It’s probably safe to say that enough students at UCLA have had or will at some point have some kind of personal encounter with a movie star. Read more...

Ross Anthony The UCLA Store Today, Noon-1:30 p.m. The motivational speaker and self-appointed film critic will read from his teen novels like “The Infinite Adventures of Rodney Appleseed” and will sign copies following the talk. Read more...

The Beta Band “Heroes To Zeros” Astralwerks The Beta Band may have been introduced to you during that scene in “High Fidelity” when Rob (John Cusack) predicts he’ll sell five copies of “The Three EPs” just by playing it in the store. Read more...

Hi. My name is Sommer. And I have a gambling problem. At least, I think I might. But it’s just so hard to be sure these days. Read more...

“Right Lies” Stella Adler Complex Now through June 12 How refreshing to see a California governor who’s not Arnold Schwarzenegger, even if he’s on stage and not such a nice guy. Read more...

There’s no greater exhilaration in No-Limit Texas Hold ’em than hearing a poker player declare, “All in.” Even when the fateful words are uttered by a dirt-poor college student in sweatpants, playing in a game where “no limit” hardly amounts to a triple-digit pot, “all in” is still “all in.” From red, white and blue poker chips to Hold ’em lingo like flop, turn, river and kicker, the sights and sounds of the increasingly popular poker game are becoming ubiquitous throughout the dorms and apartments around campus. Read more...

He’s funny, he’s wacky, and he’s got his hands on a coveted Tony. Fresh from the award-winning Broadway run of the hit musical “Urinetown,” UCLA alumnus and theater director extraordinaire John Rando recently directed Steve Martin’s “The Underpants” at the Geffen Theater, to rave reviews and an all-round rollickin’ good time. Read more...