Arts & Entertainment

With its slow, sensual guitar riff and that hypnotic humming, Blackstreet’s “No Diggity” worked its way into my seven-year-old heart.
November 11, 2009 at 7:59 pm

In the first half of the aughts, it wouldn’t have been ridiculous to say that the media compared 80% of New York bands to the Strokes.
November 11, 2009 at 7:51 pm

In the 12 years since the debut of “I Believe I Can Fly,” there’s been a void in motivational, mainstream R&B.
November 4, 2009 at 10:04 pm

In the vast world of metal, few bands have the versatility of North Carolina’s Between the Buried and Me.
November 4, 2009 at 10:00 pm

Opening with a blast of searing guitar, Soundgarden’s Superunknown grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go for upwards of 70 minutes.
November 4, 2009 at 9:57 pm

And we're pretty excited about it. The concert goes down in Irvine Auditorium tomorrow night at 8:30, so make sure to get your tickets ASAP.
November 4, 2009 at 9:54 pm

Think of The Fourth Kind as the illegitimate child of The Blair Witch Project and Alien. Presented in a faux-documentary style, Olatunde Osunsanmi’s first feature follows Dr. Abigail Tyler (Milla Jovovich) as she investigates alien abductions in the small town of Nome, Alaska.
November 4, 2009 at 9:24 pm

In case you were wondering, staring at random farm animals isn’t exactly thrilling. Not that barnyard voyeurism is the primary subject of The Men Who Stare at Goats, but it features more than enough to go around. The first major studio film by character actor Grant Heslov, Goats follows reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) as he ventures on a whim to the Middle East in an attempt to impress his estranged wife.
November 4, 2009 at 9:22 pm

What more can a guy ask for than a comedy with flying people and explosions? John Hancock (Will Smith) is a misunderstood lowlife with Superman-like powers who not only stops crime but also smashes buildings and cars for fun.
November 4, 2009 at 9:20 pm

As The Men Who Stare at Goats demonstrates this week, there’s no right way to represent a war on the big screen.
November 4, 2009 at 8:06 pm

Ah, the Penn Museum. It’s so close, and yet so difficult to motivate yourself to visit. If you haven’t set foot inside the picturesque South Street locale since your freshman year toga party, consider checking out the museum’s fascinating new exhibit: Iraq’s Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur’s Royal Cemetery.
October 28, 2009 at 11:21 pm

Evoking something between Itzhak Perlman and Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, Chicago-based singer/songwriter/violinist Andrew Bird took the stage on Sunday night clad in a scarf, a tattered suit coat and no shoes.
October 28, 2009 at 10:56 pm

Even though Flight of the Conchords predated Andy Samberg’s The Lonely Island, I Told You I Was Freaky feels slightly worn-out; Flight of the Conchords is a novelty act that’s no longer novel.
October 28, 2009 at 10:52 pm

I spent much of my teenage years being pissy and rebellious. Not pissy in the emo way, or rebellious in the cool way, just a little dissatisfied and willing to espouse my contrarian beliefs to anyone who would listen.
October 28, 2009 at 10:50 pm

In 2009, what makes good hip hop? It can be a tricky question for young MCs who, like most college students, were barely old enough to speak when the genre had its golden age in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s.
October 28, 2009 at 10:45 pm

In what seemed like a blink of an eye, rapper Jared Siegel dropped his last name, started hanging out with Diddy and got signed to Interscope Records.
October 28, 2009 at 10:42 pm

To say that This Is It has emerged as the most anticipated film of the year is an understatement.
October 28, 2009 at 10:23 pm

There’s no escaping it: Flash Gordon is pretty awful. Given the franchise’s sci-fi pulp serial origins, this sub-par quality isn’t exactly shocking.
October 28, 2009 at 10:21 pm

One of the most important relationships on a film set is between the actor and the director. Actors depend on directors to portray their characters with insight, while directors rely on actors to convert their creative visions into a reality.
October 28, 2009 at 10:06 pm

At some point or another, almost everyone has marveled over the journey and mystery of Amelia Earheart.
October 22, 2009 at 7:44 pm