“L’Auberge Espagnole” Ackerman Grand Ballroom Nov. 20-21, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Although it’s admittedly difficult to read subtitles during screenings in the Ballroom, any film that co-stars Audrey Tautou (miss “Amelie” herself) is worth sitting through. Read more...

When the pumpkin pie is gone and the post-meal coffee has been drunk, it’s an awkward point in any Thanksgiving meal. Eventually the question will come, assuming everyone at your table hasn’t fallen asleep from eating too much turkey: Now what? Read more...

Jay-Z “The Black Album” Roc-A-Fella Say it ain’t so, Hov. If the hype is to be believed, “The Black Album” will be Jay-Z’s last ““ his final claim at hip-hop’s best-ever crown before he hangs up the mic and calls it quits. Read more...

While already successful, “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” has some ironing to be done ““ with or without “fashion savant” Carson Kressley’s help. In fact, as the series began its second season Tuesday on Bravo, Jai Rodriguez, the “culture vulture” of the show’s “Fab Five” (the five gay men who make over a different straight man each episode) acknowledges that sometimes he still doesn’t have a clear view of what to do with the straight men. Read more...

Directing episodes of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” may seem like a difficult job, but for UCLA professor Becky Smith, it came naturally. “Just coincidentally, I’ve directed a lot of the recent gay programming,” said Smith, who chairs the UCLA School of Theater, Film, Television and Digital Media’s undergraduate film program and also teaches graduate courses in film production. Read more...

After a brief hiatus, Bravo’s “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” has returned, and critics’ opinions are clashing more than stripes with plaid. Launched on Tuesday, “Queer Eye’s” second season continues the series’ march against the crimes of straight males everywhere. Read more...

In the time-honored tradition of busting windmills and head spins on sheets of cardboard spread over sidewalk pavement, the Hollywood Palladium will host this weekend’s Los Angeles Urban Dance Festival, showcasing brand spanking new styles by international and home-grown talent. Read more...