Over the past few years some Latina actresses, such as Jennifer Lopez and Salma Hayek, have risen to prominence in Hollywood. Soon the UCLA film program may lay claim to having developed a Latina leading lady, Tonantzin Esparza. Read more...

Myron Murakami takes the idol worship of “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson to a whole new level. “He kind of looks like a Buddha,” Murakami said. Read more...

When people think of Broadway musicals, they often think of the glitz and glory of tinsel-clad dancers waving glittery top hats and making a singular sensation with every little step they take. Read more...

A phone conversation with the man called Scanner is by default an awkward exchange, especially when aware that his stage name is an allusion to the knob-twiddler’s infamous phone-scanning antics. Read more...

It may be three months after Christmas, but the Associated Students of UCLA is decking the halls of the student union with student-created artwork. The ASUCLA Student Commissioned Art Program formally introduced four additional art pieces Wednesday to grace the walls of Ackerman Student Union and Kerckhoff Hall. Read more...

On the steps, she waited. In her red shirt and dressy gray pants, Juliet Gharibian awaited her fellow Art to Hearter. Dressed in jeans and a checkered shirt, Matt Caplan appeared from the doors of De Neve’s Acacia Hall carrying a pink rose. Read more...

The elusive female orgasm can be perfectly mimicked by a guy playing blues harmonica. Chances are few, if any, of the near-capacity crowd at Royce Hall on Thursday night being aware of this little-known fact, but by the time Charlie Musselwhite finished his set, no one had any doubts that it could, in fact, be done. Read more...