Monday, August 24, 1998 Director works in company of controversy INTERVIEW: LaBute gives fresh take on infidelity in ‘Your Friends and Neighbors’ By Stephanie Sheh Daily Bruin Senior Staff After debuting his film "In the Company of Men," a story about two businessmen that play a deaf woman like a pawn in an abusive game, […]
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Hollywood schmooze-fest food for thought for intern
Monday, August 17, 1998 Hollywood schmooze-fest food for thought for intern COLUMN: ‘Gift bag girl’ gets inside information from Beverly Hills party I am standing in front of Indochine restaurant in Beverly Hills wondering the following: How do you pronounce Indochine? Who is that guy with the black eyeliner and retro cowboy shirt whom everyone […]
Screen Scene
Monday, August 17, 1998 Screen Scene "Slums of Beverly Hills" Directed by Tamara Jenkins Starring Alan Arkin, Marisa Tomei and Natasha Lyonne Forget the green lawn and tile roof of Casa Walsh. The Abramowitzes may share a zip code with Kelly, Brandon and clan, but they apartment-hop from shag-infested "dingbat" to "dingbat" (the term adolescent […]
Smokin’
Monday, August 17, 1998 Smokin’ MUSIC: The third-annual Smokin’ Grooves Tour showed its staying power with a line-up that brought the funk back to Los Angeles’ Universal Amphitheatre By Tenoch Flores Daily Bruin Contributor "Three generations of hip-hop under one roof!" These words coming from Public Enemy’s Chuck D lent a perfect description to the […]
Sound Bites
Monday, August 17, 1998 Sound Bites Various Artists, "Music for the Motion Picture Picture p" (Thrive) The filmmakers of "p" have seen fit to sound-scape their fine movie with electronic music, an obviously shrewd choice. Not only has the genre been widely touted as the unfettered imagination of the future, but there’s a congenital eeriness […]
The Verve soulfully rivets fans with performance at the Pond
Monday, August 17, 1998 The Verve soulfully rivets fans with performance at the Pond MUSIC: Undaunted by departure of guitarist, band continues tour By Mike Prevatt Daily Bruin Staff Led by impassioned singer and songwriter Richard Ashcroft, the Verve saved a potentially disastrous night at the Anaheim Pond Friday with an emotional, soul-searching performance. The […]
Curtain Calls
Monday, August 10, 1998 Curtain Calls "Peter Pan" Through Aug. 16 Pantages Theatre Tickets:$22-$28 (213) 365-3500 Just because a good chunk of the audience can barely peer over the velvet seats in front of them doesn’t mean a show (especially one charging $22 and up) can’t deliver to the over-12 crowd as well. Stephen Sondheim […]