When his class on queer cinema was listed under three different course names, film Professor Chon Noriega expected confusion and a high drop rate. As it turned out, only the first turned out to be true. Read more...

A lot has been written about celebrity gossip in these pages, and for good reason. It provides harmless, easy-to-analyze topics of conversation ““ why discuss the ominous situation in North Korea when there are tensions on the set of “The O.C.”? Read more...

Every year, a mere 30 students write their way into one of the world’s most renowned and success-bearing film programs ““ UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television. Read more...

What was once sympathy for the well-Westwood-traveled WAC student may turn into envy. The World Arts and Cultures department has moved from its temporary Kinross Avenue address to its home at Glorya Kaufman Hall, the newly reopened building on campus. Read more...

“The Little Mermaid.” The songs. The talking crab. The little fish that could. That was Walt Disney’s fairy tale, complete with happily ever-after ending. But the rendition of this classic story that Michelle Banta-Tessier watched left a very different impression, and ignited her passion for children’s media. Read more...

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Everybody went to Africa this summer. Just turn to E! or flip through the pages of Us Weekly and you’ll see exactly what I mean. Brad Pitt did a TV special on poverty and AIDS in Africa. Read more...