It's not everyday that one witnesses a dancer pelted by a head of wet lettuce. Read more...
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Dancers rehearse Herman Moore’s choreography titled “1838 West 78th Street,” which is featured in the “Watch This” MFA2 dance concert.
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February 22, 11:04 pm
Killam with laughter: actor, comedian, and former Bruin lands dream job on “˜Saturday Night Live’ cast
Taran Killam used to dress up as Jim Carrey for Halloween. Last year, he performed a skit he wrote with Carrey on "Saturday Night Live," something he never thought he'd get to do. While attending UCLA in 2000, Killam auditioned regularly for various acting jobs and ended up landing a role on "MADtv," causing him to take time off from school to pursue acting. Two years ago, "SNL" executive producer Lorne Michaels came to see a show at the L.A. Read more...
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Taran Killam spent a year at UCLA before leaving to take a role on the sketch comedy show “MADtv.” Last September he joined the cast of “Saturday Night Live,” where he has done impersonations of Michael Cera and Eminem, among other celebrities.
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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February 22, 11:03 pm
Alumnus O’Brien-Lux works with deaf and other hearing actors to present “˜The Adventures of Pinocchio’ play
As a child, 2010 theater alumnus Colin O'Brien-Lux sat for hours in the Deaf West Theatre in North Hollywood, playing Minesweeper while his father worked as a producer on stage. Read more...
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Alumnus Colin O’Brien-Lux will perform in Deaf West Theatre’s production of “The Adventures of Pinocchio.” (courtesy of Colin O’Brien-Lux)
Arts, Lifestyle
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February 22, 11:00 pm
FASHION OR WHATEVER: _Seemingly repulsive articles of fashion turn heads for all kinds of reasons_
Fashion can seem frivolous when a T-shirt costs upward of $1,000 a pop, but it can also make a meaningful feminist statement.
This idea stems from Leandra Medine's fashion blog "the Man Repeller." Medine said the blog is about outfitting oneself in a sartorially offensive way that will repel members of the opposite sex.
From drop crotch pants to shoulder pads, and animal hats to rompers, there is an austere desexualization in fashion. Read more...
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Model Abbey Lee Kershaw presents an outfit from the Chanel Fall 2010 Ready-to-Wear Collection. (Courtesy of Monica Feudi)
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February 22, 10:58 pm
Photography exhibit tells stories through trees at Getty Museum
In 1861, a bearded man named Galen Clark stood at the base of a giant sequoia tree in the Mariposa Grove and had his photograph taken by Carleton Watkins, a landscape photographer. Read more...
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Rhea Garen’s photograph “Treehouse, Freese Road” is among the works featured in the Getty’s photography exhibition “The Tree” through July 3. (Credit: The J. Paul Getty Museum)
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February 22, 3:03 am
Students, locals express support for Brit street artist Banksy, who has recently created murals through L.A.
There's a level of notoriety for an artist with first name recognition "“ Michelangelo, Raphael, Frida and more recently, Banksy. Read more...
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The Kinross Avenue mural by Banksy, nicknamed the “Crayola Shooter,” was vandalized.
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February 22, 2:48 am
Happy hours in Culver City for the underaged
Last Thursday was my roommate's 21st birthday. While she went bar-hopping with older friends, my other underage roommate and I watched old episodes of "Skins" while I thought of places we could all go, where she could drink and we could drink Sprite and eat cheap food. Read more...