Saturday, February 21

Screen Scenes

“The Road Home” Directed by Zhang Yimou Starring Zhang Ziyi and Sun Honglei “The Road Home” proves that two of the best talents in modern Chinese cinema, director Zhang Yimou (“Raise the Red Lantern”) and actress Zhang Ziyi (“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”), can express themselves in this quietly moving story as fluidly as in their more explosive and well-known works. Read more...


Fashionably Award

  KEITH ENRIQUEZ/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Fourth-year Laneia Moore has a new line of loungewear featured in Fred Segal. All proceeds will benefit AIDS clinics in Africa. Read more...


“˜Pimp’ reveals the downfalls of living it up

BOOK REVIEW Title: Pimp Author: Iceberg Slim Publisher: Holloway House Price: $6.99 Pages: 317 By Kenny Chang Daily Bruin Contributor “Pimp: The Story of My Life” is a semi-autobiographical novel that chronicles the life of a street pimp from the 1930s to post-World War II. Read more...



“˜M2′ updates old songs with jazz

  Shore Fire Media Jazz bassist Marcus Miller will be performing on Friday at the House of Blues on Sunset Boulevard. His new album is called "M2." By Antero Garcia Daily Bruin Senior Staff When jazz bassist Marcus Miller reflects on the time he spent performing and collaborating with jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, he realizes how much of a profound effect the music guru had on him. Read more...


“˜Smokey Joe’s Cafe’ takes audience back to the past

  Troika Entertainment "Smokey Joe’s Cafe," starring Gladys Knight (center), opened last Wednesday at the Wilshire Theatre in Beverly Hills. By Andrea Dingman Daily Bruin Contributor Going to see the musical “Smokey Joe’s Cafe,” which features the hits of the legendary songwriting team of the ’50s and ’60s, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, is like taking a trip back in time. Read more...


Palahniuk’s new novel oozes darkness

Illustration by JASON CHEN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff By Antero Garcia Daily Bruin Senior Staff Don’t write off Chuck Palahniuk’s latest book “Choke” as just another clichéd tale of a guy who cruises for chicks at Sex Addicts Anonymous meetings. Read more...