Hollywood has fallen in love with the biopic. After the movie “Ray,” and the performance given by its star Jamie Foxx, the bar for a Hollywood biopic has been raised. In “Walk the Line,” Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon reach levels of personification that more than justifies making the biopic that could also land one or both of them an Academy Award. Adjectives in reviews are often exploited. Exhilarating, electrifying and amazing are how many films and its stars’ performances… Read more

Fresh off its weekend in Hawaii, the CSUN Matador women’s basketball team now heads to Washington for a pair of games, the first against Eastern Washington in Cheney and the second, a rematch of the fifth-place game of the Hawaii Tournament, against the Washington State Cougars in Pullman. Eastern Washington is currently 2-3 after splitting a pair in the Ohio State Tournament this past weekend. The Eagles lost its first game to Western Illinois before coming back to beat Nicholls… Read more

After starting the season 2-0, the Matador men’s basketball team spent the holiday weekend in Berkeley at the Golden Bear Classic, losing to the Northeastern Huskies in the Matadors’ first game before going on to beat Northern Colorado. CSUN trailed most of the game and was never in the lead in the second half against the Huskies. Northeastern beat the Matadors 102-81, which was the most points given up by CSUN in 162 games and five-plus years. “Northeastern is a… Read more

The Matador women’s basketball team went 1-2 in its trip to the Aloha State for the Hawaiian Airlines Rainbow Wahine Classic at the University of Hawaii, losing its first game to Texas A’M 76-52, then coming back to beat Eastern Michigan 69-59 before falling in the fifth-place game to Washington State 65-64. In the first game, Texas A’M jumped out to a quick 16-9 lead. The Matadors cut the lead to 16-15 before Texas A’M went on a 12-4 run… Read more

Coming off an overtime victory against USC, the Matador men’s basketball team pulled out a 77-71 win over the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes in front of 1,423 fans at the Matadome Nov. 22. Junior Mike Efevberha led all scorers with 36 points, hitting 14 of 25 shots. Junior Jonathan Heard chipped in with 15 points and junior Keith Everage had 14. “I have never shot 25 shots before in my whole life,” Efevberha said. “I got to pick and choose my… Read more

The second half turned out to be the downfall for the Matador women’s basketball team, as CSUN could not keep up with the San Jose State Spartans, falling 76-62 at the Matadome on Monday night. CSUN was unable to find an answer inside for Amber Jackson, who scored 15 points and pulled down 17 rebounds. Alisha Hicks led all scorers with 18 points, and Lamisha Augustine scored 17. LaJoyce King led CSUN with 15 points and Krisztina Fuleki scored 12,… Read more

The Matador women’s volleyball team made an attempt to finish the season strong, though the team fell short on both occasions. The Matadors lost to UC Irvine in a three-game sweep 30-18, 30-23, 30-18 on Nov. 18. The Anteaters improved their season record to 10-18 overall and 3-10 in the Big West, leaving CSUN one more chance to end the season with a win. But the Matadors lost to Long Beach State in three games as well, 30-13, 30-21, 30-21…. Read more

It was a tale of two halves for the CSUN women’s basketball team Saturday against the Brigham Young University Cougars. CSUN shot 55 percent in the first half and jumped out to a huge lead, but stumbled in the end, losing 76-59 in its season opener. Jazelle Burries and Krisztina Fuleki each scored 11 points and Katie Holloway and LaJoyce King scored 10. But BYU got big games from Ambrosia Anderson, who scored 25 and Dani Kubik, who added 22…. Read more

Playing a fictional character based on his own real- life exploits, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson gives the world a glimpse of the emotional pain, physical violence and blind ambition that preceded his rise to hip-hop super stardom. Marcus Greer (Jackson) is in hell. His once overindulgent mother, a fearless woman who dealt drugs to make ends meet, was brutally murdered. As a result, Greer is uprooted from his spacious home and crammed into the cold and wet basement at his… Read more