She has seemingly flawless good looks. She’s an import from Australia. She’s not Nicole Kidman. “Nicole’s a really good friend,” said Naomi Watts, star of “The Ring” and “Mulholland Drive.” “And she’s someone you learn a lot from just because you’re in the same proximity, but she never sits me down and says “˜this is what you must do in this experience and that experience.'” Since her award-winning role in “Mulholland Drive,” Watts has become a sought-after Hollywood commodity. Read more...

The room goes pitch black. The small stage lights flicker as the author takes her position at the podium. In place of her book lies a laptop. Read more...

For students in the music department, playing in the UCLA Philharmonia is a way to earn credits. For fourth-year biology student and Philharmonia member Ketan Shah, it’s a way to relax. Read more...

In an event that was heavily promoted by radio station Hot 92 FM as a couples’ romantic concert, Musiq and Truth Hurts offered something for both the singles and pairs Friday at the Wiltern. Read more...

The crowd at the Troubadour Thursday night was about 75 percent female. This is the case when an attractive, acoustic singer-songwriters performs. Jason Mraz, an up-and-comer headlined the sold-out show, proving to the 600 enthusiastic fans that he has more to offer than many of his crooning contemporaries. Read more...

Walk around UCLA during lunchtime and eavesdrop on some of the conversations. You’ll hear tidbits of gossip, vacuous banter about clothes, TV and parties, but you’ll rarely hear a conversation about Marc Chagall’s dimension of metaphor in the modernist art movement. Read more...

While its location in the Kinross Building just north of Wilshire isn’t the focal point of the UCLA campus, the UCLA World Arts and Cultures Department hopes to make its presence felt through UCLArts. Read more...