“The Graduate” The Wilshire Theatre Stepping into the role originated by Anne Bancroft in Mike Nichols’ groundbreaking 1967 film, which was brassily reimagined by Kathleen Turner on Broadway, Jerry Hall makes a sultry, sassy Los Angeles debut as Mrs. Read more...

I know a friend of a friend of a friend who was utterly addicted to Friendster. However, this friend of a friend of a friend would not admit to her addiction. Read more...

Back right, forward left, side behind side behind, kick, step turn, heel click, and spin. Confused? That was just the warm-up. For the students already fumbling and bumbling during this John Travolta-style hustle warm-up, sessions of waltz, cha-cha, and swing were right around the corner. Read more...

I was sick last weekend with one of the worst stomach flus ever. I won’t go into detail, but on Friday, my mattress was my death bed, my dorm room my own personal tomb and crypt. Read more...

For better or for worse, “Runaway Jury” is an extremely historic film, even if it’s not an extremely good one. In the same way “Heat” paired Al Pacino and Robert De Niro together for the first time (They were never in a scene together in “The Godfather, Part II.”), “Runaway Jury” does the same for Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman. Read more...

I love Katie Holmes, but she’ll always be Joey Potter, the sweet, preternaturally pretty girl next door who was forever torn between Dawson and Pacey. Holmes, fearing that she would be pigeonholed by “Dawson’s Creek,” has long sought to challenge her good-girl persona by taking on edgier roles in films like “Disturbing Behavior,” “Go” and “The Gift.” In “Pieces of April,” Holmes takes perhaps her biggest leap of all. Read more...

With mainstream music becoming increasingly homogenized, the appeal of classical music is sometimes lost among today’s youth. By offering a range of both classical and contemporary chamber pieces, performers of tonight’s chambermusic@ucla show hope to prove their music can be just as rewarding. Read more...