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Sleepless in Hollywood With Speed and now Sleeping, Sandra Bullock’s meteoric rise to the top has come with a flurry of new projects. How does she unwind? Salsa. By Michael Horowitz Daily Bruin Senior Staff It’s hard to think of Sandra Bullock without picturing her scene-stealing grin or her buoyant demeanor. Yet offscreen she admits […]

Pianist Collard leaves Beethoven behind Performer brings refined elegance to LACMA recital By John Mangum Daily Bruin Staff Rarely do Los Angeles audiences get to hear an artist of Jean-Philippe Collard’s caliber. And when they do, it’s usually in the cavernous Dorothy Chandler Pavilion or the no more intimate Ambassador Auditorium. Eschewing these venues, the […]

Hill’s ‘Reunion’ tells simple, powerful story One-woman show describes relationship of mother, daughter By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Senior Staff One-person shows tend to glorify the actor or actress performing in them and is often used as a showcase for the actor’s talent. But not Amy Hill’s "Reunion." She uses her newest one-woman show to […]

UCLA band’s aggressive acoustic stylings to rock at Roxy By Gaby Mora Without much use for electrical outlets, UCLA’s Neither Trumpets Nor Drums has enough energy to show the traditionally rock-oriented Sunset strip that four acoustic guitars can be as aggressive as the sounds from a Marshall amplifier. Guitarists John McGinnis, Jeffrey Storey and Seth […]

Examining rock’s treatment of rape What’s that Noise? Michael Tatum Rock ‘n’ roll is no stranger to the subject of rape. Countless male blues artists used traditional images of masculine power as a means to threaten women in their songs, and though a few of their female counterparts turned those threats around, many more sang […]