Sunday, August 16

In the news:

Remote Life: Going to the movies a better date choice than watching TV

What better day for me to write about television than Valentine's Day. I love TV, and Valentine's Day is all about love, right? But the more I thought about the mechanics of Valentine's Day and dating in general, the two seemed less and less compatible. Read more...

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SPYGLASS ENTERTAINMENT

Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams star in the romance film, “The Vow.” Films, more than television shows, seem to be be a better date activity.


Soundbite: Mike Acerbo

Mike Acerbo wants to live in a fairy tale. As he sings of golden castles, blueberry moons and colorful lights in a lofty croon, the New York City singer and songwriter creates a mystical atmosphere that one would expect to be playing while a storybook heroine stumbles through fog toward her Prince Charming. Read more...

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UCLA dance clubs in step with Argentinian milonga

In the 1920s, actor Rudolph Valentino sparked an international tango craze when he performed an Argentinian style tango in the silent film "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse." Read more...

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UCLA’s Social Dance Club, with the Ballroom Dance Club and International Folk Dance Club, will bring the Argentinian tango experience to UCLA by hosting a milonga, or Argentinian-style tango party.


“˜Spencer Tracy: That Natural Thing’ series recalls overlooked actor’s talent

To most modern movie stars, putting out 75 films in only 37 years would be quite a remarkable task. For Spencer Tracy, whose acting career lasted from 1930 to 1967, it wasn't. Read more...

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UCLA FILM & TELEVISION ARCHIVE
Spencer Tracy (right) in “The Power and the Glory” (1933). The film has been restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, which is presenting a film series on Tracy titled “Spencer Tracy: That Natural Thing.”


Restaurant review: 800 Degrees Neapolitan Pizza

It is definitely a good sign when a new Westwood restaurant "“ barely visible from the street "“ has a line out the door for hours at a time, and patrons know that it is worth the wait. Read more...

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A pizza from 800 Degrees Neapolitan Pizzeria.