What happens when you take improv experts from UCLA and elsewhere, put them in baseball jerseys, separate them into teams, and warn them that if they curse or use obscenities they will have a paper bag put over their heads? Read more...

UCLA students got a peek inside Hollywood Wednesday evening. They weren’t watching a film screening or premiere ““ they were in Melnitz Hall getting behind-the-scenes insight into how movies and television shows are made from seven women who are involved with making them. Read more...

Guitarist Pat Metheny is no stranger to academia, but after becoming a professional jazz guitarist at age 14, homework and grades were never a priority to Metheny. Read more...

The documentary film genre demands a more sophisticated approach for a new age. “The standard concept of biography in film hasn’t changed that much in 100 years,” said Rani Singh, film curator at the J. Read more...

She’s not an accountant secretly pushing screenplays in between coffee breaks. For a resident in the city of broken dreams, the young Sara Bareilles has been experiencing a considerable amount of success and recognition. Read more...

“Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” Starring Daniel Radcliffe Directed by Chris Columbus 2.5 Paws As a phoenix is crying on his lacerated arm, Harry Potter tells us, “Of course, phoenix tears have healing powers.” This is one of the many lazy coincidences that the new Harry Potter film uses to save our hero just in time. Read more...

Jacqueline Ramirez-Johnston, a recent graduate from the UCLA School of Theater, Film, Television and Digital Media has decided to stick with filmmaking for the long run despite the career’s difficulties. Read more...