New York City's testosterone-charged detective team Christopher Danson (Dwayne Johnson) and P. K. Highsmith (Samuel L. Jackson) takes car chases and excessive property damage to a whole other level. Especially when you realize it's all in pursuit of a single ounce of marijuana. Read more...
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August 26, 10:34 pm
Movie Review: “The Other Guys”
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August 26, 10:29 pm
Exhibit features weavers’ stories
For weavers like Sisilia Sii, the art of textile-making is far more than a simple pastime "“ it's an art form tightly woven in tradition. Weaving has been an intricate part of Sii's life in Flores, Indonesia, ever since her mother began teaching her the technique when she was a child. Read more...
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The Fowler Museum at UCLA will be exhibiting the textiles and video stories of weavers such as Luisa de Jesus of Tutuala, Timor Leste, in “Weavers’ Stories From Island Southeast Asia,” which will be on display through Dec. 5. (Photo courtesy of Fowler Museum)
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August 26, 10:24 pm
Game Review: “StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty”
In a medium of such rapid technological change as the video game, 12 years is a very long time. Read more...
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August 26, 10:14 pm
Gaming Up A Storm
The first major hit Blizzard Entertainment created, "Warcraft" is a real-time strategy game set in the world of Azeroth. Since the release of "Warcraft" in 1994, Blizzard has produced "Warcraft II," "Warcraft III" and"World of Warcraft." The games pushed the limits of multiplayer RTS games. Read more...
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August 26, 10:00 pm
Venice set for Art Crawl
Like its refined Italian Renaissance sister city, Venice Beach is an arts haven "“ just with a slightly more eclectic sense of style and a touch of Californian flair. Read more...
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UCLA alumna Nancy Louise Jones, a professional artist, is participating in the first monthly Venice Art Crawl. Jones’ monotype painting “Go” is pictured above. (Photo courtesy of Nancy Louise Jones)
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August 26, 8:59 pm
Alum are stars of gaming world
It began with three UCLA graduates, $20,000 and a 600-square-foot office in Irvine. Three young entrepreneurs started working on video games just months after receiving their undergraduate degrees from UCLA using computers brought from home, and even some borrowed equipment. Silicon & Synapse, the small company Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham and Frank Pearce started nearly 20 years ago, is now Blizzard Entertainment. Read more...
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Initially developed in 1996, Battle.net is an online game service that allows users to connect via Blizzard games. Users can purchase and download games and access their respective accounts from different computers without losing progress. (Photo courtesy of Blizzard Entertainment)
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August 16, 8:34 pm
Yoga lovers flock to Fowler Museum at UCLA for ‘Sunset Yoga’
As the sun begins to set behind the dorms, 60 or so students, faculty and museum visitors on brightly colored mats laid out across the Fowler Museum's red brick terrace begin their salutations to the sun. After two weeks on furlough, the Fowler Museum at UCLA is playing host to a free, hour-long yoga class every Thursday evening during the month of August. Read more...