Thespian seals lead in Coen Brothers film with naïveté
Michael Stuhlbarg leaves New York for compelling performance in A Serious Man.
Suicide prevention organization writes its own story
To Write Love On Her Arms motivated students Monday with its valuable message.
Standardized testing takes a toll on students
For a lot of people, sanity resurfaced at about 3:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon. The LSAT, a monster of an exam, came and went — and left thousands behind exhausted yet soothed and suddenly unsure of what to do with the open pockets of time they now saw in their schedule. It is ironic, then — […]
Mika refines style on sophomore album
It’s rare to find a pop star who inspires just as much virulent hatred as he does fervent support — but Lebanese-born British singer Mika is just that star.
Film depicts staggering truths through virtual world
This is not your average robot flick. There are no clinking metallic machines developing intelligence and trying to take over the world. Instead, the machines look exactly like, and are controlled by, humans. Humans are the agents of their own follies, even if the mistakes they make are through a synthetic being. This is reality […]
Collegiate Teams Crash and Burn
USC and UCLA stoked the flames of the cross-town rivalry while navigating the twists and turns of the race course at the Red Bull Soapbox Race in Downtown Los Angeles Saturday.
Online games allow social interaction, valued entertainment
I have recently come to terms with one incredibly embarrassing fact about myself: I rock at online games. When it comes to the digital world of gaming, I consider myself quite the expert — I was taking “Serial Killer or Kindergarten Teacher?” quizzes and playing the Helicopter Game while the rest of the world was […]
Music festival brings a certain ‘je ne sais quoi’ to LA
OohLaLa Festival enchanted audiences last week with vibrant pop music and culture.
Novel’s brutal themes lost in film’s translation
There exists an ongoing and seemingly endless verbal war between bookworms and film geeks since the first instance that The Dreaded Question was uttered. Historians remain unsure as to whether the question spilt first from the lips of a literature aficionado or a cinematic connoisseur; however, they agree that an unknown individual turned to his […]
The two sides of this Good Winter: Hollywood Forever
It looks inconspicuous enough online: “09.27.09: Los Angeles, CA — Hollywood Forever Cemetery (sunrise show).”