They don’t call it the University of Construction at Los Angeles for nothing. The allure of architectural face-lifts strikes again at Geffen Playhouse. Within the next year, the playhouse will undergo detailed structural upgrades that even ABC’s “Extreme Makeover” cannot compete with. Read more...

While most students were on campus studying for midterms in mid-May, graduate film student Tim McCarthy was in Cannes, France, enjoying a little limelight at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival where his short film, “The Rick,” had its first public screening. Read more...

Thailand has often served as the dangerous-yet-exotic setting for many Hollywood action flicks; from Leonardo DiCaprio’s “The Beach” to James Bond’s “Tomorrow Never Dies,” it has been hard to discount the country’s ability to provide worthwhile cinematic locations. Read more...

A Cambodian psychedelic rock band: Sounds like a hoax, but the Los Angeles-based Dengue Fever is anything but a joke. After winning Best New Artist at the L.A. Read more...

It takes a visionary with an ambitious agenda to invent an entire genre of music. Or maybe it just takes a self-indulgent art-school graduate with an intelligent sense of humor. Read more...

Let me get this straight: On May 25, MTV announced it will launch a new cable station that will show programming aimed at gay and lesbian audiences. Read more...

With “Made in Mexico,” UCLA Hammer Museum’s latest art exhibition, curator Gilbert Vicario poses the question “What Makes Art Mexican?” with no clear-cut answer in mind. Read more...