“The Ring” Directed by Gore Verbinski DreamWorks SKG 3.5 Paws While “The Ring” may have started with foreign roots, the American remake of the Japanese thriller will likely generate its own success in the States, putting an end to the recent slew of mass-produced cheap thrillers scaring movie patrons away from the box office. Read more...

“˜The Last DJ’ Who more fitting than Jim Ladd, one of the last free-form radio DJ’s, to introduce Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for their Tuesday night show, as the band played its new album, “The Last DJ,” in its entirety at the Grand Olympic Auditorium? Read more...

Most UCLA students use index cards as a means to memorize material covered in class. Well, four UCLA alumni are using them as a material to cover something quite different ““ their genitals. Read more...

Mimes and contortionists and sopranos, oh my! James Thiérrée’s “The Junebug Symphony” employs everything from carnies to Spanish opera singers in a dream-like extravaganza at UCLA’s Freud Playhouse. Read more...

Despite what the name implies, the Velvet Teen has a gaping hole in its fan base in the teenage demographic. In the primary leg of its transnational tour, the Velvet Teen is hitting UCLA tonight at the Cooperage. Read more...

The genre of horror films is filled with lasting eerie images like the shower in “Psycho,” the twins in “The Shining” and the mask in “Scream.” Add to that list the cello in … “Killer Cello.” Although UCLA graduate student Lisa Kohn never imagined herself as a director of horror movies, for her short film, “Killer Cello,” she became exactly that. Read more...

Sylvia Lavin, chair of UCLA’s Department of Architecture and Urban Design, introduced architect Frank Gehry as a “true celebrity. We know “¦ his biography, his books, buildings, his life … Frank, in my opinion, is a young architect “¦ because he takes risks that experimentation entails.” After the celebratory speech, 73-year-old Gehry’s first words after awkwardly climbing the stage to the podium in Schoenberg Hall Monday night were, “If I’m so young, how come I couldn’t walk up these steps?” It wasn’t so much an insult as it was a jab at the hyperbole balloon. Read more...