Matt Pelfrey lives his life for oddities. Any uncanny social encounter, intriguing newspaper article or bizarre character that he might come across in his day can end up being the inspiration for his next play or screenplay. Read more...
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The U.S. adaptation of the British TV series “Skins” includes Matt Pelfrey, a graduate of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and one of three young writers out of about 400 chosen to work on the series.
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On Tuesday morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards, which will be held on Feb. 27. Read more...
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I miss my car. When I was home, I could drive it anywhere. If I needed some time and a place to think, I could just get in the driver's seat and go. Now it's back at home, being driven around Irvine without me. Read more...
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Some films disclose their intentions in the first few minutes and then proceed to hit the audience over the head with its message for the remainder of the film. "When We Leave" does just this. Read more...
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Combining art and science may sound classically oxymoronic, but Felice Frankel's scientific photography defies this supposed paradox. Read more...
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Photographer and research scientist Felice Frankel will be giving a lecture today at 6 p.m. in the CSNI Auditorium about illustrating science with photography. (Photo courtesy: Felice Frankel)
Despite odd discussions about human cheese and fermented mushroom tea, the Slow Food Movement chapter at UCLA is not about culinary extremity. Read more...
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The finished Slow Food-style goat cheese pasta is a healthy, organic version of the traditional carbohydrate-based dish. The ingredients were conscientiously picked and were as locally grown as possible.
Just as the chaos of World War II was about to break out in Europe, two friends and colleagues sat down to have a conversation in Copenhagen, Denmark, about the future of nuclear research. Michael Frayn's award-winning dramatization of the night's events, "Copenhagen," is being presented tonight by the UCLA theater department. Read more...
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Third-year theater student Jake Rude and fourth-year theater student Heather Kellogg star as Niels Bohr and his wife Margarethe in “Copenhagen.” The play is a dramatization of events right before World War II began.
