The transition from being a student to a working professional can be both scary and difficult. Teri Schwartz, the dean the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, launched the TFT Young Alumni Leadership program in order to help students as they move into the working industry for this exact reason. Read more...

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The TFT Young Alumni Leadership program kicked off with the event “Writing for “˜The Simpsons.'” The group aims to provide a network for new graduates.

Constant foreclosure threats from Midgia Chinea's bank was enough to inspire her to write a script about the corruption of large banking companies. Read more...

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Midgia Chinea’s short film, “anonymous (street meat),” inspired by a mortgage scam Chinea experienced during her fall quarter at UCLA in 2009, was selected as an official entry into the Cannes Short Film festival. A still from the film is pictured above.

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When Mark Lester, a fourth-year directing student was sitting in one of his film classes last year, he was approached by a stranger who told him he had signed him up to work on a movie for Campus MovieFest together. Read more...

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Alumni Mikey Hawley and Anne Lane are shown in a still from the short film “Couples Therapy,” directed by fourth-year directing students Mark Lester and Jeff Bourg. The film will be featured in tonight’s CEC Shorttakes. (courtesy of Mark Lester)

Before "Parks and Recreation" caps its third season with a double episode on Thursday, leaving us to wallow in the inter-season gloom, let's take a few moments to appreciate what should someday retire to the pantheon of classic sitcoms. Read more...

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Amy Poehler (center) stars as idealistic government employee Leslie Knope in NBC’s “Parks and Recreation.” The show’s third season ends on Thursday.
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"Bridesmaids" is not a chick flick. It's not "The Hangover" with heels, as some critics have called it. Read more...

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