Director Tom Shadyac has only one demand: the long, curly hair stays, or he goes. “I’m like an old Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young album cover,” said Shadyac of his signature mane. Read more...

With the conclusion of “American Idol” all but sure to bring about the end of civilization, I decided drastic measures would be necessary. Rupert Murdoch’s nefarious Inner Circle was using all the phone votes and text messages to hurtle an asteroid, named for recently deceased public TV guru Mister Rogers, toward earth via the FOX Broadcasting satellite. Read more...

Before directing “Wonder Boys” and “8 Mile,” Curtis Hanson won an Oscar for his screenplay “L.A. Confidential,” a film he also directed. In 1999, he became the chairman of the UCLA Film and Television Archive, where he created the “Movie That Inspired Me” series in which celebrities present and talk about movies special to them. Read more...

The TV executives seemed to be getting trickier than ever, and I thought it necessary to look up my previous college roommate and math-whiz The Amazing Paul, currently double-majoring in computer science & engineering and economics, for help. Read more...

“Down with Love” Directed by Peyton Reed 20th Century Fox To paraphrase Alma, Doris Day’s maid in “Pillow Talk, “You only need one sip to know you’ve got a good bottle.” “Down with Love” is one hell of a bottle. Read more...

After three quarters of tireless rehearsing, the World Music performance ensembles of UCLA’s ethnomusicology department are finally ready to show their stuff. In this year’s five-night Spring Festival of World Music, the ensembles will perform song and dance from cultures as far ranging as Africa and China. Read more...

After getting up from behind his desk, Christopher Nolan sat in a chair next to a small coffee table and a couch. An enormous “Memento” poster hung over the desk, a smaller “Following” poster over the chair in which he sat. Read more...