Friday, April 3

Offbeat hosts make red carpet enjoyable

Ten-year-old actress Dakota Fanning has allegedly entered drug rehab. At least that’s what a lot of America heard during E!’s Golden Globe red carpet pre-show when comedian, self-proclaimed D-list celebrity and personal role model Kathy Griffin took hold of the microphone at Sunday night’s award ceremony. Read more...


Sound bites

Bright Eyes “I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning” Saddle Creek Records Until the release of “I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning,” the frequent references to Bright Eyes’ front man Conor Oberst as the new Bob Dylan in glossy rock magazines must have been due to his tendency to write sprawling, seemingly endless streams of lyric-driven verses and a voice that is untrained at best. Read more...



Screen scene

“Assault on Precinct 13″ Directed by Jean-François Richet Rogue Pictures It seemed the American public had enough prison scandals to deal with. “Assault on Precinct 13″ sets out to prove that there is room for one more. Read more...


Down to business

With an MBA from The UCLA Anderson School and a JD from the UCLA Law School, Kelly Perdew knows the meaning of hard work. But as only the winner of the second season of “The Apprentice” would know, going from Bruin Walk to Wall Street takes more than a little determination and good luck. Read more...


Calendar

FILM&TV: “The Breaking Point” Based on Hemingway’s famous novel “To Have and Have Not”, Michael Curtiz’s drama about a debt-ridden boat captain sticks to the original text closer than Howard Hawks’ better-known version starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Read more...


An L.A. story

It’s the first Friday afternoon of winter quarter, the first clear day in Southern California of 2005, and several theater students are buzzing around Macgowan Hall. Read more...