Photo courtesy of Theatre West "Sleeping Beauty," a children’s musical starring Kelly Stables and Adam Conger is now playing at Theatre West. “Sleeping Beauty” Actors Equity Association, at Theater West 3333 Cahuenga Blvd. Read more...

  David Holmberg holmberg is colorblind but does he dream in color just ask him at dholmbrg@uclaedu Click Here for more articles by David Holmberg when was the last time you started a movie that never ended or listened to a cd that just kept going going no breaks but a continuous flow of thought like the continuous flow of life and i am guessing no certain that you never have experienced this because this type of art does not exist and i ask why not if art is to imitate life then when was the last time living turned a page ended a chapter paused when the song ended took a commercial break no no no you see todays pop culture machine is a faucet dump pouring homogeneously clean adulterated ideologies onto over into our not so homogeneously clean adulterated fantasies for no other purpose than to fit each one of us cookie cutter style wedged into an egg carton no one different all with matching bowties and top hats molded to enjoy the twenty three minute laugh tracked sitcom with seven minutes of commercials and no point other than that highest noble purpose of entertainment but none of us are truly entertained like when your friend threw his bike down and dove into a mud puddle and proceed to a rub a dub dub wash himself with dirt and you laughed so hard you fell in a bush got out later still crying from laughter your own our own laughter not mechanically reproduced which is all pop media art appears to be in this age of consumerism where individual tastes matter as little to market researchers as anyone of yall care that i hate cilantro but i really do and no one seems at all concerned by this but why should they be when singular happiness is irrelevant and only general mediocrity is important ring ring ding i hear the bells of the conformity chiming saying time to eat its already noon no go to bed its after ten but i want to sleep till noon and eat at midnight but my clock says its not time never enough time they are just four letters to rule the world but rule it they do so that five minute songs are deemed inaccessible for radio play but three will do just fine like the two hour film or the hour long weeknight drama program with the multi gendered multi racial lawyer cop doctors with the furrowed brows and intense eyes whose problems are solved in that single hour plus commercials of course of course but never an hour and five minutes or twenty three minutes to find a solution and the same for reality shows but i dont think they are much at all like reality at least not mine because mine is not a vehicle for commercial endorsement at least i hope not as i shamefully take off my gap embroidered underwear but its not the sole goal of our existence nor should it be governed by technological restraints like the forty minute record before the contemporary seventy minute cd with the infinite minidisc looming ahead and all are shaping artistic endeavours to fit the limitedness of our own abilities not trying to expand the human mind beyond even itself no instead close shut slam the door of possibilities and stare at the wall of lost dreams but soon we forget that songs can even exceed several minutes movies can never end or that a book does not need chapters as we begin to think within these confined walls and soon the limitless human imagination will not be so infinite but tick tock with the clock taking pauses for network ads and the world possibilities will be the keyboard under my fingers with only certain keys to type to express my thoughts when all i want is a pen to scribble mindlessly or mindfully across an open sky not worrying that the sky will end or the pen will run dry because if it ends i will never know and no credits roll when all is over and most of all certainly above all there will be no period to end this life no single point signifying it is over and there should be none as life is infinite so is art so are our minds and so it goes on and on Read more...

  Photo courtesy of LA Auto Show Chrysler’s Crossfire combines American design with German engineering to produce its 2004 sports coupe. By Sophia Whang Daily Bruin Senior Staff Cars of the future are promising to provide higher performance, more luxury and superior safety, and all with a little American class. Read more...

Universal Pictures Russell Crowe plays John Forbes Nash in "A Beautiful Mind" with Jennifer Connelly. A Beautiful Mind Starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly Directed by Ron Howard Russell Crowe is delusional and insane. Read more...

Pete Yorn Pete Yorn finishes warming up the crowd after Remy Zero. Click Here to See the Concert Collage! By Mary Williams Daily Bruin Senior Staff Every good concert has its high points ““ those moments that remain as mental video loops in the viewer’s brain long after the last act leaves the stage. Read more...

  AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE Yan Chen stars in the holiday classic "The Nutcracker" at the Kodak Theatre. The American Ballet Theatre brings the beloved Christmas ballet “The Nutcracker” to the new Kodak Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland complex. Read more...

  Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow and Anjelica Huston head an all-star cast in Wes Anderson’s new film,"The Royal Tenenbaums."</</font> By Kelly Haigh Daily Bruin Contributor Family isn’t a word. Read more...