Entries by Yasmeen Serhan

30 Seconds to Mars to play Hollywood Bowl

The last time 30 Seconds to Mars toured, the band broke the Guinness World Record for Longest Concert Tour by a Rock Band, playing 311 shows for their  third studio multi-platinum album This Is War, released in 2009. Four years later, the 15-year-old rock band, comprised of brothers Jared and Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicevic, […]

Artisanal LA brings Fall 2013 show

In a city as diverse as Los Angeles, the multitude of food, drink and various cultures gathering in one place seems hard to imagine. But this weekend, Artisanal L.A. brings all they have to offer to the Los Angeles community in their Fall 2013 show. Starting Oct. 12th, Artisanal L.A. presents their Fall 2013 show, […]

Coliseum Commission administrator found guilty of violating open-meeting laws

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission top administrator John Sandbrook was found guilty of testifying falsely during USC’s lease negotiations with the Coliseum on Oct. 4, according to the Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Luis A. Lavin ruled that Sandbrook falsely stated under oath his reasons for why the lease negotiations between the […]

Argento’s Dracula sucks the life from two legends

There was a time when director Dario Argento was considered one of the indisputable masters of horror. His first film, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, kicked off the Giallo craze in 1970s Italian cinema, blending operatic violence and red-blooded eroticism in ways meant to simultaneously terrify and titillate viewers. He even supplied the subgenre […]

NCAA turns down USC sanctions appeal

The National Collegiate Athletic Association turned down USC’s appeal to gradually reduce scholarship sanctions in a statement Friday, according to multiple media reports. USC Athletic Director Pat Haden and Vice President for Athletic Compliance Dave Roberts met with NCAA President Mark Emmert Wednesday to discuss the sanctions following the NCAA announcement that Penn State’s sanctions […]

Trojan tennis poised for strong start

After a long, successful offseason, USC’s men’s and women’s tennis teams will play their first tournaments of the fall season this weekend. The teams finished last season ranked No. 5 on the men’s side and No. 6 on the women’s and look to improve upon their accomplishments as they embark upon their 2013-14 campaigns. The […]

Haden meets with NCAA, discusses football sanctions

USC Athletic Director Pat Haden and Vice President for Athletic Compliance Dave Roberts met with National Collegiate Athletic Association President Mark Emmert Wednesday following the NCAA’s announcement that it would reduce sanctions against Penn State. “After learning of the NCAA’s actions on Tuesday regarding Penn State and the lessening of the sanctions that were imposed on that institution, when […]

Newlyweeds changes pace of stoner films

With Shaka King’s feature-length directorial debut, Newlyweeds follows the journey of a marijuana-reliant couple who are struggling to get by in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.  The gritty comedy may not be one of the most humorous stoner films, but its weighty subject matter provides an important contrast of the experience and consequence […]