Over the summer, my cousin had me tutor her in English. Mind you, she isn’t in elementary school or high school, she was Popeye applying to medical school, and I was going to be her MCAT can of spinach. Or maybe that’s just what I tried to tell myself. It soon became clear that her […]
Author Archives: Howard Ho
Former Bruin shines on KCBS morning news
When L.A.’s KCBS anchorwoman Suzanne Rico says on air that it would have been nice to skip work today, it sounds like an irrelevant comment. But it’s a calculated move that allows her to point out the day happens to be a holiday, Veteran’s Day. “The most important characteristic of a television journalist, especially on […]
Pop is just as important, if not more so, as classical works
Columbus, Ohio, is like many other Middle American cities, only more so. In other words, it’s predominately white and boring. I was there to attend the annual national conference of the American Musicological Society, and while the fresh air and nice waiters were a welcome change, the trip showed how desolate the place was ““ the hockey […]
International noise connection
It’s easy to think that upon its inception the Internet was a brand new concept, but cellist Yo Yo Ma believes that like most things in the world, it is an old idea reinvented with new technology. The Internet of antiquity was the Silk Road, snaking from Japan and China to the Mediterranean and the […]
Actress Karen Black takes time off from tv series to read “˜The Fall of the House of Usher’
Karen Black starred in over 130 movies, but only about seven of them have been meant to scare. In fact, she maintains an amiable air that doesn’t quite mesh with the morbidity of Edgar Allan Poe. But Black has over 40 years of experience in acting and is eager to flaunt her versatility. “As fully […]
Goldwyn Award presented to UCLA film student
Against the advice of Samuel Goldwyn Jr., UCLA screenwriting graduate student Michael Bucklin has decided what to do with his $10,000 Samuel Goldwyn Award prize. “I finally get to buy a car,” Bucklin said with his arms in the air, as if from a Toyota commercial. However, he assures people that it will be a […]
Goldwyn awards UCLA screenwriters
Filmmaking dynasties don’t get much more prestigious than Samuel Goldwyn’s. Samuel Goldwyn Jr. still runs the company his father built, grandson Tony Goldwyn directs and acts, and together they run the annual Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards. This year’s Samuel Goldwyn Award is being given today at 4 p.m. in the Alumni Center’s James West Auditorium. […]