By Amanda Fletcher Daily Bruin Senior Staff The heat was on at The Beat’s Summer Jam 2000 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Onstage acts like Lucy Pearl, Da Brat, Lil’ Kim, De La Soul, Eve, Next, May and Dilated People churned out sizzling performances. Read more...

By Brent Hopkins Daily Bruin Senior Staff The rock ‘n’ roll business presents an odd dichotomy within itself. On one hand, it’s rock ‘n’ roll ““ big cars, trips to Rio, hit singles and all that glitz you see on “Behind the Music.” In terms of coolness, not much can beat it. Read more...

By Angela Salazar Daily Bruin Senior Staff The crystal chandeliers of the Palladium seemed out of place on Aug. 10, when the Deftones packed the venue as part of their “White Pony” international album tour. Read more...

By Mariko Obrero Daily Bruin Contributor It was unfortunate that The Distillers played the shortest set at an all-ages show held at The Troubador on Aug. Read more...

By Sharon Hori Daily Bruin Senior Staff Prime-time television never ignited such romanticism in young viewers. With one hour of “ER,” a new generation of inspired doctors is born. Read more...

By Emilia Hwang Daily Bruin Senior Staff You turn on American Movie Classics just in time to catch the opening credits of the 1961 musical “Flower Drum Song.” Though the overture has a distinctive Chinese sound, its lush orchestrations remain noticeably the work of American icons Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Read more...

By Brent Hopkins Daily Bruin Senior Staff Jason Graae has an acting resumé a mile long: his own one-man show, “An Evening of Self-Indulgence;” Harry Houdini in “Ragtime,” the original Sparky in “Forever Plaid,” and one role that made him a fixture of every child’s life in their most precious formative years. Read more...