“Don’t you all have finals?” Judd Apatow asked the packed house in Royce Hall, and the crowd tittered.
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Apatow to receive Jack Benny Award
As the man who directed “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” and “Knocked Up,” and produced “Superbad,” “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and its upcoming spin-off “Get Him to the Greek,” Judd Apatow is the reason why this brand of raunchy comedy has been unavoidable in every theater for the last six years.
Screen Scene: “Why Am I Doing This?”
An Asian American actor stands before a panel during an audition, plunging into a scene eagerly, before being cut off by the director: “So … listen, Suk Kim is a foreign exchange student. So can we please see an Asian accent? I don”˜t have much time here.”
Student film opens tonight
In the week before the premiere of his film “Dilated,” Film & Photography Society President Brian L. Tan, was in pain.
Project:Involve film event features shorts by filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds
The talent development program Project:Involve ““ yielding alumni such as Effie Brown, producer of “Real Women Have Curves” ““ is back with its seventh annual showcase of short films by filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds.
“˜Sons of Tucson’ is UCLA alum Todd Holland’s latest funny family
Todd Holland was eight units away from graduating with a master’s from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 1983. That is, until he was hired by Steven Spielberg.
Word Play
Four UCLA alumni are bringing “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” to La Mirada Theater this month.