Your heart races. You aren’t sure if you’re breathing. Your legs move under you, but that’s more from desperation than strength. You are trying to shake hands with, talk to, and make any form of contact with a legend ““ Lou Reed. Read more...

Film “¢bull; Mexico’s 2001 hit “Y Tu Mama Tambien” comes to the Ackerman Grand Ballroom tonight and Friday at 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Call (310) 825-1958 or log onto www.campusevents.ucla.edu for more information. Read more...

Todd Haynes has been on the fringe of Hollywood, but never quite in the spotlight. Credit that to his idiosyncratic movies, which include the stylish and experimental films “Safe,” a portrait of a housewife who might be allergic to society, and “Velvet Goldmine,” a bombastic picture of the 1970s glam-rock scene. Read more...

He’s the jerk, the wild and crazy guy, the arrow-through-the-head jokester, the sadistic singing dentist and one of the three pelvic-thrusting amigos. As a comic, Steve Martin is unmistakable. Read more...

Christmas arrived early this year for the folks at Campus Events. Thanks to last week’s passing of the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s student fee referendum, the organization will finally receive the budget boost it sorely needs to keep up with the rising costs of providing high quality concerts for students. Read more...

On Monday night, the Discovery Channel taped the 65th episode of “Berman and Berman” in front of Royce Hall, with a student audience and the topic, “The Naked Truth.” The hosts were the co-founders of the UCLA Female Sexual Medicine Center, doctors Jennifer and Laura Berman (yes, they’re sisters). Read more...

Music is a stronger tie than blood for Armando Ibarra and Francisco Zarathustra, the lead singers and guitarists of the reggae-tinged hip-hop group Yerba Tribe. “We respect each other a lot. Read more...