Hollywood’s B-sides ‘Forbidden Hollywood’ takes bites at Gump, Pulp, Disney and the rest of Tinseltown in Gerard Alessandrini’s newest parody By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Staff If you’re a major actor in Hollywood, if you’re a famous film director, if you’re anybody famous in Hollywood, DO NOT go see Gerard Alessandrini’s "Forbidden Hollywood." But if you’re a big theater fan who loves film from any era ABSOLUTELY RUN to see this hysterically funny musical that cuts more films than a film editor. Read more...

Like mother, like daughter Amy Hill’s ‘Reunion’ combines old traditions, different lifestyles By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Staff Sitting by a window at the Beverly Center’s California Pizza Kitchen (CPK), Amy Hill looks nothing like the gray-haired grandmother she plays on either ABC’s "All American Girl" or the character in her one-woman show "Reunion." The character just happens to be her mother. Read more...

Sweet’s poor performance good for nothing but playing foosball Lackluster show at Whiskey deadens as night gets long By Brian Remick On the second story of the Whiskey in Hollywood, right next to the bar, sits a foosball table. Read more...

New definition of ‘woman’ created by MFA candidate Concert presents works on roles of women in society By Lisa Marie Weyh "It’s pronounced ‘Lee-la’," says the 28-year-old choreographer when her name’s pronounced "Lay-la" as it is in the famous Eric Clapton lyric. Read more...

New releases: a munificent, not quite magnificent seven The Basketball Diaries Written by Bryan Goluboff Directed by Scott Kalvert Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg and Bruno Kirby Based on poet-musician Jim Carroll’s celebrated memoirs, The Basketball Diaries is a mediocre film that could have been a stunner. Read more...

Country rockers bring forth Missouri sound By Michael Tatum Daily Bruin Senior Staff "Don’t surprised if you come to our show and there’s only 20 people," jokes Brian Henneman, the leader of the Missouri band the Bottle Rockets. Read more...

The road not taken For Oscar nominee Chazz Palminteri, producing with two friends offered a new series of choices and challenges. By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Staff Life seems to be a series of choices. Read more...