When a film made for around $50,000 about a male-prostitute-turned-political-radical earned almost $20 million dollars and became required viewing for the Black Panthers, Hollywood noticed.
Author Archives: Arit John
If you really dig a movie, do it twice
In recent years, Hollywood has become known for reducing, reusing and recycling plot lines from various books, television shows and even other movies.
Betty White: the ‘golden girl’ that has still got it
I’ve never watched an episode of “Golden Girls.”
UCLA student Mahaley Hessam got her big break as Nina in upcoming film ‘Easy A’
For fourth-year women’s studies student Mahaley Hessam, the elusive Holy Grail for actors known as the “big break” came in the form of a call from her agent.
A thrilling hour of adventure
This Friday, the stage at Largo on the Coronet will be taken over by a cast of sharply dressed men and women.
Yoga lovers flock to Fowler Museum at UCLA for ‘Sunset Yoga’
As the sun begins to set behind the dorms, 60 or so students, faculty and museum visitors on brightly colored mats laid out across the Fowler Museum’s red brick terrace begin their salutations to the sun.
After two weeks on furlough, the Fowler Museum at UCLA is playing host to a free, hour-long yoga class every Thursday evening during the month of August.
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At times, “Let it Rain” comes off as an experiment to see how far you can push an inherently incompatible trio before the relationship begins to seem contrived.