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‘Littlest woman’ Mathis grows up on and off screenActress discusses her acting career and friendship with River Phoenix By Michael Horowitz Daily Bruin Senior Staff Samantha Mathis watched her Little Women costar Winona Ryder weather the pre-release interview process for the film with mixed emotions. She can’t decide if she’d like to be a star […]

Actor delivers happy ending to ‘Unhappily’ New satire tries to show a lighter side of divorce By Adeline Yee Richie Cunningham from "Happy Days" never had to worry about Mom and Dad calling it quits. And neither did Greg Brady and his sibs on "The Brady Bunch." Prime-time family sitcoms in the ’50s, ’60s and […]

‘Boys On The Side’ is bland on the screen Despite excellent performances by actresses, film fails to reach potential By Lael Loewenstein Daily Bruin Staff Hollywood likes female friendship films. A story of female bonding in times of danger, sickness and health, Boys On The Side is reminiscent of Terms of Endearment and Thelma and […]

Dance, music unites for purification of art Ballet, orchestra appear together at Schoenberg Hall By Rebecca Zell Like listening to "Vivaldi on the beach," uniting classical tradition with modern style is a simple idea which produces strange and wonderful results. With electrifying results, the Los Angeles Modern Dance & Ballet and the Illustrious Theatre Orchestra […]

Jerky Boys collect on prank popularity The duo puts crank calling aside for acting, tries luck out in new movie By Rodney Tanaka "I’m Tarbash, the Egyptian Magician. I eat hot coal. I stab customer in eye with saber. I light people on fire." Tarbash is just one of the characters you might encounter when […]

‘Roan Inish’ embarks upon fantastic, magical journey By Lael Loewenstein Daily Bruin Staff Magical, mystical and visually lush, The Secret of Roan Inish is a fresh and utterly original film from John Sayles. The story of an Irish family who find love and redemption through their faith in their legends and their land, Roan Inish […]

Old friends reunite to create wacky ‘Plan 9 from Outerspace’ Film originally directed by Ed Wood to land in Los Angeles as a musical By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Staff Caffé Luna was bright in the unusual winter sunshine on Friday afternoon. Chris Mills, a UCLA theater alumnus flagged down a Bruin reporter looking like […]