Category Archives: Arts

‘Circle’ boy wonder takes leap into ‘Batman Forever’ as Robin By Lael Loewenstein Daily Bruin Staff His latest role is the most recent in a long line of clean-cut Golden Boys, but come this summer Chris O’Donnell will be in for a major image overhaul. Currently playing the idealistic, athletic Irish youth Jack Foley in […]

‘Class of 90’ considers AIDS from a student’s point of view Actors show other sides of the disease By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Staff With all the plays about AIDS recently, it’s about time there was one showing the student’s point of view. "Class of 1990" is that play. "Class" takes a new twist on […]

Cyberspace: the final frontier School pioneers into digital age with visionary program for new media form By Phillip Hong The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television is about to embark on a journey to boldly go where no student film has gone before: cyberspace. The Laboratory for New Media, located in Melnitz Hall, is […]

Peter Falk brings emotion and experience to ‘Roommates’ Former ‘Columbo’ star portrays an irascible old curmudgeon in lastest film By Lael Loewenstein Daily Bruin Staff For more than two decades, Peter Falk has been as closely identified with Lieutenant Columbo as that disheveled TV detective was with his trench coat. Now Falk has created another […]

Betting big on ‘The Simpsons’ Already the top show in syndication, ‘The Simpsons,’ has transcended the role of television sitcom and become an American icon. For Executive Producer David Mirkin, however, things aren’t that much different from the days when he worked on ‘Get a Life.’ By Robert Stevens Daily Bruin Senior Staff The executive […]

Reynolds portrays ‘buffalo soldier’ Play takes look at African-American soldiers’ experience in the Civil War By Adeline Yee Soap opera star James Reynolds of "Days of Our Lives" is a busy man. Reynolds has logged more total hours on television than any other African-American actor in the United States. He feels two different ways about […]

Indiana Jones and the Temple of déjà vu Disneyland’s newest ride, based on the three-movie adventures of the famous archaeologist, offers three doors representing wealth, knowledge and eternal youth ­ too bad they all lead to the same room. So much for the amusement park’s ‘interactive’ creation. By Michael Horowitz Daily Bruin Senior Staff Banish […]