MacGyver’s genius not enough to prevent ABC movie from bombing Bland acting, clichéd plot, scarcity of investigator’s tricks disappoint fans By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Staff MacGyver. Read more...

Tatum dishes out top 10 albums of 1980s What’s that Noise? Michael Tatum In terms of its music, the ’80s have been a much misunderstood decade. Read more...

Mexico’s pop star Cristian offers strong concert at Amphitheater Pre-show delays overlooked by devoted crowd By Jeff Hilger Cristian Castro, Mexico’s newest pop superstar, overcame a number of pre-show difficulties in his Friday night concert at the Universal Amphitheater. Read more...

Performers bleed for art Burden delivers performance art innovative shot in the arm By Nisha Gopalan On Nov. 19, 1971 at 7:45 p.m., performance artist Chris Burden stood in anticipation while his friend, 15 feet away, shot him in his left arm with a .22-caliber rifle. Read more...

‘This is Halloween’ By Lael Loewenstein It’s Halloween again, and that means it’s time to rent last year’s feature smash, Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas. An astonishing combination of ghouls, effects and stop-motion technical wizardry, the recently-released video is the perfect Halloween treat. Read more...

Performance artists’ bodies, minds go to extreme with art genres, self-mutilation By Nisha Gopalan Paints, pencils and plaster are generally assumed to be the tools of the traditional artist. Read more...

Masochist Flanagan endures pain for the artistic pleasure By Nisha Gopalan "Sewn up and nailed to a two-by-four," reads the caption written by performance artist Bob Flanagan for a 1989 "Auto-erotic SM" performance. Read more...