Filmmaking for the masses

Monday, March 31, 1997 WEB SITE: Hollywood Stock Exchange opens up production to usersBy Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Contributor Every year, thousands of film scripts float across the desks of Hollywood bigwigs. These company moguls often eschew creativity, producing instead poorly conceived sequels and re-creations of tacky foreign flicks in an attempt to turn a […]

Blur conquers the Palace

Monday, March 31, 1997 MUSIC: English band puts on show that pleases both old and new fansBy Mike Prevatt Daily Bruin Contributor Touring in support of its newly released self-titled album, Blur delighted a tightly packed, sweat-covered crowd at the Palace on March 19 while giving a peek at its truly stellar live-performance abilities. With […]

An Independent Edge

Thursday, March 13, 1997 With Miramax’s Little Big Movie ‘The English Patient’ poised to sweep, is it a case of Hollywood going Indie or an Indie gone Hollywood?The glitz-fest that is the Academy Awards has fallen into one of two types in the ’90s: first, there are the years where one juggernaut emerges and takes […]

Kids laugh, learn, love ‘Penelope’

Thursday, March 13, 1997 THEATER: Fun musical carries message of pride to disadvantaged youthBy Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff Think of playwright Dorothy Nichols as everyone’s favorite kindergarten teacher: bright-eyed and perky, always with something positive to say. Now get the same cast who gyrated to ’70s pop rock in last quarter’s "Godspell" to […]

An Independent Edge

Thursday, March 13, 1997 OSCARS: Academy members break the silence about the ins and outs of the voting processBy Esther Hui Daily Bruin Contributor It is a mystery. Just how does one become a part of this secret society known as the "Academy," and what is it like once you’re a member? Actually, it’s not […]