Friday, May 1, 1998 Screenscene "He Got Game" Directed by Spike Lee Starring Denzel Washington In spring time – while flowers bloom and young men’s fancies turn to love – high school seniors have to decide what college to attend. Read more...

Friday, May 1, 1998 Resculpting song, dance on silver screen FILM: Director Nicholas Hytner explains why recent movie musical attempts haven’t worked – and why he hopes his film version of ‘Chicago,’ starring Madonna and Goldie Hawn, will be the exception By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff The American movie musical is something of a cinematic dinosaur. Read more...

Friday, May 1, 1998 Soul food can soothe ails of broken-hearted RESTAURANT: Country kitchen offers L.A. diners cozy, cafeteria-style meal By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Staff It lies in the midst of a strip mall, between a sterile yuppie cafe and an unwelcoming Koo Koo Roo, like an oasis of comfort. Read more...

By Jammie Salagubang Daily Bruin Contributor Signs of Spring at UCLA: 1. People badly in need of tans decide to show off their pale appendages. 2. Read more...

Friday, May 1, 1998 Painting the town THEATER: Bob Fosse proteges, theater veterans and some new faces go back to the vaudeville tradition, rendering the ‘Chicago’ musical production a sleek, contemporary look By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff Long-limbed dancers slink on stage, clad seductively but simply. Read more...

Thursday, April 30, 1998 Dysfunctional family at home on stage THEATER: ‘Islands and Avenues’ offers charming mix of cross dressers, unconscious bodies, general lunacy By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Staff A revealing novelist, her scatter-brained microbiologist brother and his narcoleptic, hiccuping wife. Read more...

Thursday, April 30, 1998 Electronic breakdown MUSIC: Now that the initial hype over DJ culture has subsided, artists of electronica, techno, dance look for credibility beyond music trends By Trinh Bui Daily Bruin Contributor Over the past year and a half, machine-generated music under the aliases "electronica," "dance" or "techno" has enjoyed overwhelming attention by both major record companies and media outlets. Read more...