Film Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s 1959 film “Suddenly, Last Summer,” starring Elizabeth Taylor, screens at the James Bridges Theater 7:30 p.m. today as part of the “Out of the Past” UCLA Film and Television Archive series showing film restoration efforts. Read more...

Everyone knows his name, everyone knows his comedic style and, everyone knows about his success. Neil Simon has dazzled audiences with a number of funny, offbeat Broadway plays, Oscar-nominated screenplays, and even a Pulitzer- Prize-winning drama. Read more...

Hunter S. Thompson “Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century” For the ever-reclusive gonzo scribe Hunter Thompson, “Kingdom of Fear” is his most intimate work. Read more...

I’m a big fan of comedian Jimmy Kimmel. I’m an even bigger fan of ESPN.com columnist Bill “The Sports Guy” Simmons. So when I heard that ABC bet a king’s ransom on Kimmel to resuscitate late night programming, and Kimmel bet a case of beer on Simmons to write for the show, I felt obligated to strap myself on the roller coaster ride that is “Jimmy Kimmel Live” knowing full well I would become nauseated afterward. Read more...

Classical musicians need to be seen to be believed, or at the very least, even satisfyingly appreciated. This was the driving force behind the Arditti Quartet’s virtuoso concert at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Monday night. Read more...

When the Sundance Institute’s president, Robert Redford, gave a welcoming speech for this year’s festival on Jan. 16, he stated that Sundance was created to thwart commercial pressures on artists. Read more...

From those colorful little textbook diagrams that elucidate complex subjects to abstract paintings that can describe scenes that words cannot, art is a tool that helps us understand our world. Read more...