Monday, March 1, 1999 Pens pose deadly threat at concert COLUMN: Without warning, explanation security bans seemingly-innocent object to keep the peace It was a cold evening and I was shivering, hanging outside the Hollywood Palladium. The line to get in stretched way up Argyle Avenue – fans as far as the eye could see, […]
Category Archives: Arts
Pillow talk
Monday, March 1, 1999 Pillow talk THEATER: ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ has members of the Musical Theater Workshop singing the praises of comedian and guest director Carol Burnett By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff They hired vocal coaches. They vowed to lose weight. They arranged their class schedules so they would have ample time […]
Sound Bites
Monday, March 1, 1999 Sound Bites MUSIC: Jimi Hendrix, "Live at the Fillmore East," (Experience/MCA) Nearly 30 years after his death, Jimi Hendrix has pulled an amazing album out of his feathered hat. Though many of his posthumous compilations have been atrocious, "Live at the Fillmore East" easily evades that category. Lifted from two New […]
Hollywood figures erase acting barriers
Friday, February 26, 1999 Hollywood figures erase acting barriers FILM: African Americans fight for exposure within movie industry, unstereotypical parts By Terry Tang Daily Bruin Contributor African Americans have always played a huge part in the movie-going population. Yet, it took many decades of determined, African American actors and filmmakers to convince a prejudiced, mainstream […]
Troupe leaps upon human expression
Friday, February 26, 1999 Troupe leaps upon human expression DANCE: Ailey’s African American tropes transcend to universal level with group By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Senior Staff For most, a Haitian high priest, an American dance teacher and an emotionally repressed couple in love would seem to have nothing in common. Yet, for those watching […]
Once Upon A Mattress
Friday, February 26, 1999 Once Upon A Mattress MUSIC: Carol Brunett brings comedy and music to the stage once again By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff They hired vocal coaches. They vowed to lose weight. They arranged their class schedules so they would have ample time to work with her. The buzz in UCLA’s […]
Screenscene
Friday, February 26, 1999 Screenscene "8mm" Starring Nicolas Cage and Joaquin Phoenix Directed by Joel Schumacher Late in the second hour of Joel Schumacher’s excruciating "8mm," Detective Tom Welles (Cage) exclaims aloud while pummeling one of the film’s villains with both fists, "I’ll never get tired of hurting you, Eddie." This seems to be the […]