Monday, September 28, 1998 Risque summer films risk disaster, tasteless humor FILM: Past months’ trends include thankful end to special effects movies, rise in raunch, aging actors Well, summer ’98 is over, and as a film columnist, I feel it is my duty to inform the public of my personal opinion about the many films that were released between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Read more...

Monday, September 28, 1998 Celebrities run gauntlet – er, junket – to promote films FILM: Studios arrange press, star confrontations to sweeten, publicize upcoming releases By Lonnie Harris Daily Bruin Staff The first moment a celebrity walks into a crowded room filled with cynical journalists is always the most uncomfortable. Read more...

Monday, September 28, 1998 Recycled entertainment reads differently every time COLUMN: Themes stay new with each perusal as people keep changing The theme of this year’s registration issue, A&E Editor Trinh Bui informed me, was "the changing face of entertainment" and we had 400 inches of blank space to fill with our wisdom or whatever bit of text happened to be lying around the office come deadline. Read more...

Monday, September 28, 1998 Minority actors get big break with non-traditional roles THEATER: Casting takes turn for the multicultural as people of color play ‘white’ lead roles By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff When Luis Alfaro was growing up in Los Angeles’ Pico-Union district, he joined his classmates in complaining about an enforced dose of refinement via a nighttime field trip to the Inner City Cultural Center. Read more...

Monday, September 28, 1998 White man’s burden THEATER: Theater venues hope to attract the movie-going audience to broaden the pool of people who enjoy plays By Louise Chu Daily Bruin Staff It’s a warm summer Friday night on Santa Monica Boulevard. Read more...

Monday, September 28, 1998 Playing youth OPERA: Los Angeles venue attracts younger generation through programs promoting increasingly popular genre By John Mangum Daily Bruin Contributor Opera is hip, more hip than it’s been in a long time. Read more...

Monday, September 28, 1998 Life as Arts editor isn’t all glamour, glitz, fluff COLUMN: A&E hopes to capture emotion, feeling behind the entertainment On the day I applied for Arts & Entertainment editor, an overwhelming feeling of poor judgment swept over me. Read more...