“Love” Cirque du Soleil OPEN RUN Unlike VH1, Cirque du Soleil is never about the music. The performance group that somehow turned the clown-and-acrobat circus into an art succeeds because of the stunts onstage, not the musical backdrop that paces the performance. Read more...
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July 9, 9:00 pm
Weekend Review: "Love"
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July 9, 9:00 pm
New shows heat up summer TV
Meteorologists predict that summer 2006 will be the hottest season in years. It looks like summer television will be turning up the heat as well. For the average TV watcher, summer is a time for deep reflection on months past. Read more...
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July 9, 9:00 pm
Hammer to host public interview
The Hammer Museum usually offers up art; this week, the showcase is a supermodel and a magazine editor. Eric Nakamura, editor of the magazine Giant Robot, and Asian-American model Jenny Shimizu will be speaking together at the museum on July 12. Read more...
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July 9, 9:00 pm
Museum memories
If you enter the Fowler Museum over the next month and a half, you will be blessed by the Dalai Lama. Starting July 5, the UCLA museum will be home to a pair of events focused on the principles of the Buddhist religious leader. Read more...
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July 2, 9:00 pm
SCREEN SCENE: "Superman Returns"
“Superman Returns” Directed by Bryan Singer WARNER BROS. PICTURES One would think that a film about the world’s most iconic comic book character would live or die based on the super-strength of its high-flying protagonist, but “Superman Returns” gets off the ground thanks to the performances of a few mere mortals. Read more...
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July 2, 9:00 pm
Review: Radiohead at the Greek Theater
The last time Radiohead performed in Los Angeles, it was September 2003 and this fall’s seniors were wide-eyed freshmen just finishing their first Welcome Week. A lot has changed since then: Many students who started out pre-med have moved up to North Campus, the Daily Bruin’s dB Magazine is all but forgotten, and Radiohead, one of the world’s most acclaimed and successful bands, doesn’t have a record deal. Read more...
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July 2, 9:00 pm
SCREEN SCENE: "A Scanner Darkly"
“A Scanner Darkly” Directed by Richard Linklater Warner Independent Pictures Long before the suburban Orange County of color-saturated beachfront mansions and high school hook-ups flounced across primetime television, acclaimed science fiction novelist Philip K. Read more...