Have the comedy gods been crying this week, shedding El Niño tears for the departure of Conan O'Brien from "The Tonight Show"? Or have they, as Quentin Tarantino suggested on Tuesday night, been "dancing an Irish jig"? Read more...
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January 21, 10:36 pm
As NBC ‘Tonight Show’ ditches Conan O’Brien for Jay Leno, all is not lost for beloved Coco
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January 20, 10:33 pm
Film society to take moviegoers back into the past
During this winter quarter, UCLA students can take European and American film history courses to bone up on influential films, directors, film movements and filmmaking techniques. Read more...
Photo: The Crank Film Society, a graduate student organization, puts on free screenings of films from the UCLA Film and Television Archive on Thursdays.
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January 19, 9:18 pm
Sundance Film Festival to screen UCLA-affiliated films
For 10 days every January, a small skiing town in the Rockies opens itself up to thousands of film-loving pilgrims seeking new and compelling movies. The ski slopes step out of the limelight as the town transforms itself into one of the largest cinema meccas of North America. Read more...
Photo: Cast and crew members work on a scene from the film “Southern District” featured in the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The film, which takes place in La Paz, Bolivia, depicts the lives of families in a well-to-do suburb called Zona Sur.
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January 19, 9:01 pm
Q&A with Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer
Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer are L.A.-based comedians who form two-thirds of MTV's "Human Giant," a sketch comedy show which also stars Aziz Ansari from NBC's "Parks and Recreation." Read more...
Photo: Comedians Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer, who are part of the MTV sketchy comedy show “The Human Giant,” will be speaking at Moore 100 today at 7:30 p.m.
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January 18, 9:48 pm
Festival showcases new, independent films
Nowadays, tickets for a movie can run anywhere from $8 to $10 to even $15 per ticket. Read more...
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January 14, 9:20 pm
Film Review: “The Lovely Bones”
Film adaptations of bestselling books rarely measure up to their literary counterparts. This is undeniably the case with Peter Jackson's watered down rendition of Alice Sebold's novel, "The Lovely Bones." Read more...
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January 14, 9:19 pm
TV Review: “Human Target”
Prospective viewers can get insight into the intellectual quality of this new action series on Fox by thinking for a small moment about its title: "Human Target." Read more...