"I'm a Writer But Then Nobody's Perfect," reads Billy Wilder's epitaph at the Westwood Memorial Park and Cemetery. It may be the closing line of Wilder's film, "Some Like It Hot," but it also seems a poignant reminder of the imperfection of our own human existence, the inability of writers to truly capture a particular person, place, feeling or experience. Reading it among the other tombstones this weekend at the Westwood Cemetery, I felt strangely at peace and even uplifted. Read more...

An increasing number of young filmmakers are getting into the industry not through the front gate, but through the side door off the beaten path. Read more...

Due to over-the-top essentials of sequins, sky-high weaves, and (lest we forget) feather fringe, any drag show runs the risk of becoming a tranny, hot mess. Read more...

Dancer, performer and UCLA student Sheetal Gandhi once went a year without shampoo. Standing in a supermarket aisle, she found herself despairingly confounded by a bottomless variety of choices in the product. Read more...

Catherine Hardwicke, director of the highly anticipated romantic fantasy film "Twilight" and UCLA alumna, was in Westwood Sunday night signing everything from laptop computers and pillowcases to posters, tattoos and even dollar bills. Read more...

Last weekend, UCLA basketball player Nikola Dragovic was arrested on suspicion of battery after a fight with his ex-girlfriend. Read more...

Experimental music isn't for everyone. Read more...