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.
When Aaron Katz brought his fellow filmmakers into production for "Cold Weather" in the fall of 2008, he didn't have the opening shot in mind. Read more...
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Actor Cris Lankenau and director Aaron Katz interact on the set of “Cold Weather,” which will be shown at the James Bridges Theater tonight.
courtesy of Alex Bickel
In this season of red carpets, Zeta Phi Rho will break the trend and instead roll out a blue version of the quintessential award ceremony prop. Read more...
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From left, Rory Snively and Josh Real in a scene from “F.I.N.,” one of the films that will be shown today at Zeta Phi Rho’s Blu Carpet film festival.
Courtesy of Kurt Ikeda
Gerard Butler, Steve Carell, Mandy Moore and Tom Hanks are just some of the well-known voices of this year's animated films, but the true stars of the Annie Awards are the animators. Read more...
