If you’re looking for the source of the indie rock wildfire sweeping the nation, you’ll find it in the Great White North. Canada’s Hot Hot Heat is bringing its unique brand of frenzied rock music to UCLA on Friday. Read more...

Even if Martin Scorsese doesn’t win the Oscar this year, he’ll be in good company: Alfred Hitchcock was nominated five times for Best Director and never won. Read more...

Armed with a last-minute ticket to Las Vegas and “no place to stay,” Ron Velasco’s journey to become an American Idol began the same way it ended ““ up in the air. Read more...

In February 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed into action Executive Order 9066, calling for the immediate relocation of Japanese Americans into internment camps in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Read more...

It was announced with a lot of self-congratulation that this year’s Grammy Awards ceremony would be broadcast to a lucky 690 million people around the globe. Read more...

Midterms drain a person, body and soul. While it would probably be smart to eat well and get enough sleep the night before an important test, look around. Read more...

The opportunity to see a hip-hop act as diverse as Boku doesn’t come around too often. Fortunately, the Fowler Out Loud series will be offering exactly that tonight at 6 p.m., when it presents a performance by Boku and Yoshi Beat Groundation in the Fowler Museum. Read more...