There comes a time in everyone's life when they are forced to make a choice—go to class or skip it, call the girl who sits in front of you in English Lit or let her go date someone else, carpe diem or...

"Why push to attain an ideal state of being that no two random people will agree?" Ellen Hopkins' newest young adult novel discusses the lives of four teenagers on the brink of graduating high school who...

Tuesday, Jan. 17, folk singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco released her 17th studio album, entitled "¿Which Side Are You On?"It is her first studio album in over three years. Compared to DiFranco's previous...

Heart-on-sleeve confessional lyrics used to be considered an intrinsically female mode. Their frequent resemblance to dreary diary entries, void of poetic sensibility and full of self-pity, meant that...

It's Christmas time once again. The time of year where Christmas tree lots pop up in parking lots overnight, everyone is shopping for the perfect gifts, and, of course, Christmas music starts playing everywhere....

Closing the box office with $139.5 million opening weekend, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1" is nothing if not profitable. But is the movie really worth a $10-plus trip to the theater? Or...

Alexander Payne has the odd habit of turning even the bleakest stories into some of the most pleasant and loving experiences you will have at the cinema. At least, that's how I view him. It's been seven...

After eight dramatic seasons, the CW original series "One Tree Hill" will premiere its ninth and final season in January 2012. As a way for the cast and fans to say goodbye and close out the OTH series,...

On Nov. 10, over 100 international and independent films will be screening in various places around downtown Wilmington. People from all over the world will be flooding the recently restored Thalian Hall...

Television appearances on everything from "Gossip Girl" to Letterman to the VMAs. A Grammy nomination and performance. Possibly even more crucial in securing the presence of British band Florence + The...

In 2005, Coldplay followed up their transatlantic breakthrough, "A Rush of Blood to the Head," with the album "X&Y." In response, many critics castigated Coldplay for putting out such a yawn-inducing bore-fest...

The propensity to attribute the label "goth" to Zola Jesus is understandable. Her new album, "Conatus," features a song called "Hikikomori", a Japanese term that refers to reclusive individuals who...