Archive for February 20th, 2007
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Fifty Fingers Reinvent Classical
If you’re the type of person who regularly gets to class late, be glad Los Angeles Philharmonic Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen isn’t your professor. When concert-goers are late to performances at which he conducts, Salonen folds his arms and glares disapprovingly at the guilty party. Salonen commands great respect and formality when he conducts.
The mood [...]
Men’s Soccer Defeated by Chivas USA
SOCCER: The UC Irvine men’s soccer team kicked off its spring season with a close 2-1 loss to Chivas USA.
New University Oscar Predictions: Best Original Screenplay
‘Little Miss Sunshine’
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Team Uuta 24-Hour Mad Film Dash Profile
If you’re a baseball fan, you might have heard about Slaughter’s Mad Dash that allowed Enos Slaughter of the St. Louis Cardinals to afford his team the title of winners of the 1946 World Series against the Boston Red Sox. It was Slaughter’s dash to home plate that made the score 4-3, winning the World [...]
Smith’s Death Not Big News
I can still remember the time I didn’t know who Anna Nicole Smith was as if it were just yesterday. Of course I had heard her name before, but who wants to learn more about the life of someone so involved in controversies all the time? It was only when she popped into the news [...]
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Best Actress Pick
Helen Mirren
Humes Teaches Literary Journalism Workshops
Almost 22 years ago, a young journalist by the name of Edward Humes arrived in Los Angeles, anticipating the golden state’s beautiful, sun-drenched paradise. The Philadelphia native had flown to California for his first real job interview after working as a Hampshire College correspondent for two local newspapers in Amherst.
Doubts entered Humes’ mind as the [...]
