Movie Review: ‘Starbuck’

David Wozniak wakes up one day to discover that he has 533 children. A seemingly impossible fact, this is the basis for Canadian director Ken Scott’s latest French-language comedy. “Starbuck” is the inspiring and well-told tale of an eternal man-child working at his family’s butcher shop who is shocked to discover that his sperm donations […]

Lunar new year: students celebrate holiday away from home

Chinese students far from home during a holiday when the warmth of family, home-cooked meals and red envelope exchanges are a centerpiece can find a familiar comfort at UCLA’s Lunar New Year Festival. “(Many) students here don’t have the opportunity to go home and have that traditional celebration,” said San Francisco native Lilly Chang, a […]

UCLA alum listed on Forbes’ ‘30 Under 30’ list as rising figure in entertainment

A week after then-high school senior Tom Leach applied for his first job, he was on a plane to New York to interview Hugh Jackman for his new movie “Van Helsing.” “I think (my parents) assumed that I would get a job at the local grocery store bagging groceries,” Leach said. But Leach had an […]