Feel-good film nominees grace 2012 Oscar list

The 2012 Oscar nominations hit the Internet yesterday, but revealed themselves gently ““ most of the nominees for this year’s Academy Awards are reunited in their devotion to feel-good cinema. This is a stark contrast from 2007, which was dominated by violence and movies about the depravity of mankind, like “No Country For Old Men” and “There Will Be Blood.”

UCLA alum Joseph Stern produces Arthur Miller’s classic play “All My Sons” with multi-ethnic cast to highlight racial issues

In 1947, the opening show of Arthur Miller’s play “All My Sons” featured a racially homogeneous cast. This year, a revision to that play has been made. The casting is multi-ethnic, and for a very specific reason.