BOOK INFORMATION   Title: The Playful World Author: Mark Pesce Publisher: Ballantine Books Price: $24.00 Rating: 6 By Michael Rosen-Molina Daily Bruin Senior Staff Back in the old days, most children probably thought of a Jetsons-inspired utopia when they looked toward the distant future. Read more...

  www.launch.com Launch www.launch.com Launch.com is the MTV and VH-1 of the Internet. Featuring all the information anyone could ever want to know about music artists from a wide variety of genres, as well as artists from both major and independent record labels, this music Web site boasts informative editorial content, in addition to containing a large archive of music videos. Read more...

  UCLA Performing Arts Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (center), a recent winner of the Avery Fisher Prize, joins Brazilian guitarists Sergio Assad (left) and Odair Assad in a performance at Royce Hall this Saturday. Read more...

Pup Rengki and Yodd Borib went all out this year, receiving compliments for their decorative costumes all night long. Bert and Ernie, the Smurfs and Cleopatra were only a few of the dramatic costumes seen on Tuesday night at the Halloween parade in West Hollywood as people watched in awe and joined in the festivities. Read more...

  Brent Hopkins For more information on Hopkins’ drinking problem, e-mail him at [email protected] There’s a nasty paradox in traveling. On one hand, it’s really fun and rewarding. Read more...

  Columbia Pictures (left to right) Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore star as a trio of private investigators in Columbia Pictures’ "Charlie’s Angels." By Terry Tang Daily Bruin Senior Staff Explosive car chases. Read more...

  Accentus Accentus, an award-winning French a capella vocal group, will perform at UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall Thursday night in its North American debut. By Michael Rosen-Molina Daily Bruin Senior Staff Over the years, the walls of Schoenberg Hall have reverberated with the sounds of innumerable instruments from myriad concerts. Read more...