At social gatherings, D. Sabela Grimes is used to meeting confused faces as he answers inquiries about his graduate studies. “When you tell people you are getting your master’s in dance, they go “˜OK.’ There’s that social stigma. Read more...

"Alone With Her” Director Eric Nicholas IFC First take 3 paws What would you give to stop being alone? Morality? Dignity? Sanity? According to the U.S. Read more...

Ask any independent band to identify its influences and you’ll likely get similar answers: The Cure, The Pixies, Sonic Youth and other bands are name-dropped by seemingly every rock musician to pick up a guitar. Read more...

“300” Director Zach Snyder Warner bros. 2 paws Fun fact: Frank Miller’s graphic novel “300” showed a great deal of male nudity and was content with a highly minimalistic plot. Read more...

Make no bones about it: Americans are unhealthily overweight. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 66 percent of Americans are overweight or obese. Couple this with the U.S.’s contribution to the detriment of the environment, which gained publicity recently largely because of former Vice President Al Gore’s film “An Inconvenient Truth,” and you’ve got a recipe for disaster. Read more...

Kal Penn has come a long way: from one Taj Mahal to another. It’s been five short years since most audiences were introduced to the New Jersey-born Indian actor in the comedy “National Lampoon’s Van Wilder,” in which the UCLA graduate played Taj Mahal Badalandabad, an endearingly earnest exchange student determined to lose his virginity. Read more...

If you are looking for a nice Brazilian restaurant with enough flavor to fly you off in a fat private jet to some crazy Mardi Gras street party in Rio, Bossa Nova on Sunset won’t quite get you there. Read more...