Compressing a full-length movie into a four-minute theatrical concoction sounds like quite the challenge, but emphasize famous one-liners, add a pinch of choreography, and a dash "“ or more like a bucket "“ of humor, and the show's good to go. Thus was born "Jerry Maguire: The Musical." Read more...

Photo: Second-year music industry student Gabrielle Wortman and fourth-year economics student Evan Tidd play lead vocalist roles in a musical interpretation of the 1996 film, “Jerry Maguire,” to be performed at this year’s Spring Sing, which will be held in Pauley Pavillion on Friday.

The genre of science fiction has taken its audience from "The Matrix" to galaxies far away, but it is rare to see the genre go anywhere south of the border. Read more...

Photo: “Sleep Dealer” will be screened through Melnitz Movies in conjunction with the Chicano Studies Research Center and the Latin American Institute tonight. Writer-director Alex Rivera is set to appear in person for a Q&A directly following the screening.

Being a filmmaker in Hollywood can often just be the stuff of unrealized dreams. But the Echo Park Film Center, a nonprofit community arts center, helps to make some of these dreams a reality. Read more...

Photo: Woodrow White, a charter school student at Rennaisance Arts Academy, films his seated subject near the Echo Park Film Center. The center, founded in 2002, offers a number of programs for filmmakers both young and old, screens films regularly and serves as a film library of sorts.

Although Nigerian author Chris Abani had no political agenda in mind when he was imprisoned for publishing his first novel about a military coup in Nigeria at the age of 16, he has since embraced his reputation as an activist. Read more...

Photo: Chris Abani, author of “Song For Night” and “The Virgin of Flames,” will discuss his work at the Fowler Museum as part of the OutSpoken series. The award-winning writer will also be discussing Africa’s art scene.