Category Archives: Arts

Monday, August 18, 1997 TV: Despite popularity, character of Vivian still has room for progressBy Stephanie Sheh Daily Bruin Senior Staff For six years now, Louise Sorel has played one of the most outrageous women on daytime television: "Days of our Lives’ " Vivian Alamain. She has done practically everything and anything that lies within […]

Monday, August 18, 1997 Spiritualized "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" (Dedicated/ Arista) Just when you thought the Chemical Brothers and Primal Scream gave you a fair share of electro-psychedelica, along comes Spiritualized. Packaged as a pill (the CD itself comes in a silver wrapper within the pharmacy-labeled jewel case), Spiritualized’s retro-pop indeed […]

Monday, August 18, 1997 FILM: Versatile veteran Stewart strives to make evil characters sympathetic and watchableBy Stephanie Sheh Daily Bruin Senior Staff For seven years he played television’s upright and honorable starship captain, exploring unknown galaxies and "making things so." For many, Patrick Stewart is Jean Luc Picard, but the veteran Shakespearean actor reminds us […]

Monday, 8/11/97 A&E Briefs UCLA’s CPA Summer Splash The UCLA Center for the Performing Arts presents cooling fun in the summer sun at the Summer Splash-In Movie. On August 16 at 7 p.m., there will be swimming, balloon artists, face painters, food and a huge outdoor screen showing cartoons and other entertainment for the whole […]

Monday, 8/11/97 Carides finds her place in America FILM: Australian actress plays roles in ‘Paperback Romance,’ ‘Brilliant Lies’ By Stephanie Sheh Daily Bruin Senior Staff Gia Carides is an established actress in Australia. But she has to start all over again. With two films this summer, "Brilliant Lies" and "Paperback Romance" (opening Aug. 15), Carides […]

Monday, 8/11/97 ‘Steve’ makes move from TV to stage with ‘What is Art?’ THEATER: Star of ‘90210’ takes role as wanderer in comedy production By Nerissa Pacio Daily Bruin Senior Staff He is just about the only character on "Beverly Hills 90210" who hasn’t been carjacked, blown up in a bombing, addicted to crack or […]

Monday, 8/11/97 Viewers play detective in ‘Scene of the Crime’ exhibit at Armand Hammer ART: Collection of works on display provides disturbing, intriguing images of society By Nerissa Pacio Daily Bruin Senior Staff Seven thick layers of green shattered glass lay on the ground. Across the way, a rotting wooden chair is inscribed with cryptic […]