Exuberant crowds of masked revelers, costumed children and jubilant musicians crowded UCLA’s Kaufman Plaza on Saturday to celebrate Carnival. The afternoon festival brought to life the Fowler Museum of Cultural History’s current exhibit on the worldwide celebration of Carnival through dance, music, food and art. Read more...

That’s it, I’ve had it. If I hear one more person erroneously claim that a television show has “jumped the shark,” I’m liable to go on a Jack Bauer-esque rampage and shoot someone’s wife in the kneecap. Read more...

Last summer, the UCLA Film and Television Archive teamed with Outfest to create the largest collection of gay films in the world. Today marks the project’s first major event. Read more...

“Brick” Directed by Rian Johnson Focus Features Movies about high school are an American tradition. But while the current crop of college students has grown up with the likes of “Can’t Hardly Wait,” the genre seems to be in danger of becoming more irrelevant than last week’s MySpace comments. Read more...

“Friends with Money” Directed by Nicole Holofcener Sony Picture Classics Imagine a 90-minute episode of “Sex and the City.” Except the city is in the hills of Los Angeles, and the sex is far less fun. Read more...

Perloff Hall has been overwhelmed with an outpouring of architectural creativity ““ evident through models, diagrams and photos ““ as two architecture exhibitions opened Monday. The UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design will display “Currents: Winter ’06″ and “Critical Mass at the Fringe” with opening receptions for both tonight from 6 to 8. Read more...

World arts and cultures students often joke about their department, whether it’s by wearing shirts emblazoned with the statement “My Major is WAC” or by joining the “WAC = We Are CRAZY” Facebook group. Read more...