In December of 1989, a star was born in the form of a dysfunctional, irreverent and yellow family of five.
Fox’s “The Simpsons,” created by writer and cartoonist Matt Groening, went on to become both a prime-time success and cultural icon of sorts.
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How to become internet famous
Movie and television stars are so last decade.
Must-see horror films for Halloween
Love them or hate them, there’s no mistaking that scary movies have a way of significantly affecting people that other movies do not.
UCLA Film & Television Archive hosts ‘Up Close and Personal: Iranian Filmmakers in Their Own Words’
Movies have the power to transport their audience to a different place and time, and on Friday, audiences will be transported 10,000 miles away to Iran.
Out of Egypt and onto the screen
One might expect the host of an archeological show about ancient Egypt to be a monotone and graying old man, perhaps a professor who appears as ancient as the civilizations he explores.
Costume design takes center stage at UCLA
In third grade, a young Deborah Landis sewed a harlequin costume for a friend at school out of fabric swatches from her grandfather’s fabric book.
Screen Scene: “Humpday”
How could a movie about two male straight best friends deciding to star in a porno together (yes, meaning they will have to do the deed “¦ naked “¦ in a hotel room) be beautiful?