The Phantom Family Halo's new record, "When I Fall Out," is a contemporary psychedelic experience. Read more...
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KNITTING FACTORY RECORDS
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February 13, 12:40 am
UCLA dance clubs in step with Argentinian milonga
In the 1920s, actor Rudolph Valentino sparked an international tango craze when he performed an Argentinian style tango in the silent film "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse." Read more...
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UCLA’s Social Dance Club, with the Ballroom Dance Club and International Folk Dance Club, will bring the Argentinian tango experience to UCLA by hosting a milonga, or Argentinian-style tango party.
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February 13, 12:36 am
“˜Spencer Tracy: That Natural Thing’ series recalls overlooked actor’s talent
To most modern movie stars, putting out 75 films in only 37 years would be quite a remarkable task. For Spencer Tracy, whose acting career lasted from 1930 to 1967, it wasn't. Read more...
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UCLA FILM & TELEVISION ARCHIVE
Spencer Tracy (right) in “The Power and the Glory” (1933). The film has been restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, which is presenting a film series on Tracy titled “Spencer Tracy: That Natural Thing.”
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February 13, 12:34 am
Restaurant review: 800 Degrees Neapolitan Pizza
It is definitely a good sign when a new Westwood restaurant "“ barely visible from the street "“ has a line out the door for hours at a time, and patrons know that it is worth the wait. Read more...
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A pizza from 800 Degrees Neapolitan Pizzeria.
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February 13, 12:27 am
B-sides: _Beyonce, Jay-Z’s plan to trademark baby’s name seems a business move_
Life is a gift, love, open it up / You're a child of destiny / You're the child of my destiny / You're my child with the child from Destiny's Child." Read more...
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February 10, 1:01 am
More than 40 films of Russian avant-garde artist Dziga Vertov are revived in cinema series
In a scene from the 1924 silent film "Kino-Eye," a slice of beef from the marketplace flies back into the cow. The audience sees the cow's skin come back on the bone and a knife cut across the cow's throat in reverse, bringing the cow back to life, back to the stockyard and then finally to the countryside from where it came. Read more...
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UCLA Film and Television Archive
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February 10, 12:56 am
Harmony of judges makes “˜The Voice’ stand out from other reality singing competitions
NBC made a wise decision to premiere the sophomore season of its breakout reality hit show "The Voice" after Sunday's Super Bowl, as more than 37 million people stuck around to watch judges Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine audition hopeful singers. Read more...