Unless you’ve been frozen in ice for the past seventy years like Captain America, you have surely seen, or at least heard of, “Marvel’s The Avengers.” According to BoxOffice.com, the cinematic blockbuster took in $775.4 million worldwide as of May 10, less than a week after the film’s release. 

“Iron Man 3,” which will begin filming in Wilmington this summer, held an open casting call for extras Saturday, Apr. 21 at Independence Mall. The casting call was held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and many UNCW students jumped at the chance of being on the big screen or just making some extra money this summer.

If you like good music and beer, Fairly Fly is the up-and-coming local band to see. Officially, the band formed recently, but individually, the members have been playing the Wilmington music circuit for a few years now and have sporadically been playing together. However, now they’ve joined forces and are ready to take on the local music scene with an awesome energy all their own.

Neon Trees newest album, “Picture Show,” has been receiving mixed reviews from critics and fans, alike. If you liked Neon Trees before this album was released, you’re bound to like this too. But, for those of you who weren’t Neon Trees fans to begin with, their sophomore album doe nothing new to change your mind.

After classic romance movies like “A Walk to Remember” and “The Notebook,” who would have thought a Nicholas Sparks book-to-movie adaptation could leave so much to be desired? Well, it’s happened with Friday’s release of “The Lucky One.”

Edith Pearlman and John Rybicki, two of Lookout’s four authors, read on April 15 to an audience of eager listeners who may or may not have been expecting to be in the company of “Two of the best writer’s in the country,” said Ben Georde, Lookout Books co-founder.

Let’s all give a warm farewell to Magic Bullets. Their EP, “Much Ado About,” is the last album they’ll make as a band and is their way of saying so long to their fans and stepping out of the music scene. After seven years of being Magic Bullets, the band cheerily says goodbye.

M. Ward’s seventh studio album, “A Wasteland Companion,” has a number of various musical companions such as Zooey Deschanel, Louis Armstrong and Steve Shelley. From covers to featured guests, “A Wasteland Companion” is not a lonely album, and also isn’t entirely a wasteland.

After four years since the Toronto-based band, Great Lake Swimmers’ latest album, “New Wild Everywhere,” comes as a long-awaited disappointment. The album is not totally inadequate, but on the whole, the folk rock work of lead man Tony Dekker and his band mates does not deliver like previous albums.

 “One Tree Hill” has been a driving force in Wilmington’s film industry for the past decade, and the legacy finally came to an end as the series finale aired Wednesday, Apr. 4 with a two-hour event on The CW. 

 “One Tree Hill” has been a driving force in Wilmington’s film industry for the past decade, and the legacy finally came to an end as the series finale aired Wednesday, Apr. 4 with a two-hour event on The CW. 

The new indie/pop/folk band, Of Monsters and Men, claim that they are “here to stay,” on their song “King and Lionheart” and with the brilliant work they’ve done on their first studio album, any listener will be inclined to agree with such a bold statement. The Icelandic band’s sound on their album “My Head Is an Animal” is similar to that of the Arcade Fire, with fun, catchy and upbeat melodies and vocals that vary from song to song (depending on who takes the lead-singing reigns) but are always impeccable.

Imagine waking up to find yourself being lifted through a hole in the ground with people staring down at you. When you arrive, you see that you are in a group of unfamiliar faces and you are being told to “get up.". Fear takes over and you have a fuzzy feeling in your head that something isn’t right. After being told about your new home and the people in it, it finally hits you: you can’t remember anything but your name.

Even while the economy has caused people to pull back on spending the local Wilmington resale store, the Shop of Seagate, continues to entice people to shop. 

After two consecutive weeks at the top of the box office charts, and grossing 250 million dollars to date, “The Hunger Games” is all anyone can talk about.