American Idol has top 16

Until this week, I’d written off American Idol season nine as a dud. It happens. Sometimes, there aren’t enough likable contestants.
However, Tuesday night changed my mind. The top 10 guys performed and it started off well, with tough-guy Michael Lynche breaking out of his shell with a great performance of James Brown’s “It’s a Man’s [...]

My favorite movies of 2009

By Wren Culp
Staff Writer
Everyone seems to be making a “Top of the last year” list so I feel that in my reporter career, I should do one of these. And I am going to do one about movies. So these are the top five movies that I saw in the glorious year of 2009.
(These are [...]

Is “9″ just an excuse to make a movie or something more?

By Erin Blatney
Staff Writer
On Sept. 9, the Tim Burton movie 9 was released. I was skeptical when I watched the commercial and saw the release date. It seemed to me like someone just wanted to make a movie on that particular day.
 
Surpirsingly, many people I’ve talked to told me the movie was much more than a [...]