In contrast to big-name bookstores, Take One! Film and Theater Books goes for the specialty market. Not only does it offer items related to the performing arts, but Take One! Read more...

Ahh, it’s my favorite time of year again. For all the little kids, that time of year would be Christmas as they rush down to the living room to pounce on their presents with glee and inspect them like swarthy antique appraisers. Read more...

“Hold your cue like you hold your woman ““ strong and at the neck!” These are the types of lines heard on any given night at Ultimate Improv, where a fraternity initiation skit turns into a lesson at billiards, then glides into three people trying to milk a cow, then takes a suspenseful turn when a giant lizard begins destroying humanity and can only be stopped if two people profess their repressed love for each other. Read more...

Eve “Eve-Olution” Ruff Ryder Records The daunting task of giving Eve’s album paws is not as difficult as it might seem. She already has two paws tattooed on herself (one for each breast). Read more...

It’s hard being a producer. Schmoozing with the rich and famous and driving around in sportscars. However, these are just stereotypes seen in the movies that producers themselves develop behind the scenes. Read more...

“And I hope you haven’t forgotten me,” said the beaming Ravi Shankar after introducing his accompanying musicians on stage. And, of course, the audience hadn’t. Playing at Royce Hall Thursday night to a multiethnic crowd of elderly folk, hippies, college students and children, Shankar’s music proved its lasting power, unlike the acid trips that his audiences wrongly latched onto his art decades before. Read more...

UCLA jokes are most often told by USC folk, but last Friday they abounded at our very own Royce Hall. Host Tom Kenny began the night with accolades of Royce, saying, “This place is fancy schmancy. Read more...