Friday, July 24

There are TV ratings for a freakin’ reason

For people involved with television shows, reaching 100 episodes is a pretty big deal. Not because the show’s cast gets to throw a party and not because they all get to eat a huge cake with a “100” on it and take goofy pictures. Read more...


Groups collaborate to celebrate a diverse culture

In India, a country comprised of 28 states and seven union territories, there are 22 official languages and over 800 spoken ones. This week, UCLA’s Indian Student Union is celebrating South Asia’s variegated cultures with South Asian Heritage Week. Read more...


Aiding awareness

They fumbled with the condoms in their fingers, trying to figure out what to do next. Instead of an awkward sexual encounter, however, these students were trying to replicate the texture of Adriana Bertini’s condom-couture dress at the Fowler Museum at UCLA as part of the first day of Professor David Gere’s “Make Art/Stop AIDS” class. Read more...


Screen Scene: Primeval

“Primeval” Director Michael Katleman Buena Vista Have you ever held your breath for 94 minutes? Well, prepare to do exactly that with the unnecessarily graphic thriller “Primeval,” directed by TV veteran Michael Katleman (“Dark Angel,” “Tru Calling”). Read more...



Wells to release record

As a 2004 Spring Sing winner and major-label recording artist, it’s hard to believe Tyrone Wells wasn’t always a star on the rise. Growing up as a preacher’s son in Spokane, Wash., Wells had to hide away his pop music until after his parents’ bedtime and was encouraged to listen primarily to gospel. Read more...


Screen Scene: The Italian

“The Italian” Director Andrei Kravchuk Sony Pictures Classiscs Andrei Kravchuk spent over a year scouring orphanages across Russia in search of the troubled environment needed to be true to the stories he had seen and read about. Read more...