Thursday, April 23

Raising Hades

For UCLA students, Halloween usually means one of three things: tracking down king-sized candy bars in Bel Air, braving the streets of the famed West Hollywood Carnaval Party, or wandering the hills of Westwood for a frat or apartment party. Read more...



Grad student honored for meaningful short film

It's not every day that a current UCLA film student is handed a prize from the president of Black Entertainment Television, the creator of "NYPD Blue," the director of "L.A. Confidential" and "8 Mile," and ... the executive vice president of the AARP? Read more...


From broker to knight in shabby armor

What if you could be a knight? Imagine having the freedom to give up your books, backpacks and classes to just ride off into the sunset. In Kit Steinkellner's newest play "Quixotic," knighthood becomes a possibility. Read more...


Bring Halloween of our youth back

In the words of my favorite Disney Channel Original Movie “Halloweentown,” “Halloween … is COOL.” I couldn’t have said it better myself. Halloween is obviously the best holiday to ever exist, ever. Read more...


Soundbite: “We are Beautiful, We are Doomed”

As youthful ebullience often knows no bounds, Cardiff's indie-pop wunderkinds Los Campesinos! offer "We are Beautiful, We are Doomed" a mere eight months after their debut album "Hold On Now, Youngster ..." cemented their status as this year's premier, precociously erudite band. The new record comes so quickly on the heels of the debut that the young U.K. band appears to release its sophomore slump even before passing freshman year. Read more...


Looking through a pop culture lens

Hunting down the stars outside their Beverly Hills homes may prove one way to catch a glimpse of a famous face, but only at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art "Vanity Fair Portraits" exhibit can one really look an idol in the eye. Read more...