“Ocean’s Twelve” Directed by Steven Soderbergh Warner Bros. Life was already difficult for the motley crew of professional thieves, with a vengeance-obsessed casino owner demanding their money and perhaps their lives. Read more...

Hey, I was wondering. … Where have all the toilet seat covers gone? In previous years, they were in every bathroom. This year, I have yet to see them in any building on campus. Read more...

Jean-Pierre Jeunet is fast becoming the French Tim Burton. Quickly emerging as an accomplished creator of vibrant and original modern-day fairy tales, Jeunet’s deftness reminds one of early Burton. Read more...

It’s not every day that one finds Indiana Jones on the stage of a theater singing a song from Stephen Sondheim’s hit musical “Into the Woods.” Nor is it a common occurrence to see Bill Clinton serenade Monica Lewinsky with the song “Too Much in Love to Care” from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Sunset Boulevard.” Both of these rather perverse episodes may be found at the venue 2100 Square Feet starting on Dec. Read more...

For UCLA extension student James Ayala, taking a class for the third time has nothing to do with failure. In fact, having the opportunity to learn how to market movies and impress industry people, including directors and producers, keeps him returning to a class titled “The Marketing Challenge: Selling New Movies From the Sundance Institute Filmmakers.” The first time was for credit, but since then, Ayala has gone back for Ira Teller’s inspirational teaching and the hands-on creative work. Read more...

Just about every band has had to cut practice sessions short due to noise complaints. But it’s not every day the neighborhood band plays songs with over 70 men and women chanting in Hebrew over heavy metal guitar riffs. Read more...

On the cover of her debut album “Trouble,” singer-songwriter Bonnie McKee stares saucily into the camera, blowing a large bubble out of gum. With all of the negative connotations surrounding the “bubblegum” pop world following the now defunct boy-band craze of *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys, most musicians would cringe to associate themselves with such an image. Read more...