They came from the Hill, from the apartments on Landfair Avenue and from their homes in their suburban neighborhoods. Some had waited over six hours in line for reserved seating, while others desperately tried to find an extra ticket for the sold-out event. Read more...

With eight reporters on the scene, the Daily Bruin fulfills its yearly duty and offers to everyone who was (all 60,000) and wasn’t there the fourth annual Coachella diary. Read more...

Directed by Jessica Bendinger Buena Vista Pictures As many are undoubtedly aware, a bad movie can be so classified for numerous reasons. It could be badly put together, its technical elements such as editing and cinematography so shoddy as to make the film unwatchable. Read more...

The year to go might have been 2004. Radiohead, the Pixies, even a surprise performance by Beck. This weekend, Indio’s Empire Polo Field will pack as many indie acts as possible on the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival bill, but though it’s close to selling out, the festival seems to have lost some of its appeal. Read more...

This weekend, there are two events in Southern California that are expecting an attendance of over 100,000 people. There is the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, held in Indio, which is charging people a record-high of $197.25 for two days’ admission, including the various service charges. Read more...

Early in “Annie Hall,” Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) gets into an argument with a stranger while standing in line at a movie theater. The argument is about film, and when Singer decides his opponent knows nothing about the work of media scholar Marshall McLuhan, he simply walks McLuhan, playing himself, into the frame to tell off the uninformed moviegoer. Read more...

The fuss about “United 93,” which details the by now well-known story of said flight’s passengers and how they fought back against their hijackers on Sept. Read more...