Monday, March 31, 1997 WEB SITE: Hollywood Stock Exchange opens up production to usersBy Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Contributor Every year, thousands of film scripts float across the desks of Hollywood bigwigs. Read more...

Monday, March 31, 1997 MUSIC: English band puts on show that pleases both old and new fansBy Mike Prevatt Daily Bruin Contributor Touring in support of its newly released self-titled album, Blur delighted a tightly packed, sweat-covered crowd at the Palace on March 19 while giving a peek at its truly stellar live-performance abilities. Read more...

Thursday, March 13, 1997 With Miramax’s Little Big Movie ‘The English Patient’ poised to sweep, is it a case of Hollywood going Indie or an Indie gone Hollywood?The glitz-fest that is the Academy Awards has fallen into one of two types in the ’90s: first, there are the years where one juggernaut emerges and takes every award (think of Spielberg’s Schindler Sweep) or a year where everything is so bland that no front runner makes itself known early on (like last year’s lackluster collection of films). Read more...

Thursday, March 13, 1997 THEATER: Fun musical carries message of pride to disadvantaged youthBy Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff Think of playwright Dorothy Nichols as everyone’s favorite kindergarten teacher: bright-eyed and perky, always with something positive to say. Read more...

Thursday, March 13, 1997 OSCARS: Academy members break the silence about the ins and outs of the voting processBy Esther Hui Daily Bruin Contributor It is a mystery. Read more...

Thursday, March 13, 1997 Hitting the Poll Results of the Daily Bruin Online Oscar Poll, which ran from Feb. 28 to March 8, reveal the voters’ favorites to win Academy Awards. Read more...

Thursday, March 13, 1997 MUSIC: Band with meager beginnings at Dykstra Hall talent show helped shape early scene of genreBy Tom Komaromi Daily Bruin Contributor Imagine attending UCLA in 1978 and forming a joke punk rock band in Dykstra Hall with your buddies. Read more...