Friday, July 10

UCLA alumna Christine Lakin stars in ‘Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story’

'Screwball' film delivers sleaze

October 4, 2010 – “Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story” opened Oct. 1 for online download and Video on Demand. It features UCLA alumna Christine Lakin as the wife of a powerhouse wiffleball player. "Screwball" sells itself as a laid-back mockumentary, but Radio Director Sarah Rogozen argues the film is mostly about men obsessed with getting laid. [2:28]

"'Screwball' film delivers sleaze"

UCLA alumna to trailer park trash "“ actress and former Bruin, Christine Lakin, takes it all on in her new role as Kiki Hamilton in the movie "Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story." Read more...

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UCLA alumna Christine Lakin as Kiki Hamilton in her upcoming film “Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story,” a sports “mockumentary” about a Wiffle ball team.

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"We thought about doing a higher-end tasting menu and something fun, and upgrading it a little bit," Fan said. Read more...

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UCLA Billy Wilder Theater to open series ‘Paint It Black’ with screening of ‘Baadasssss’ film

When a film made for around $50,000 about a male-prostitute-turned-political-radical earned almost $20 million dollars and became required viewing for the Black Panthers, Hollywood noticed. Read more...

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A still from “Cooley High,” a 1975 film that will be included in the UCLA Film and Television Archive series “Paint it Black: Revisiting Blaxploitation and African American Cinema of the 1970s.” The series begins tonight with a screening of “Super Fly.”

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