Tuesday, April 28

POP PSYCHOLOGY: Untapped potential in children’s films

Some intriguing news surfaced on Entertainment Weekly's website Thursday, revealing that Elton John and Lady Gaga are collaborating on an original song. More intriguing, though, by several notches on the scale, is what the song is for: "Gnomeo and Juliet," an upcoming children's animated film from Touchstone Pictures, which reimagines Shakespeare's greatest love story with rival families of garden gnomes. Oh how silly, you might say, but why should we care? Read more...

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“Gnomeo and Juliet” is an animated retelling of “Romeo and Juliet” with garden gnomes. Gnomeo is voiced by James McAvoy, while Juliet is voiced by Emily Blunt.

Credit: TOUCHSTONE PICTURES







Dancing through a dream

Weightlessness invigorated the dancers as they effortlessly soared through the air as if in a flying dream in the "dream duet" performance. Read more...

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Helios Dance Theater will perform UCLA Live’s first dance performance of the season, “Beautiful Monsters,” at Royce Hall on Saturday.