They're Still Doing it for the Nookie...

Limp Bizkit is back for another spin! The popular 90s rock band is rejoining to produce more 'hits'.

"We decided we were more disgusted and bored with the state of heavy popular music than we were with each other. Regardless of where our separate paths have taken us, we recognize there is a powerful and unique energy with this particular group of people we have not found anywhere else. This is why Limp Bizkit is back." said front man Fred Durst.

Limp Bizkit's hits included:
"Nookie"
"My Way (or the Highway)"
"Rollin"
In the 90s, the band's most popular album "Chocolate Starfish and Hot Dog Flavored Water" debuted as the fifth best selling album.

The 81st Annual Academy Awards

For those of you who missed it, here's a rundown of the awards!

BEST PICTURE-- Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE-- Sean Penn 'Milk'

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE-- Kate Winslet 'The Reader'

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE-- Heath Ledger 'The Dark Knight'

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE-- Penelope Cruz 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'

BEST MUSIC (SCORE AND SONG)-- 'Slumdog Millionaire'

'Slumdog Millionaire' won 8 Oscars!

For a complete list of winners visit Oscar.com

What Are You Listening To???

When you turn the radio on, what song do you hope is playing???   IUPUI picks:

All-American Rejects, "Gives You Hell"---Megan Winter

Adele, "Crazy For You"--- Hanna Smiddy

Beyonce, "Single Ladies"---Maureen Connallon

Ivy Queen, "Dime"---Gabby Mendoza

Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, "Milwaukee"---Sarah Sobieski

Savage, "Swing"---Amy Hovee

Attention: Gamers!!

February 28th will be a monumental day for gaming musicians.... Guns n' Roses' entire 'Chinese Democracy' album is coming to RockBand 2. Rock On.

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Playing for Pizza

John Grisham, retired attorney turned novelist, is known for his legal banter and court room dramas. Playing for Pizza does not fit that mold. The 2007 book is just now making its way to the front of bookstore displays.
Playing for Pizza is a fictitious work following Rick Dockery, an NFL third-string. After being fired, the only work he can find is with a club team in Parma, Italy playing football americano. In a city he's never heard of, in a country he knows nothing about Rick Dockery must find his way.

Sorcery and the Single Girl

Author Mindy Klasky's series of Jane Madison books combines fantasy and adult fiction in a spell binding book. Great reviews were written saying that the characters are very lifelike despite their magical powers.

Princeton graduate, Mindy Klasky, was a large firm lawyer before giving up her career to become a librarian and write full time. Klasky has written six other fantasy novels including Sorcery and the Single Girl.

Et Tu, U2???

Dublin based band U2 released their first single from their upcoming CD, No Line On the Horizon. The song, Get On Your Boots, was available for digital download February 15th, and in physical form yesterday.
The band U2 got its start in 1976 in Dublin, Ireland while the members were teenagers. The original group Paul Hewson (Bono Vox), Dave Evans, Larry Mullen, Dik Evans, and Adam Clayton became four when Dik Evans joined another group. Before settling on U2, the band was first named 'Feedback' and then 'The Hype'.
'No Line On the Horizon' will be the band's 15th album; the first since 2006. It will be released March 3rd in the United States.

President's Day Weekend Films

Numbers show the highest grossing President's Day weekend, ever for the box office. The top five movies for the weekend were as follows:
5. Coraline- $15.3 million

4. Confessions of a Shopaholic- $15.4 million

3. Taken- $19.3 million

2. He's Just Not That Into You- $19.6 million

and 1. Friday the 13th- $42.2 million

Friday the 13th is the highest grossing remake of a horror film of all time. The series of Friday the 13th movies have spanned close to 30 years. Critics expect a big drop in attendees this coming weekend as the movie was rated a B- by CinemaScore.


*Media by Numbers
*CinemaScore

Getting the Ball Rolling

Five days a week, here on out, Lit, Flicks, and Tunes will be finding IUPUI students' favorite books, movies, and music. Collecting the information will be at random and you never know when you might be approached!  The JAG Top 5 theme will be chosen weekly and could be about anything entertainment related.  Check back to see what IUPUI students are watching, reading, and listening to!