Author Archives: Heather Norton

If eye candy is your delight, “Fool’s Gold” is your movie, but expect little more than that.

Longtime film and television actor and UCLA graduate Corbin Bernsen is not a one note player. Thanks in part to his time as a theater student at UCLA, he has been able to move beyond being a thespian into the roles of producer and director as well.

Though it may seem like many years ago, most of us can recall those weeknights spent huddling around the television glued to the latest development with the Dawson, Pacey and Joey love triangle or watching as Buffy slew her latest victim. In those days of classic teenage TV, The WB and UPN reigned supreme.

In the past decade, the independent film scene has gone Hollywood.

Both gut-wrenching and eerie, “Reservation Road” takes its audience on an emotional roller coaster resulting from a fatal hit-and-run accident involving a 10-year-old boy.

As modern movie-going moves increasingly toward all-inclusive experiences with megaplexes offering everything from shopping to fine dining, the New Beverly Cinema, located at 7165 Beverly Blvd., offers a simpler and grittier experience that is rapidly disappearing.

It’s no secret that UCLA is highly competitive. But employees of the UCLA Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering must have been shocked when management service officer Cassandra Franklin asked for a monthlong leave of absence in late November to take part in one of the nation’s most successful reality shows. Entering its 14th season […]