matinee idol. Charles Bronson's face was that of an everyman - emanating machismo and toughness.
When I was younger, I remember my parents always saying "back in the day" things were so much better.My mom would get together with her friends and talk about what they wore, who they hung out with and the music they listened to."You wait 'til you get older," my mom would say.
"Le Divorce" should be French for boring. The new but slow movie starring Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts has the makings of a good drama, but its convoluted and slow-to-develop script make you care nothing for the characters as they struggle with the differences between French and American culture. Watts plays Roxy de Persand, an American woman whose French husband leaves her just as her sister Isabel Walker (Hudson) arrives to visit.