Wednesday, August 19

In the news:


Behind every great TV program is a great show-runner

At this past Sunday's 15th Annual SAG Awards, winner Tina Fey thanked her daughter, Jane Krakowski of "30 Rock" thanked fellow NBC comedy "The Office" for being a great lead-in and Jon Hamm, floppy hair and all, paid tribute to a part of television that sometimes doesn't get enough credit alongside the agents, managers, and family members: He thanked "Mad Men" creator and show-runner Matthew Weiner. Read more...



Small-town life inspires film

UCLA is known best as a research university, meaning that the faculty get their hands dirty with their own projects. While this conjures up images of chemistry professors in the lab, this trend extends all the way up to North Campus, where it's about creative output as well as research. Read more...




Comedy Chameleon

Some build their comedy careers on years of regaling the dinner table to one-liners every Thanksgiving or practicing stand-up on a cassette recorder in the shower. However, "Last Comic Standing" winner Dat Phan started comedy on a whim. Read more...