In a scene from the 1924 silent film "Kino-Eye," a slice of beef from the marketplace flies back into the cow. The audience sees the cow's skin come back on the bone and a knife cut across the cow's throat in reverse, bringing the cow back to life, back to the stockyard and then finally to the countryside from where it came. Read more...
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NBC made a wise decision to premiere the sophomore season of its breakout reality hit show "The Voice" after Sunday's Super Bowl, as more than 37 million people stuck around to watch judges Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine audition hopeful singers. Read more...
Liza Johnson's "Return" is a brilliant take on a familiar story. A soldier's return to civilian life has been the subject of countless films, though too often rehashed narratives undermine the complexity of what U.S. servicemen and servicewomen experience upon returning home. Read more...
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Ryan Healy understands the awkwardness of riding elevators so much that he created an entire dance performance around the experience. Read more...
Based on his experiences as an elementary school cellist, third-year jazz studies student Owen Clapp thought he would never have a musical future. Read more...
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Owen Clapp, bassist and third-year jazz studies student will be performing tonight as part of the Fowler Out Loud concert series. He will be joined by the UCLA All-Star Jazz Quintet.
Video games have the ability to suck players in and immerse them in a way that no other medium has. In fact, video games have to work harder not to immerse players rather then vice versa. Why is it, then, that so many games manage to fail to immerse players? Read more...
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The most successful video games have not had the best plots. The best way to change this is to incorporate the writer earlier on in the development process.
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The Jason Wu for Target collection was definitely made with a cat person in mind. Read more...
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