Last week, as I was riding the bus along Sunset Boulevard, it occurred to me that there's another famous street just one block up: Hollywood Boulevard. Read more...
Arts, Lifestyle
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January 24, 11:40 pm
Bus Stops: Look both ways before you explore Hollywood Boulevard
Arts, Music
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January 24, 11:36 pm
Album Review: Kiss Each Other Clean
If you would have told me a few years ago that Iron and Wine "“ famous for spare acoustic, man-alone-with-his-guitar music "“ would be creating fully fleshed-out, sonically complex music, I would have told you to take off your plaid hipster shirt and eat it. Read more...
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Arts, Lifestyle
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January 23, 11:34 pm
Costume design Professor Deborah Landis fashions workshop from history and student experiences while teaching in Cuba
Last May, when costume design Professor Deborah Landis was invited to conduct a workshop at a film school in Cuba, she had no idea what to expect. Read more...
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Deborah Landis, founding director of UCLA’s Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design, has worked on numerous films including “Animal House,” “Blues Brothers” and Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video. (courtesy of Natasha Rubin)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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January 23, 11:31 pm
Roberto Cuoghi’s diverse collection of self-portraits, on display at the Hammer Museum, addresses universal theme of personal potential and re-assessment
Many people have probably wondered what they would be like if, say, they hadn't gone to UCLA, made their particular set of friends or picked their chosen major. Italian artist Roberto Cuoghi certainly isn't new to these musings. Read more...
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Roberto Cuoghi’s portrait “Untitled, 2010″ is featured at the Hammer Museum. (credit: Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milano)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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January 23, 11:28 pm
Alumnus Allan deSouza reworks famed masterpieces to explore feelings of displacement
Something about the colorful, pixilated print is familiar, and yet, it's not immediately clear why. Then the faint outline of Paul Cezanne's face emerges from the yellow, red and green patterns. The piece, "Cezanne," is a digitally altered version of Cezanne's famous self-portrait and hangs along similarly remastered works of some of the most well-known names in Western art. The artwork is part of "His Masters' Tools," an exhibition currently on display through May 29 at the Fowler Museum. Read more...
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“Cezanne” by alumnus Allan deSouza is now displayed at Fowler Museum. (courtesy of Talwar Gallery, NY)
Arts, Arts Columns, Film & TV
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January 23, 11:25 pm
Pop Psychology: Billed as a buddy comedy, Vince Vaughn movie is, instead, a well-made, unexpected ‘Dilemma’
Sometimes we go to the movies for their predictability: We want happy endings from Nora Ephron and huge explosions from Michael Bay. Read more...
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“The Dilemma” stars Vince Vaughn and Kevin James as best friends. (credit: Universal Pictures)
Arts, Film & TV
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January 22, 2:31 pm
Movie Review: “No Strings Attached”
Let's be honest: Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher make movies people want to see for the simple reason that we want to be them. Portman is no Megan Fox "“ most girls love her, want to be her and aren't offended that guys want her too "“ and the equivalent holds true for Kutcher. Of course we want to see them in a romantic comedy together, no matter how potentially formulaic it may be. Read more...