“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...

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...

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...

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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Rachel Haden grew up in a household where music was as ubiquitous as Mom’s apple pie. As the daughter of jazz musician Charlie Haden, one would expect Rachel to have learned about music in a traditional fashion. Read more...

“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...