Author Archives: Mark Zabezhinsky

UCLA alumna Catherine Hardwicke says that her UCLA experience is the gift that keeps on giving. Without a little help from her friends, she couldn’t have made her directorial debut, a film that cost less than $2 million. Hardwicke’s film, “Thirteen,” starring Holly Hunter, is screening in the prestigious dramatic feature film competition at the […]

Behind that calm, not too cool persona, Ice Cube is a hardworking business man. The one-time NWA lead rapper has become an enterprising multi-media star who attracts audiences, actors, and, most of all, investors. “Friday After Next” is Cube’s most recent project (third in the “Friday” franchise), hitting theaters today. The film reunites several of […]

On Monday night, the Discovery Channel taped the 65th episode of “Berman and Berman” in front of Royce Hall, with a student audience and the topic, “The Naked Truth.” The hosts were the co-founders of the UCLA Female Sexual Medicine Center, doctors Jennifer and Laura Berman (yes, they’re sisters). Throughout the evening, the doctors were […]

The full-length documentary film is that elusive Hollywood art form which from time to time rises to the mainstream with releases such as “Bowling for Columbine” and “The Kid Stays in the Pictures.” This weekend, through the School of Theatre, Film, Television and Digital Media, UCLA students have the opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge of […]