Category Archives: Arts

‘Frasier’ writing team breaks silence at UCLA Writers to share the secrets of creating an award winning show By Rodney Tanaka Daily Bruin Staff The secret behind the success of NBC’s "Frasier:" long silences. "Although we have an incredible writing staff, when a show enters its fourth season, the stories get harder to come by," […]

HOWYOULOW Sloppy, clueless and conceptually poor, ‘Screamers’ embodies everything that good sci-fi is not. As film genres go, science fiction has done a tremendous amount of growing up in the last 15 years. There is a standard of sophistication among writers and fans in sci-fi like never before. Clearly, the speediness with which we enter […]

Gibson dons leather jacket, sheds lovelorn teen image Singer and actress applies adolescent energy to role as rebellious Rizzo in ‘Grease’ By Rodney Tanaka Daily Bruin Staff Debbie Gibson’s image is that of a perky teen singing about love and loss. Sandy, from the musical "Grease," also spends her days singing about her affairs of […]

L.A. Guitar Quartet arrives at UCLA Creative foursome make UCLA into ‘Labyrinth’ of sound By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Senior Staff They met 15 years ago at USC and they’ve been together ever since. They are John Dearman, William Kanengiser, Scott Tennant and Andy York of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and they’ll be performing […]

‘Notes from Underground’ hopes to capture Sundance prize Henry Czerny portrays The Underground Man in Walkow’s latest film By Michael Horowitz Daily Bruin Senior Staff Many of the films competing at Sundance Film Festival are brilliant examples of underground filmmaking, but perhaps none as much as "Notes from Underground." Gary Walkow, whose "The Trouble With […]

Actress Abril puts new twist on love Latest performance in French comedy gets rave reviews from both sides of Atlantic By Lael Loewenstein Daily Bruin Staff Free-spirited actress, 30-40, sought to play scorned wife in new French romantic comedy production. Must be beautiful, feminine, and quick-witted with fiery temperament, comfortable with lesbian sex scenes and […]

Culture under siege By Michael Horowitz / Daily Bruin Senior Staff PARK CITY, UTAH — Parked at a corner on Main Street at the epicenter of the Sundance Film Festival sits a huge, white, bus-sized truck filled with music memorabilia. To the filmmakers of "Hype," a Documentary Competition entry in this year’s festival, the truck […]