It starts with a question. A friend, a roommate or a sibling turns to you and asks if you bought your ticket yet. Read more...
Arts, Arts Columns
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November 9, 1:06 am
REEL LIFE: _’Harry Potter’ mania goes far beyond films_
Arts, Lifestyle
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November 8, 2:18 am
Dyeing to change
Bald people can't do it, but even kimono-wearing old ladies in Japan have jumped on the hair color bandwagon. Read more...
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Alison Kish, the salon manager at the Aveda Institute in Westwood, gets her hair dyed a pink hue. Despite its potential damaging effects, hair-coloring is a creative outlet for many people.
Arts
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November 8, 2:18 am
Student’s funny claim to fame
Esteban Torres Urso is obsessed with motorcycles. Read more...
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Third-year Italian and philosophy student Esteban Torres Urso helped to create the video “Miss USA’s Sexy Halloween” for the website Funny or Die.
Arts, Film & TV
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November 8, 2:04 am
Film screenings feature a forgotten social class
Director Matt Porterfield filmed his first feature, "Hamilton," in the same neighborhood, on the same block and in the same house in Baltimore where he grew up. Read more...
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“Putty Hill” and “Hamilton” will be shown at Melnitz Hall on Tuesday. The director of both films, Matt Porterfield, will participate in a Q&A session in between films.
Credits: THE HAMILTON FILM GROUP
Arts, Arts Columns
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November 8, 2:01 am
POP PSYCHOLOGY: _Taylor Swift tramples on The Beatles’ Billboard’s Hot 100 chart record_
I wasn't there, but I hear the '60s were great for music. Read more...
Arts, Music
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November 5, 12:46 am
Taking hope on tour
Hope, love and justice. Read more...
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UCLA LIVE
Activist folk singer-songwriter Billy Bragg will perform tonight at Royce Hall with legendary gospel singer Mavis Staples as part of their Hope, Love & Justice Tour.
Arts, Film & TV
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November 5, 12:44 am
The ‘Hollywoods’: Cali parks in film
Where do aliens, dinosaurs, apes, U.S. soldiers and Roman senators rub shoulders outside of a Westwood Halloween party? Read more...
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This scene from “MASH” was filmed on a movie lot in Malibu Creek State Park and will be featured in the California State Parks film festival.
COURTESY of Zan Dubin Scott