‘Higher Learning’ Melnitz, AAP team up for discussion on Singleton film, affirmative action issues By Rex Polkinghorne The recent debates over affirmative action have generated one idea that everyone can agree on: We need to talk about it. Read more...

Going for ‘the older man thing’ Actress d’Abo finds another aged cinematic love interest in ‘Good Time’ By Michael Horowitz Daily Bruin Senior Staff Olivia d’Abo is only 25, but her last two cinematic love interests have been more than double her age. Read more...

Bruin Belles and the ‘Beast’ Who says UCLA theater alumnae can’t get jobs? Former college roommates Susan Egan and Sarah Uriarte have found themselves playing the same role ­ Belle from ‘Beauty and the Beast’ ­ but on separate coasts. Read more...

Confronting fears at the Men’s Clinic Flat-Earth Society Robert Stevens Okay, I’ll admit it ­ I’ve taken an HIV test. This isn’t to say that I’m HIV-infected. Read more...

Duran Duran’s latest album only takes you lower Teeny-bopper faves’ new takes on modern classics fails to impress By Michael Tatum Daily Bruin Senior Staff It’s like Ernest Hemingway said: if you can’t come up with a new idea, or a put a new spin on an old one, your art isn’t worth your time or effort. Read more...

Escape from New York Life might be easier for comedian Janeane Garofalo if she stopped talking to the press. But she’s not about to shut up. Read more...

Ex-agent gives inside view of Hoover’s FBI By Christopher Sullivan The Associated Press The day after J. Edgar Hoover died in 1972, columnist Jack Anderson wrote that the longtime FBI director had reformed "a collection of hacks, misfits and courthouse hangers-on" into a model investigative agency. Read more...