By Barbara McGuire Daily Bruin Contributor Although a Latino explosion of sorts set the music industry on fire last year, a similar outbreak has yet to take the film world by storm. Read more...

By Trinh Bui Daily Bruin Senior Staff Good and cheap are the two words you need to know about Tito’s Tacos in Culver City. The little hole-in-the-wall restaurant serves the most authentic Mexican food in all of West Los Angeles. Read more...

The theme song of my spring break went something like: doot doot dooh… doot dooh doot dooh… doot doot dooh…. Well, you get the idea. Judging from the profundity of my musical memoirs, you would expect the fruits of my continental European tour to pathetically match the over-played and dangerously banal Third Eye Blind ditty. Read more...

By Michael Rosen-Molina Daily Bruin Staff “Star Wars” aficionados will rejoice to hear that Jar Jar Binks does not appear anywhere in Greg Bear’s new novel “Rogue Planet,” and it only gets better from there. Read more...

By Terry Tang Daily Bruin Senior Staff It’s crunch time for prime time. With the summer hiatus just on the horizon, May sweeps represents the last-ditch attempt to lure loyal viewers to watch their favorite characters either tie up loose ends, or leave them with cliffhangers. Read more...

By Michael Rosen-Molina Daily Bruin Staff Dancers spun in circles, avoiding massive bamboo logs. A group of washerwomen fell into a bickering paddle game when one of their numbers catches the attention of a male suitor, only to have said male break in to rescue his beloved. Read more...

Do It Yourself www.doityourself.com For those of you living in an old broken-down apartment or dorm, doityourself.com is the Web site to visit. With the slogan, “When You Want It Done Right … DoItYourself.com,” it offers an amazing wealth of information ranging from the mundane to the marvelous, regarding home and garden-related problems and projects. Read more...