Diverse weekend releases usher in new season of films


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With the Academy Awards last weekend, a new season of films has officially begun. March should bring more new releases each weekend than January and February, which are typically slow months for theaters because of the awards season. This weekend has three nationwide releases, all playing to very different audiences. 300: Rise of an Empire […]

Academy Awards should slow weekend releases


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With spring just around the corner, this weekend’s box office brings several new releases, targeting a variety of demographics. While all of these films will suffer because of the Academy Awards on Sunday, some of them should have enough draw to audiences to the theaters. The most talked about release this weekend should be the […]

USC faculty members selected for Sloan Foundation grant


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The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has selected four USC faculty members, Christoph Haselwandter, Dion Dickman, Jernej Barbič and Jennifer Garrison, to serve as research fellows for 2014. These four people are among the 126 researchers from the United States and Canada who were selected to the fellowships, which will provide them with a two-year, $50,000 […]

USC Rossier announces new master’s program


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A new master’s program has been developed by the USC Rossier School of Education, the Master of Education in Learning Design and Technology. The new program will come into effect this fall. It is an online program that mixes live classes with individual work. The program requires its participants to complete 30 units and 20 […]

Weekend Box Office: ‘Lego Movie’ and romantic trio lift up holiday weekend


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Despite a foursome of new releases, The Lego Movie repeated at No. 1 with a $62.5M four-day weekend, nearly outranking 2010’s Valentine’s Day ($63.1M) as the highest President’s Day Weekend on record. Its three-day weekend total of $49.85M was a slight drop from its $69.1M opening and, with two more weeks to itself, the toy […]

Romantic new releases face box office struggle


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With the most romantic day of the year falling on Friday, this weekend’s three new releases are, unsurprisingly, romances. About Last Night, starring Kevin Hart, will most likely come out on top as the only comedy. The star-studded Winter’s Tale, helmed by Academy Award-winning writer Akiva Goldsman, may not be a big draw due to […]