Every action movie has cool explosions, outrageous car chases and a ridiculously good-looking hero with his even more ridiculously good-looking girlfriends. What almost every action movie does not have is a captivating and engaging plot. Usually, it is the plot that separates James Bond movies from other action films. However, the new Bond release "Quantum of Solace," simply has no plot. In fact, it might as well be ranked with the likes of "Triple X."

There are few people in today's rap game that are as easy to hate on as T-Pain. He runs around with overly extravagant clothes, refuses to let go of his vocoder and Auto-Tune, and even worse, he sings the hook to everybodys' songs. So it's no surprise that he sounds like a featured artist on his own album.

Christian metal rockers, Underoath, take over the Bren Events Center on Saturday night before a mosh pit-ready crowd, delivering a heavy pounding set dominated by vocalist Spencer Chamberlain's guttural screams.

It is Sunday, Nov. 9 in downtown Los Angeles at the entertainment playground known as L.A. Live. The Lakers are playing across the street at the Staples Center, The Who is performing at the Nokia Theatre next door and in just a few hours, Beck will be performing at the grand opening for the brand new Club Nokia.

Passion. Anger. Lust. Love. In these times of change, some things always stay constant. These are the emotions that will always define youth, and the reasons why a production of "West Side Story" can still be as popular and relevant today as it was 50 years ago.

Sandra Tsing Loh, author and National Public Radio (NPR) show host, spoke at the UC Irvine Bookstore this past week to promote her new book, "Mother on Fire." Aside from reading the book's first chapter, she also squeezed in references about her literary inspirations, their connections to her personal life and her broadcasting career.

What's better than a night of music, games and food? Music by your own talented Anteaters, an endless amount of free games and tasty food with friends at this year's third annual Antstock Music Festival and Awards, hosted by the UC Irvine Bookstore in partnership with ASUCI. As the big night approaches on Wednesday, Nov. 19, students should get ready for an entirely new look.

SCOOOOOOOORing; midterms and faces; Sarah Palin; vice grips.

What the new president means to America's black community

Some topics are milked far too much. Proposition 8 is one of them. With so many arguments and retorts, one would think that the cow's udders have no juice left. And he would be correct. To save the cow from exhaustion, let's stop milking and make some butter. Homosexual relationships are as intimate and loving, as intertwined with jealousy and rancor, as shallow and as sophisticated as any other heterosexual relationship. To assume that compassionate intimacy is bound by sexual orientation, or that benign, familial relationships can't be established in certain households, is to milk the chicken and collect the eggs from the cow. However, to assume that the state needs to formally recognize such intimacy is also missing the mark.

Protesters gather together to rally against the passage of Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriages, outside South Coast Plaza on Nov. 14.

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Anteaters abroad: South Africa (Part 5)

While cigarettes have been the product of choice in Western countries, in other parts of the world different methods have long been used. One such form of smoking tobacco is commonly known as "hookah," or the water pipe. According to the American Lung Association, in recent years hookah bars have increasingly gained popularity in the United States, especially among 18 to 24-year-olds, becoming "the first new tobacco use trend of the 21st century."