Monday, February 23

Fielding’s first novel sparks renewed interest

  Penguin Books Helen Fielding, author of "Bridget Jones’s Diary." By Maegan Carberry Daily Bruin Senior Staff “Bridget Jones’s Diary” lovers will have an opportunity to fall head over heels for a new Helen Fielding heroine with the rerelease of Fielding’s first novel, “Cause Celeb,” stacking shelves this month. Read more...


Moore charms with witticisms, brutal honesty

By Mary Dang Daily Bruin Contributor Between giving the finger to the Bush administration and promoting his new book, “Stupid White Men “¦ and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation,” Michael Moore is one busy guy. Read more...


Emo artist expecting good reaction in L.A.

By Michelle V. Gonzales Daily Bruin Contributor If the swamps of Florida could talk, they may never have predicted a punk-rock kid from the state of old people and wild night life would head out to Los Angeles and become a hit among emo kids across the nation. Read more...



Monks bring rituals, arts to UCLA

  DANIEL WONG/Daily Bruin Senior Staff The Gyuto monks, performing at Royce Hall tonight, create a mandala. By Mary Williams Daily Bruin Senior Staff Tibetan monks in a museum on busy Wilshire Boulevard might seem out of place, but somehow it was the native Angelenos who looked like they didn’t fit. Read more...


FBI Warning

  EDWARD LIN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff With some newly-available technology, DVD movies like these can be copied and traded by anyone with an Internet connection. By Howard Ho Daily Bruin Reporter Two years ago, a 19-year-old Norwegian named Jon Johansen won a prestigious national award for high school students, The Karoline Prize, honoring extracurricular achievements. Read more...


Cirque du Soleil’s “˜Dralion’ reinvents circus

By Howard Ho Daily Bruin Reporter The sky is falling at the Cirque du Soleil’s production of “Dralion.” The show, currently running next to the Queen Mary in Long Beach, features a mysterious eight-ton ring 50 feet above the stage that seems to randomly drop things, whether it be performers, long satin ropes, juggling balls, or even the words of the welcome announcement before the show: “Please turn off all cell phones and pagers.” As objects fall from above, performers come from below, from the sides, and even from behind the audience. Read more...