2011 is officially in the books. It was a year filled both with exciting new musical releases and films. Read more...

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Every day, New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham puts on his blue workman's parka and rides out into the streets on his Schwinn bicycle with a 35mm camera in hand. Read more...

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Living in Los Angeles, it can be easy for UCLA students to get overwhelmed with all the possibilities of the entertainment world. With premieres in Westwood and celebrity sightings in Hollywood, the glamour and glitz can make it easy to forget that sometimes perks can be found right on campus. Read more...

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Melnitz Movies offers movie screenings twice a week at Melnitz Hall. It is free for UCLA students and faculty as well as the L.A. community.

When it comes to famous African American filmmakers, there are the usual subjects: Sidney Poitier, Spike Lee, the Wayans brothers. But what about the lesser- knowns: Julie Dash, Charles Burnett or Larry Clark? Read more...

UCLA alumnus Kal Penn returns to the film franchise of "Harold and Kumar" with "A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas," opening in theaters today. Penn spoke with the Daily Bruin's Teresa Jue on UCLA's North and South Campus tension, what his parents think about Kumar and pursuing his various careers, from working in the White House to being a university professor. Read more...

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JOHN CHO as Harold and KAL PENN as Kumar in New Line Cinema’s and Mandate Pictures comedy A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS, a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television is breaking new ground with an innovative interdisciplinary course. The class, which involves both the theater and film, television and digital media departments of TFT, will eventually create an entirely new production inspired by the iconic work called "Gone With the Wind Remixed." Read more...