UCLA alumnus Kal Penn returns to the film franchise of "Harold and Kumar" with "A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas," opening in theaters today. Penn spoke with the Daily Bruin's Teresa Jue on UCLA's North and South Campus tension, what his parents think about Kumar and pursuing his various careers, from working in the White House to being a university professor. Read more...

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JOHN CHO as Harold and KAL PENN as Kumar in New Line Cinema’s and Mandate Pictures comedy A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS, a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television is breaking new ground with an innovative interdisciplinary course. The class, which involves both the theater and film, television and digital media departments of TFT, will eventually create an entirely new production inspired by the iconic work called "Gone With the Wind Remixed." Read more...

Contra El Mar" tells the story of a deep-sea diver who struggles with the pull of a job that could either kill him or get him arrested. The film focuses on the pressure this danger applies to his family and the search for stability within common ground of a young marriage. Read more...

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Richard Parkin is a TFT student whose film “Contra El Mar” (“Against the Sea”) was awarded a Directors Guild of America Student Film Award.