While writers joke on the surface about creating works with selling points of sex, violence and humor, underneath they preach a different message of writing thoughtful, personal stories. Read more...

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The Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award is an extremely prestigious award that started at UCLA. Three of this year’s finalists are from the school of film’s MFA program. They are Marissa Matteo, Alaric Smeets and Stephen Wolf (not in photo). Previous finalists and winners include felllow Bruins Francis Ford Coppola and Scott Rosenberg.

Echoing the classic scene from "A Charlie Brown Christmas," more than 10 students break into carefree dances like ballroom and the Bernie, their moves as different as their preferred studies and places of origin. Read more...