Category Archives: Arts

Barton’sBlues August Wilson’s play, ‘Seven Guitars,’ passionately follows the life of singer Floyd Barton on his tragic and inspiring attempt to fulfill a lifelong dream. By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Senior Staff loyd Barton has a dream. He wants to be a famous blues singer and he even has a hit single to start off. […]

EWORMS"Bhaji on the Beach" (First Look Pictures) This sickeningly melodramatic film centers around a daylong trip to the beach for an Asian women’s group. A lot happens in one day. The film explores the generational changes and conflicts between Indian women living in England. One of the daughters gets pregnant, another is a "wild" alcohol-drinking, […]

Excavating the secret of the Nile’s history LACMA’s new exhibit features contributions of American researchers in revealing Egypt’s past Relief depiction of MentuememhetBy Dawnya Pring Contrary to popular belief, Indiana Jones is not the only American who has probed the depths of Egypt’s sacred tombs. Not unlike the big screen idol, many American archaeologists are […]

Comedy at Ground Zero The Groundings has served as a factory for Saturday Night Live comics for years. The secret? Let’s just say UCLA has something to do with it…By Emily Forster While UCLA may not be recognized as a training ground for comedians, the institution has given alumni like Mike Hitchcock enough material for […]

New TV season proves there is life after O.J. ‘Murder One’ is the best of the best, but ‘Central Park West’ is bottom of barrel By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Senior Staff Just in case you’ve been so caught up with the O.J. Simpson trial and its verdict that you have missed all the new […]

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The Net By Colburn Tseng This suspense-thriller, the first of three upcoming movies to jump on the Internet band-wagon, makes several wrong turns while negotiating the Information Superhighway, and the result is less than pretty. Sandra Bullock stars as Angela Bennett, a reclusive program tester who becomes entangled in a massive plot to undermine the […]