History, fiction and reality intertwine in "Even the Rain," which follows a Spanish film production company as they shoot a 16th century New World epic in Bolivia. Read more...

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Credit: VITAGRAPH FILMS

It is hard not to judge a book by its cover, and the same concept applies to a movie's title. Read more...

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Credit: TOUCHSTONE PICTURES

Five years ago, Meg Gifford was working long hours in a lab at the University of Nebraska, analyzing organometallic cyclizations for her doctorate in organic chemistry. Read more...

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UCLA screenwriting student Meg Gifford (right), who has won the Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award, thanks her mentor Lew Hunter (left) for her success.

For many independent filmmakers, winning the Grand Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival is their equivalent of taking home the Academy Award for Best Picture. Read more...

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Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones star in “Like Crazy,” a movie produced by UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television alumnus Marius Markevicius. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and sold to Paramount Pictures and Indian Paintbrush. (courtesy of Fred Hayes)

A young man sits down to eat his first lobster. The sleeves of his tangerine prison jumpsuit are torn off to reveal 17 scars on his arm, one for each of his victims. The warden surveilling him from behind metal bars growls, "I'm going to love watching you die." Read more...

Almost 90 years ago, the Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard held the first ever Hollywood movie premiere. Read more...

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The Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood once held film premieres for exclusive audiences. Now the theater gives guests tours once a month. The next tour will be held Saturday.