At this past Sunday's 15th Annual SAG Awards, winner Tina Fey thanked her daughter, Jane Krakowski of "30 Rock" thanked fellow NBC comedy "The Office" for being a great lead-in and Jon Hamm, floppy hair and all, paid tribute to a part of television that sometimes doesn't get enough credit alongside the agents, managers, and family members: He thanked "Mad Men" creator and show-runner Matthew Weiner. Read more...
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January 29, 9:05 pm
Behind every great TV program is a great show-runner
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January 29, 9:01 pm
Screen Scene: “Taken”
For the young people, at least, Hollywood has ushered in a new era of action movies. Read more...
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January 28, 9:03 pm
Small-town life inspires film
UCLA is known best as a research university, meaning that the faculty get their hands dirty with their own projects. While this conjures up images of chemistry professors in the lab, this trend extends all the way up to North Campus, where it's about creative output as well as research. Read more...
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January 28, 9:01 pm
Theater Review: “Love Letters”
Letter-writing may be a dying art, but it brought two characters to life in "Love Letters." Read more...
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January 28, 9:00 pm
Open mic at UnUrban Café brings all kinds
With each artist who read or performed on stage during UnUrban Café's Velvet Guerilla Cabaret, it was consistently unclear whether he or she was under the influence, mentally impaired, or simply quirky. Read more...
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January 27, 9:00 pm
Comedy Chameleon
Some build their comedy careers on years of regaling the dinner table to one-liners every Thanksgiving or practicing stand-up on a cassette recorder in the shower. However, "Last Comic Standing" winner Dat Phan started comedy on a whim. Read more...
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January 27, 9:00 pm
M.I.A. missing classification
Following in the illustrious footsteps of Three 6 Mafia, M.I.A. (real name Maya Arulpragasam) has now become legitimized to the mainstream through an Oscar nomination for best song for her work with composer A. R. Rahman on the song "O...Saya." from the Oscar nominated film "Slumdog Millionaire." That is, if "Paper Planes"' appearance in "Pineapple Express" and its near incessant radio airplay a year and a half after its release didn't already make M.I.A. a (at least a semi-) household name. Read more...