At military funerals today, it’s not an unusual sight to see a person playing “Taps” with a digital bugle, or to hear a recording of the famous tune playing on a boom box. Read more...

“The Animation Show” may prove to be the perfect compromise for students appalled by the shock value tactics of “Spike & Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation,” yet too intellectually pretentious for Saturday morning cartoons. Read more...

Getting young people excited about classical music can be difficult. In an effort to interest a wider audience, tonight’s chambermusic@ucla faculty concert will include student performers and an eclectic music selection. Read more...

If you think you’re reading a sports column, you’re wrong. Still, along with the rest of the world, I watched the Super Bowl on Sunday, but instead of watching the event for what it’s supposed to be (a football game), I watched it for what it really is: a massive exercise in television production. Read more...

“Miracle” Directed by Gavin O’Connor Walt Disney Pictures I know almost nothing about sports, but I love sports movies. “Miracle” is a big, old-fashioned, red-blooded sports movie that wears its heart on its sleeve, the kind that makes grown men cry. Read more...

Most leading actors demand millions of dollars to star in films. Filmmaker Larry Blamire found one for only $98. “The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra,” a spoof on old B-movies, features a fake skeleton that Blamire purchased off eBay in the title role. Read more...

Isamu Noguchi Japanese American National Museum Feb. 7 through May 30 To celebrate what would be Noguchi’s 100th birthday, an exhibition of modern Japanese ceramics organized by the Smithsonian is the perfect gift for the artist and museum-goers. Read more...