There’s chatter circulating the L.A. theater world, and the rumor is that the new season at the Geffen Playhouse is riskier than in years past. If “Take Me Out,” playing now as part of the 10-year-long American Originals series, is any indication of what is to come, the buzz is right. Read more...

California dreamin’ might not be quite as light and breezy anymore, at least according to the featured artists in this year’s art department show, “Dark Side of the Sun,” curated by some of UCLA’s graduate art students. Read more...

?Raise Your Voice? Directed by Sean McNamara New Line Cinema When you think of Hilary Duff, Ludwig van Beethoven probably isn?t the first person who comes to mind. Read more...

The wildly popular Italian cinema class, known informally to students as “Sex and Politics” and formally as Italian 46, has introduced many undergraduates to great cinematic legends such as Roberto Rossellini and Bernardo Bertolucci. Read more...

Actor Terrell Tilford is completely irritated with the fact that he keeps getting questioned about performing nude on stage. “I don’t really understand why,” he said. Read more...

Philosopher Thomas Hobbes once famously stated, “The life of man (is) solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.” If you are a political science student like myself, it’s more than likely that one of your professors has asked or will ask you to ponder the meaning of these words. Read more...

Brian Wilson “SMiLE” Warner Music Group Rating: Hype is relative. For instance, using it in reference to, say, Franz Ferdinand is one thing. But when discussing “SMiLE,” it can’t quite convey the mythic expectations heaped upon rock’s now-legendary great lost album, Brian Wilson’s abandoned follow-up to “Pet Sounds” and response to the Beatles’ “Revolver” ““ both usually seen standing side by side at the top of most greatest albums lists. Read more...