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 […]
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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 […]
Celebrities donate their talent for AIDS benefit
Thursday, March 13, 1997 THEATER: In its 12th year, S.T.A.G.E. continues with a toast to Cole PorterBy Kathleen Rhames Daily Bruin Contributor In 1984, when director David Galligan was asked to produce a charity benefit for a strange virus attacking gay men, he accepted, thinking it would be a one-time event and a chance to […]
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 […]
Best Picture: ‘The English Patient’
Thursday, March 13, 1997 Hitting the Poll Results of the Daily Bruin Online Oscar Poll, which ran from Feb. 28 to March 8, reveal the voters’ favorites to win Academy Awards.