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Danielle Panabaker stars as Becca Darling in The Crazies.

running from – a big guy who’s out to kill you. With a disease element of any suspense-oriented horror film, and the film like this, you don’t really know what’s coming.” possesses atmosphere in spades. THE CRAZIES A disease-based villain is something that she notes is While parallels will undoubtedly be drawn, it is disturbingly plausible. important to note that this is not a zombie film. This could It’s not just Friday the “It’s extremely contemporary to think that our food or be seen as a negative to some people, but it provides a far water could be contaminated,” she says. “I recently saw a more terrifying antagonist than one may initially suspect. 13th that scares Danielle documentary called Food Inc. that absolutely changed the The “crazy” people of Ogden Marsh look and act just like Joe way that I eat food. You really find out how many chemicals Bob and Sally Smith next door. Panabaker. go into all food. There’s simply no way of knowing what’s This sense of paranoia is one of elemental importance in going on out there. That’s what makes this movie so scary.” The Crazies. Echoing films like John Carpenter’s The Thing, This aspect of the film provides an extra layer of you aren’t quite sure who has the sickness and who doesn’t. BY zach bourque substance to an otherwise relatively straightforward horror While the disease itself is indeed the most notable villain flick. It is always refreshing to see a genre film possess both in the film, the lines become blurred once chaos breaks out brain and balls when it comes to its execution. in the town. Unlike most horror films, there is any number The year was 1973, and hippies were in full The film’s small town fictional setting of Ogden Marsh of so-called bad guys in The Crazies. This reinforces the sense swing. The Vietnam War was consuming the airwaves, and provides an ominous and claustrophobic backdrop for the of confusion and chaos that the characters must deal with to generally speaking, people weren’t happy. disturbing events to unfold. The film was actually shot on stay alive. It also provides more than a handful of surprising Director George Romero was busy riding high on the location in two small towns, one in Georgia and one in Iowa. plot twists as the group struggles to survive. success of his little movie called Night of the Living Dead “Both locations were pretty remote,” says Panabaker. Furthermore, like Romero’s original film, there is ample when he released The Crazies. The film was about a small “In Iowa, the town we shot in had a population of 1,200 so social commentary in the story that is likely to get people town infected with a deadly, fast-spreading virus and the scratching their heads more than they might think. Unlike chaos that ensued. Friday the 13th, the action and bloodshed hits home a bit Like so many films of late, the Hollywood powers that “With Jason in Friday the more intimately. With all of the paranoia and skepticism be decided to give Romero’s film a proper re-imagining. The concerning some of the government’s more controversial film, which retains the original title, opens this week. 13th you know what you’re moves, we can all agree that the suspect motives behind The Crazies is set in a small, Midwestern town as strange running from – a big guy the chaos in The Crazies can be at least modestly time things start to happen. The ordinarily nice and friendly appropriate. people of Ogden Marsh start to act … a bit, well, crazy. who’s out to kill you,” says Furthermore, while the bulk of the craziness (pun A mysterious toxin is discovered to be infecting the Panabaker. “With a disease intended) of the swine flu epidemic has subsided, it has town’s water supply and anyone that comes across it, allowed us to realize that anything is possible when it comes turning them into violent, senseless animals. Sheriff Dutten like this, you don’t really to mass hysteria. While the disease in The Crazies may not be (Timothy Olyphant), his wife Judy (Radha Mitchell) along know what’s coming.” real, we can never be quite sure what kind of chemicals might with medical assistant Becca (Danielle Panabaker) and a be floating around in that airplane or in that burger bun. deputy, Russell (Joe Anderson), must find a way out of the However, The Crazies is first and foremost a horror film, town as they struggle to survive the plague that is tearing when we shot there we must have increased the economy by and while the added social commentary is much appreciated, their town apart. tenfold. I’d never really experienced the small town before.” it’s the scares that count. Eisner and company bust out all the Director Breck Eisner, whose previous films include Yet Panabaker liked working in a small town just fine. stops and take no prisoners. Sahara and the upcoming remake of Flash Gordon, breaks “There is something great about being on location and Panabaker puts it best, stating, “There are definitely some into the genre with ease. He directs the excellent cast of being able to focus solely on the work,” she shares. “I missed gruesome, gory deaths, but there are also some really scary, Olyphant, Mitchell, Anderson and the charming Panabaker. my family and friends back home, but there is a certain intense moments and some awesome action sequences.” Panabaker, who led the cast of last year’s remake of advantage to being able to focus solely on the work at hand.” In the realm of the horror film, you can’t really ask for Friday the 13th, says that her involvement in both provides When it comes to horror films, it’s all about location, more. an interesting parallel to just how different the films are. location, location, and fortunately, The Crazies does just “With Jason in Friday the 13th you know what you’re fine here. Atmosphere is an important and often overlooked The Crazies releases in theaters Feb. 26.

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Kelly uncovers a conspiracy that reaches to the highest levels of the ROC government. Fooa rm s Although the story is based on a composite of true events, Formosa Betrayed offers far more than your standard documentary, serving up a gripping political thriller that acts Betrayed as a catalyst for dialogue. “Instead of giving a history lesson, we had to give the James Van Der Beek gets to audience an entry point in the story. So they see it through the eyes of this FBI agent who is starting to realize how high play the grown-up. up this whole conspiracy goes,” explains Van Der Beek. The role is quite a leap from the actor’s previous roles on “Dawson’s Creek” and in the film Varsity Blues. BY natasha desianto “I always like to do something different. I just like telling James Van Der Beek in Formosa Betrayed good stories and playing interesting characters,” says Van Der Beek. “To be quite honest, I haven’t been old enough to be of Taiwan implanted in his consciousness. Having worked W hen most people think of the struggle in a political thriller. This is the first time I’ve been at an age in international politics under the Clinton and Bush for self-determination, Tibet or Burma come to mind. Few where I can believably play an FBI agent.” administrations, he left his career with the U.S. government are likely to consider the struggle of the Taiwanese against the Formosa Betrayed was filmed in Chicago and Bangkok to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. With telling ruling Republic of China (ROC) government and constant over the course of several weeks. The choice of Bangkok, the story of Taiwan (once called Formosa by the Portuguese) threat from the mainland People’s Republic of China. Former Van Der Beek explains, was because the city looks like his main passion, he raised funds for the project, managing to “Dawson’s Creek” heartthrob James Van Der Beek helps shed Taipei during the setting of the film, whereas Taipei is now a see his dream realized with the formation of Formosa Films. light on the subject in his new film, Formosa Betrayed. developed and thriving financial center. “For him and his family. this is their The Killing Fields; Van Der Beek portrays FBI agent Jake Kelly, tasked with “There’s really no substitute for shooting in the actual this is their Syriana,” says Van Der Beek. “Some of the investigating the murder of Taiwanese-American Professor environment, very similar to the one in which you’re financiers of this film actually lived through this. The people Dr. Wen, which initially presents itself as a gang-instigated portraying. My character is in a place where he doesn’t know that you see in the protest scene in Chicago in the march homicide. Dr. Wen’s grieving widow raises questions about the language, he doesn’t know the culture [and] is in over were people that organized those marches back in the day. So the true motives of her husband’s killers, revealing that Wen his head. I was able to relate to all of that. Being in a foreign there’s just a sense throughout the whole shooting itself that was an outspoken activist for Taiwanese independence and country, not understanding the language, trying to figure out this was something bigger than any of us. So at the end of an writing a book about the 228 Massacre that left 10-30,000 what’s going on. It just made it feel all that more real,” Van 18, 20-hour day, it’s your motivation to just suck it up and do Taiwanese protesters dead at the hands of the Kuomintang Der Beek says. it because we’re not just playing for yuks here. This is actually government. The groundbreaking film might never have emerged something that is itself pretty important.” When the killers flee to Taiwan, Kelly is invited to observe were it not for the perseverance of co-star Tiao. Born in the investigation. With the help of activist Ming (Will Tiao), Kansas to Taiwanese parents, he grew up with the history Formosa Betrayed releases in select theaters Feb. 26.

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and indecision to others; to get his message across to those that could use it. So, two and a half years into college, he took BILAL’S STANd an introductory film course. “I loved it, man,” he says. “I dropped everything else and Sultan Sharrief puts a face on changed my major to film.” It is from this sudden change of focus that his involvement social prosperity. in the feature The Spiral Project began. In 2006, the film was nominated for an MTV Movie Award. For Sharrief, however, this victory was bittersweet. Having proven to himself that BYpn s e ce stokell filmmaking was possible, he now wanted to make a movie that would fulfill what got him into the process to begin with. So he set forth on two projects: One of these was EFEX H aving stepped onto the indie filmmaking (Encouraging the Filmmaking EXperience), a program scene at the age of 19, Sultan Sharrief is no stranger to designed to introduce inner-city youth to their potential Sultan Sharrief, director of Bilal’s Stand hardship. His directorial debut feature, Bilal’s Stand, is a through teaching them about filmmaking. His passion for fictionalized autobiographical tale of his own life, and a this is apparent; as he puts it, “That’s the hardest part. Being Then it was back to the fundraising campaign for moving testament to just how far an underprivileged inner- away from my kids.” another four months. Finally, in September 2009, Sharrief city kid can go. His other project was a script, a fictionalized self- completed his work, and shortly thereafter, it was accepted Raised in Detroit, Sharrief was born into a Muslim portrayal, Bilal’s Stand. Unlike The Spiral Project, this into Sundance. family, the seventh of nine children. It is from his family film was self-funded. They raised enough for the film and So what’s next for Sharrief? Lots of things. He is currently that he drew his inspiration to excel. An ex-Black Panther, equipment truck rental for two weeks. The rest of the shoot running what he terms “an Obama-like campaign” to show Sharrief’s father made it a point to educate his children on was primarily funded through credit and debt. Bilal’s Stand to high schools around the nation, along with the struggles of the Civil Rights Movement. There was one other big player, however, that he did not theatrical screenings, with proceeds being donated to local Sharrief realized his struggle would be to break free of foresee: his students. In an assignment in which they were youth-based charities. the perceived impossibility of success by everybody around to practice pitching a film, they ended up raising $12,000 in He is developing a documentary about Detroit’s food him. food from local restaurants and businesses for the movie. wasteland, in which he examines nutrition and health in a Thus began his education at the University of Michigan. The shoot was on. But, yet again, the universe would city where a substantial amount of kids primarily get their While studying sociology, his focus on the needless conflict place another obstacle in his way. food from gas stations and liquor stores. And, of course, he of perspective continued to follow him. He grew weary as he At the end of the shoot, those behind the project found continues to teach his students at EFEX. saw short-term fixes applied to large problems. themselves thousands of dollars in the hole. It took them Not bad for an inner-city kid from Detroit. “Coming from Detroit, you see a lot of that,” he reasons. eight months of fundraising before they could even see the “Not real solutions, just Band-Aid solutions.” dailies. Eventually, they got back one quarter of the film, with Bilal’s Stand will screen at Cal Fullerton Feb. 24. For more He felt the need to bring his views on perspective, conflict which Sharrief cut a trailer. information, visit bilalsstand.com.

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the innovative narrative style are what dreams are made of. If you don’t like this film, you are dead weight to the human FAVORITE race, and you should be fed to a school of bloodthirsty sharks. Downfall (Germany) – This is an account of the last 10 days FOREIGN of the Third Reich and of Adolf Hitler’s life. Director Oliver Hirschbiegel did an amazing job, but the most memorable aspect of it was the remarkable work of Bruno Ganz, who FILMS OF THE stars in the film as Ol’ Uncle Adolf. His performance is

intense and realistic, and he captures Hitler so well that at Courtesy of Miramax FIlms times I felt like I was looking through a window into what PAST DECADE actually happened. Brazil’s City of God: one of the greatest films of all time I Served the King of England (Czech Republic) – evidence surfaces that incriminates him as his wife’s killer. As BY zach hines Directed by Jiří Menzel, this film tells the story of a young he becomes the prime suspect in the case, he discovers that Czech man who works as a waiter during World War II. I his wife may in fact still be alive. A s much as I love American cinema (which loved how beautifully crafted the visuals were. This is one of isn’t easy), I have a strong love for world cinema as well. those films that captures the time period it’s set in so well, Timecrimes (Spain) – Director Nacho Vigalondo has Film is art, and like everything in America, the corporate you believe you’re actually there. crafted one of the best time travel films ever. It takes money making machine has added it to its list of “bottom an approach to time travel that is plausible and wildly lines.” Anyone with a passion for true art knows that this is Oldboy (South Korea) – This is one third of writer/director entertaining. All I will say about the plot is that it’s about a not how true art is made. We still get genuine films by true Park Chan-wook’s “revenge trilogy,” and it’s a masterpiece. man who goes back in time one hour. To say anything else artists in this country, but not often. Which is why I have The film follows a man who is kidnapped and imprisoned in would spoil it. such an appreciation for foreign films. I’ve listed several of a shoddy hotel room with no idea why or who his jailers are. my favorite foreign films from this past decade. If you watch He is kept there for 15 years, at which point he’s mysteriously Tsotsi (South Africa) – Before he was hired by Hollywood these films and don’t like them, do me a favor and splash hot let go. Obviously pissed off, he sets out to find the people to direct Rendition and X-Men Origins: Wolverine, writer/ coffee in your face so I don’t have to. who imprisoned him. The film has an ending that no studio director Gavin Hood won an Oscar for this film, about a in America would ever have the balls to do. Never. hoodlum in a South African ghetto who steals a car only to City of God (Brazil) – In my opinion, this is one of the discover a baby in the back seat. Fearing capture if he tries to greatest films of all time. Directed by Fernando Meirelles Tell No One (France): This is one of the best suspense return the child, he attempts to take care of it. I love when and a four-time Academy Award nominee in 2004, City of mystery films I’ve ever seen. Directed by Guillaume Canet, films have the balls to humanize criminals. God is an undisputed masterpiece. Everything from the the film tells the story of a doctor whose wife is mysteriously direction, the acting, the cinematography, the locations and murdered, and the killers were never caught. Years later, new Send feedback to [email protected].

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short films, both animated and live action. Forgot they have two categories all to themselves? That’s what I thought. OSCAR To preface what I am about to say, I’d like you to know that I am full-length feature type of gal. I like the 90 to 120 minutes of dialogue, characters, narrative, action, suspense, NOMINATED climax, denouement and resolution. I don’t (or didn’t) believe that an entire story could be told in approximately 20-30 minutes. Well for a change, I SHORTS went out of my way to watch all 10 of the shorts. This was a decision that changed my entire outlook

N ow-March 4 @ Nuart Theatre on the category of the short film. Not only can an entire Aardman narrative fit in the allotted time, but it’s almost refreshing. To be honest, by the end of a two-hour feature, I’m sometimes A Matter of Loaf and Death will make you a Wallace and Gromit fan. BYnic ca d e winters itching to leave my seat and leave the tedious story in the theater. After seeing all 10, I definitely have my favorites that takes place in India and exposes modern-day slavery in the The official countdown has begun: just I hope will win the big statue in early March. nation’s slums, and The New Tenants, which is a Tarantino- under two weeks until the best night of the year, in my book. A Matter of Loaf and Death is another installment of esque drama about a couple who unknowingly moves into a Just under two weeks until (cue the trumpets) the Academy Wallace and Gromit that is funny, clever and completely whole mess of drugs, adultery and trouble. Awards! enthralling. It is Nick Park’s fourth short to star the duo in Now that I’ve convinced you to become as passionate If I could do a song and dance on paper, then I would just a mock murder mystery. Wallace and Gromit get started in about short films as I am, I am now also granting you the to show my adoration for the completely commercialized a new bakery business; but fellow bakers are dropping dead opportunity to see them all on the big screen. Running night that exploits the billion-dollar industry. And I say that like flies. Wallace finds love in Piella Bakewell, a bread lover through March 4, the Nuart Theatre is happily offering with utter love and respect. who may have too much enthusiasm for the profession. audiences several chances to see the Best Animated Short and I’m sure all you fellow AA addicts have also mounted This Wallace and Gromit short falls in line with Park’s Best Live Action Short 2010 nominees. a makeshift countdown calendar for the big day. I’m sure previous creations. I am now a huge fan. These films are usually difficult to see, but now viewers you’ve even seen everything that’s nominated, including the It is so incredibly hard to choose because Wallace and have a rare opportunity to get a leg up in their office pools. ones that took a little more searching to find in a theater. Gromit’s fellow nominees are all very impressive as well. The Though separate admission is required for each, two feature- But I will bet my bottom dollar that there is one category Antonio Banderas-produced The Lady and the Reaper takes length programs will be shown – one for the live action of films you haven’t seen, not because you don’t care. I know a new spin on death as a comedy, and the witty little film nominees and one for the animated nominees. you care. You haven’t seen these, because there really is Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty shows that every kid’s Don’t guess this year. See the shorts for yourself, and you nowhere to see them. nightmare stems from somewhere in their blood. In this case, may find that you like them more than you thought you did. I don’t mean the documentary films, although those she gets it from her grandmother. are tough cookies to catch as well. No, I’m talking about the As for live-action, I’m torn between Kavi, a story that Oscar Nominated Shorts is currently in select theaters.

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Defendor (Darius Films) The friends of Arthur Poppington wonder why he sports a dual identity. An everyday man who directs traffic in construction zones by day, he combs the gritty streets of his hometown at night donning an all- black outfit, a Great War trench club and a makeshift symbol on his chest made of duct tape. OK, so Woody Harrelson is no Christian Bale in playing a dark vigilante trying to rid the streets of crime under the cover of night. Thankfully, Harrelson is not in the same area code as Damon Wayans’ renditions of Blankman or Handy Man, either. As moviegoers try to wrap their collective heads around Harrelson playing the role of vigilante superhero, they might just be missing out on one of the greatest performances by one of Hollywood’s most misunderstood actors of all time. In playing the financially struggling construction worker Arthur, while also donning the “Defendor” alter ego to seek social justice, Harrelson discovers a unique character that will (unfortunately) easily slip under the radar this year. Quite the intriguing storyline, Defendor

Eric Lee/Samuel Goldwyn Films tells the tale of a man seeking retribution against Captain Industry – the man Arthur naively believes is responsible for his mother’s Martine (Kristen Stewart) and Gordy (Eddie Redmayne) in The Yellow Handkerchief death and other social ills. To find his man, Arthur puts on black face paint, all-black The Yellow Handkerchief revealed. Martine is not as hard as she makes for GQ Magazine entitled, “What are You clothing and four strips of duct tape on his (Samuel Goldwyn) herself out to be, and Gordy is as delicate as Wearing?” by Davy Rothbart, Easier With chest in the shape of the letter “D.” His only The ancient Mayans used the color yellow he appears. Practice focuses on 28-year-old Davy Mitchell weapons are a camera, flashlights, marbles, to mean “ripe” or “precious.” The legendary However, it is Brett’s story that keeps his searching for a sense of meaning. Davy killer wasps, a Great War trench club and a first emperor of China, Huang Di, was more traveling companions enraptured. As it turns (Brian Geraghty, The Hurt Locker), a budding young prostitute. commonly known as the Yellow Emperor. out, Brett was once married to his soulmate, writer, sets out on a road trip with his less In his quest for justice, Arthur’s Defendor Only members of the royal family were May (Maria Bello). than compassionate younger brother in persona lands him in the throws of the penal allowed to display the color yellow in their The couple lived happily by the river until hopes of living like Jack Kerouac, only to be system, only to be analyzed by a court- buildings and garments. a miscarriage inflicted a sticky estrangement disillusioned by the lonely experience. ordered shrink. It is through the interplay Of course, the color yellow also has a culminating in his imprisonment and their While in a motel room one night, Davy between Arthur and his psychiatrist that we derogatory meaning derived from our own divorce. gets a bizarre phone call from an alluring learn of the true meaning of Defendor. American history. In the late 19th and early Despite separation, Brett still loves May. woman named Nicole. This starts the Soon, Arthur realizes he does not have to 20th century, the term “yellow journalism” And the dozens of yellow handkerchiefs that beginning of a unique, if not lopsided phone be Defendor in order to truly make a positive came to refer to the exploitation and decorate her boat represent her persisting relationship between the two strangers that impact in society. distortion of the news by writers looking to love for him as well. develops into something fantastical for Davy. Harrelson delivers a gripping per– sell more papers. The film is not perfect. The story only He eventually wants to meet Nicole in formance as Arthur/Defendor, bringing a However, Lance Armstrong used the begins to unravel halfway through the piece, person and turn the fantasy into a reality, but level of emotion and character development color in his LIVESTRONG campaign. Now, and the teen characters are stereotypical in doing so, he may learn some interesting that is so essential in superhero-themed films, yellow has taken on a new connotation: It and underdeveloped. Its predominant truths about Nicole and also himself. yet so difficult to capture. references courage, strength and persistence. redeeming quality is the love story at its core, The film starts off a little slow, but builds As Defendor plays out, Harrelson In this case, persistence is exactly what it which cultivates the idea of that imperfect, and gains momentum as the story continues. captivates moviegoers by portraying the stands for. unforgettable passion that always drives us Geraghty, in his first lead solo role, is lovable film’s protagonist as a lovable man fighting Brett Hanson (William Hurt) has just back where we belong. as this character. He portrays the perfect for the noblest of causes by the most honest been released from prison where he spent Grade: B- amount of loneliness, naïveté and his longing and honorable means possible. Equally years doing time for a murder he didn’t mean —Candice Winters for something real. impressive are Kat Dennings, Sandra Oh and to commit. Unsure how to lead a normal life The Yellow Handkerchief releases in select Davy has awkward interactions with Michael Kelly, all three of whom, despite their post-jail, Hanson meets Martine (Kristen theaters Feb. 26. friends but becomes much more himself on skepticism of Defendor, portray Arthur’s Stewart), a teenage girl looking for someone the phone with Nicole. You see a vulnerability loving friends. to return her affections. Easier With Practice and frustration there that he can’t quite seem The story is tight, flows smoothly back- Martine coaxes the middle-aged ex- (Lantern Lane Entertainment) to express with others in his life. and-forth between present-day story and convict into joining her joy ride with Gordy Love can be a daunting thing, and trying to Easier With Practice takes you on both a substantive flashback sequences. Perhaps the (Eddie Redmayne), a lanky, semi-antisocial find someone you love who loves you back literal and metaphoric ride with Davy and only weakness is shaky dialogue at times and teenage boy who would do anything to keep can be even more overwhelming. Love is his desperate quest for a connection. This a less-than-memorable villain. her attention. The threesome cruise around something most are looking for. film focuses on two lonely souls looking for Yet, Defendor is more about Harrelson’s the small backwater Louisiana town in First-time director, Kyle Patrick Alvarez, something outside of themselves and in each performance and Arthur Poppington than Gordy’s convertible with the goal of making brings us a poignant film about feeling other. the character’s struggle with his archenemy. it to New Orleans. disconnected with the ones we are closest Grade: B+ It is a must see. But rain destroys any plans the group has to, but having the ability to connect with a —Ariel Paredes Grade: A- of crossing the county borderlines. Instead, complete stranger. Easier With Practice releases in select theaters —Parimal M. Rohit they head to a small hotel where secrets are Based on an autobiographical article Feb. 26. Defendor releases in select theaters Feb. 26.

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Funny Business: Prolific and versatile director Steven Soderbergh returns with The Informant! Inspired by a true story, the film follows Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon) as an agri-business executive Carolyn Tran Carolyn turned FBI informant who blows the whistle on an international price fixing conspiracy. But as the Director Jonathan Stokes with cast before first take. case develops, the overeager Whitacre’s overactive imagination and delusions of grandeur begin to affect the case. Scott Bakula and “Community”’s Joel McHale co-star. Paul Weitz (American Pie) directs the adaptation of Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s JONATHAN STOKES Assistant. The film centers on Darren, a young man who becomes involved with a freak show filled with magical creatures and a vampire, played by John C. Reilly. Soon Darren The Last Hurrah Director Takes Five wishes to become a vampire himself. Salma Hayek and Willem Dafoe co-star. Also available: Uma Thurman in Motherhood, Independent Spirit Award-nominated The Vicious Kind BYpn s e ce stokell The Horror! The Horror! Director Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko) adapts Richard I n recent years, the teen comedy has become taboo, Matheson’s short story (already a “Twilight Zone” episode), The Box for the big screen. synonymous with cheap laughs and awkward, over sexual punch lines. Amidst the flurry Cameron Diaz and James Marsden star as a married couple who receive a mysterious box of content-lacking films for the genre comes a real gem, an indie flick called The Last that will grant them a million dollars but kill someone they don’t know. Frank Langella Hurrah. Following the last party for graduate philosophy majors, this film reminds co-stars. audiences of what has since been lost from the high point of ’80s filmmaking. Ghost Hunters: Season Five, Part 1. Plumbers by day, Ghost Hunters by night, Jason Jonathan Stokes, the film’s director, writer and producer, spearheaded the project. It is and Grant travel the country investigating reports of the paranormal. This season has no surprise, having been a philosophy major himself, that this film hits the philosophical the team at the Betsy Ross House, the Garden State Asylum, Star Island and an Atlanta mark so many of today’s films don’t even realize should be a target within the genre. aquarium where the staff have been reporting disturbances around a display of wreckage “I was really drawn to this idea that on the last day of camp, or the last day of the from the Titanic. semester, everyone acts differently,” says Stokes. “Everyone has the guts to say how they Dead Snow: Nazi Zombies. Need I say more? really feel about people, for better or for worse, because the stakes are lower. They’re Also available: Sorority Row going to be gone the next day.” The film is based on Stokes’ image of what an ideal party would be for him. Stranger Than Fiction: Based on historian Howard Zinn’s immensely popular A “You know, you go to parties, and you end up having the same sorts of conversations People’s History of the United States, The People Speak with people, over and over,” he says. “But if you write, you can make up your own parties!” brings to life the words of Americans who spoke for This movie feels like a party. Perhaps the greatest draw to the film is the manner in social change, from Muhammad Ali to everyday which it was shot. We aren’t jumping from the backyard, to the driveway, to the store in workers. A long list of celebrities read poems, speeches the blink of an eye. It’s all told in one continuous shot. The viewer truly feels as if he is and letters. Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen perform walking through this party, progressively getting drunker as the night goes on. songs by Woody Guthrie. Zinn narrates. The DVD “The style of narration was very much inspired by Richard Linklater,” Stokes shares. includes 20 minutes of never-aired footage. “The other [influence] would be Woody Allen. I love his style of dialogue. I wrote a lot of Examined Life is a fascinating documentary this dialogue to be, you know, a lot of fast-paced one-liners. A lot of philosophy.” for people interested in philosophy but who don’t Of course, shooting a film in one continuous take would come with its own unique necessarily want to slog through volumes of dusty challenges. The initial obstacle being coordinating a film crew around a party filled with rhetoric. Director Astra Taylor (Zizek!) accompanies extras. Even more interesting were the limitations of the equipment, as they could only several modern thinkers, from Cornel West to Peter shoot 30 minutes at a time. Singer and Michael Hardt around places that are “We built into the choreography, about every three minutes, there’s some sort of a evocative for them and their modes of thought as they ‘save game’ point where we could’ve cut if we needed to,” Stokes says. “The thing is that discuss their views on the world. There should be more we didn’t end up having to use a lot of them, which is good! We had to keep the actors in films like this. the moment. If it was daylight, we couldn’t waste daylight. Those characters had to do the The Universe: The Complete Season Four explores all of the staggering mysteries of entire party every single night.” space in stunning CGI recreations and HD NASA footage, from wormholes to the myriad And how many nights does it take an entire cast and crew to play out a feature ways the Earth could end. film? Five. Not even completing the film on the first night, the performances and crew The September Issue is an intimate look at Vogue’s legendary editor-in-chief Anna choreography improved day after day until finally, on the fifth night, the shoot came Wintour. together. Also available: Eleven Minutes, No Sweat, Electric Purgatory The movie is very much theatrical play, carefully captured on film. While most filmmakers would shy away from this style, for Stokes, it came quite naturally. Having a The Vault: Academy Collection: The Envelope Please, Volume 1 contains eight “Best background in improvisational theater, he knew if he had the right actors, it could work. Picture” nominees from Oscar’s first decade, including:A Farewell to Arms (1932), A Star Of Will, the film’s starry-eyed protagonist (played by Zack Bennett), Stokes Is Born (1937), Pygmalion (1938) and the little-seen The Racket (1928) and Alibi (1929). comments, “I wish I could take credit for the naturalness of Zack’s performance, but he was that natural from his first audition, all the way through shooting.” The Idiotbox: David Wain (“Stella”) voices the Warden of a surreal maximum security And of Jason, the film’s egotistical woman hunter (played by David Wachs): “The prison in Adult Swim’s absurdly funny and trippy Superjail! Season One. character is very much an amalgam of best friends of mine growing up. People watch the The latest spin-off in the long running “Stargate” franchise, SGU Stargate Universe: movie and assume that’s what David Wachs is really like, but he’s a sweetheart! Completely 1.0 comes to DVD. The series follows a team lead by Robert Carlyle (28 Weeks Later) that different from how he is in real life. It was amazing watching his transformation as he is transported to an ancient ship irreversibly programmed to travel the universe setting gradually inhabited his character.” up stargates. After a chaotic shoot and a tenuous year of post-production, the DVD finally hits shelves this week. What is this first-time film director, producer and writer’s response to Made in Japan: Dragon Ball Z: Dragon Box 2 includes episodes 43 to 84 of the the idea of seeing his work on shelves? legendary anime series, remastered, uncut and in the original Japanese. Then go back to “It’s amazing,” says Stokes. “In this very difficult market for independent film, we felt where it all started with the original series, Dragon Ball: Season Three. very lucky that anyone would take a look at us whatsoever for distribution. We really beat Also available: Soul Eater: Part One, Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street the odds, I think, and we’re very grateful.” Also Available: XIII: The Conspiracy starring Val Kilmer, the stop-motion philosophical The Last Hurrah is currently available. journey $9.99, Alexander the Last, Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers

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ONTHEMENU FUNFORLESS GETTING HITCHED FOR MERE Carousel offers a feast for all of your senses. CENTS CAROUSEL byen bo y march

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It ’s Saturday night, AND While BYy l nda correa most of my contemporaries are out Celebrate your nuptials with a cupcake tower. getting skanky on dance floors throughout I n a city as diverse as Los Angeles, it is common to walk down this fair city, I can be found engaging in my favorite new pastime: planning my dream a single street and find a plethora of eateries claiming to have great ethnic food. But I’m wedding. asking you to move away from the block that has Chipotle, Domino’s and Taco Bell all in Granted, I did the crazy, spur of the moment wedding thing in Vegas a few years ago one square, and instead stroll down Brand Boulevard’s ornamented promenade, where a (Apparently, what happens there occasionally makes its way home.), followed by the less charming example of the American Dream lays: a restaurant called Carousel that caters amusing L.A. County courthouse divorce. to the individual looking for more than just a place to eat. But my marital celebration wasn’t the big, showy affair that I had always imagined as Having started as restaurateurs in Lebanon, owners Rose and Greg Cholakian had a kid. I am also a girl with very strong tastes and opinions, and I know that when I do get previous experience in the business before relocating to the United States in 1984, when married for real, it’s going to be a classy affair. they opened a Middle Eastern restaurant, Carousel, in Hollywood. Rose, the Chef de Now, I’m sure for most people, a wedding is, like, years away from thought. But with cuisine, is an expert in Lebanese fare, having trained and practiced in Lebanon for several 20-something celebrities like Kevin Jonas, Beyoncé and Avril Lavigne walking down the years before moving stateside. aisle more and more these days, it doesn’t seem too out of the realm of possibility that Her transition to working in California was a smooth one, satisfying many appetites others out there might be planning to say, “I Do” – but on a real kid’s budget. for 26 years. Since then, work has been successful enough to open the more elaborate Looking for a beautiful cake? Try Vanilla Bake Shop (512 Wilshire Blvd., Santa and complete Glendale location in 1998, which is managed by her son, Mike Cholakian. Monica; vanillabakeshop.com). This chic little bakery sits just off of Third Street If you’re a fan of the family business model, Carousel is the destination for you. Promenade and offers a number of tasty cake flavors to suit any palate. However, this is more than just your mom and pop shop; the attention to detail is Need to save extra dough? Go with cupcakes. VBS offers a ton of winning designs staggering. The Carousel in Glendale serves festively decorated dishes, and the servers are that incorporate amazing style with all of their best flavors (Imagine a cupcake tower also festively decorated. overflowing with Southern Red Velvet, Meyer Lemon Raspberry and/or Blackberry The eatery offers a full dining experience that allows the customer to be immersed in Passion Fruit-flavored yumminess.). Middle Eastern culture. Where rich meets rustic, its interior welcomes travelers on food The best part of it is that you can get each cupcake for around $3. This is a bargain journeys from far lands to rest and enjoy a fresh meal. since most bakers charge nearly $9 per slice of wedding cake. While I wish I could have sampled more food, I can only sing praises about what I For any girls out there who love fashion, you’ve probably caught the TLC show, “Say did taste. The 4Way Hammos is Carousel’s own take on traditional mezzas. Never have Yes to the Dress.” This reality program showcases brides in search of the perfect gown. I tried hammos that was pink, red or green, but I am regretful that I waited so long. My One by one, these women head into famed wedding dress salon, Kleinfeld, in New personal favorite of the 4Way Hammos was the red one, made with roasted red peppers York to do their shopping. Unfortunately, most of the store’s offerings seem to cost as and tomatoes. much as a down payment on a house or the price of a compact car. SCREW THAT! After sampling several other options, one item I would pass on is the falafel. It was There are plenty of beautiful dresses out there that can be purchased brand new nicely presented, shaped into miniature donuts sprinkled with sesame seeds, yet there and at a tenth of the cost as some of the more expensive designer styles. Got an eye for were so many other bite-worthy appetizers to try. My favorite was the pressed pita wraps Monique Lhuillier with thrift store pockets? Look no further than frenchnovelty.com. cut and arranged into their own little work of art. This site has a number of high fashion formals that may cater to the pageant and Although famous for dinner, Carousel just recently launched their “Happiest Hours” prom crowd but will double nicely as an über-hip wedding dress when partnered with schedule, Tuesday through Friday, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., when there are specials on drinks the right veil. and food. It’s the perfect place to stop by after class or work to unwind before continuing I’m told that at most receptions the one thing everyone remembers is the food. with the mundane – your one chance to escape to the Middle East for a few hours, where However, four-star meals are often the place where a young couple’s budget explodes. all the day’s troubles could be topped with tabbouleh and alleviated with Jalleb. If you love the food of your local dive but are worried that your guests will judge you Weekend entertainment at Carousel consists of a special menu, divine belly for serving them fast food buffet-style, get proactive. You can easily hire a food stylist dance performances by Jillina’s Sahlala Dance Ensemble and live bands with different to trick out each plate so that mom, dad, uncle Leroy and Aunt Madge will be none the singers throughout the night. The singers and musicians are of Middle Eastern descent wiser. and perform both international and Arabic songs. The belly dancers are of various Food stylists are the folks who make those Carl’s Jr. burgers or IHOP pancakes look nationalities, yet after training with the best belly dance choreographer in the L.A. area, so sexy in commercials. Many of them are available via Google search and the cost of owner Mike says, “They transform into great Middle Eastern dance performers.” hiring one of these professionals is often half the cost of a wedding feast. The locals know that the weekends can get crowded, and as some of you might If your wallet doesn’t allow for the big floral bonanza that you’ve always dreamed be familiar with how awful parking on Brand Boulevard is, Carousel takes that into about, you may just have to rearrange your thinking. consideration and offers valet parking while you dine. However, if you want to make the Places like Proflowers.com have stunning bouquets for every occasion, which are hunt for that perfect parking spot, go for it, but sometimes the stress of it is not worth the often $30 or $40. Order 10, and you’ve got flowers for a decent-size wedding of 60-80 couple of dollars you will have to cough up. guests. Now that you’re equipped with knowledge of this Lebanese hot spot, fellas, impress Remember, the florist doesn’t need to know it’s for a wedding. Just tell the customer a new date with what good taste in entertainment you have, and ladies, bring your girls service rep that you’ve got a large family, and you’re buying the posies to bring a smile to and relish your genius in outing ideas. With a menu that offers vegetarian, seafood, family everyone’s face. style and so much more, there really is no excuse not to try this Middle Eastern eatery. Finally, when deciding on whether to foot the bill for an open bar, you can easily save Carousel is the perfect all-in-one venue to hang out with friends, meet with co-workers money by purchasing your booze and trucking it to your venue ahead of time. Just buy or even to enjoy time alone with your thoughts and appetite. a case of red wine, a case of white, a case of your favorite beer (Pabst is cheap and a big hit with young crowds.), and maybe bring on a local bartender to create a signature drink For more information, call (818) 246-7775 or visit carouselrestaurant.com. (Cotton Candy Martinis anyone?).

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Bryce Avary of the Rocket Summer: “Nothing matters unless you’re loving one another.” THE ROCKET SUMMER From the Heart BY jonathan bautts JULIETTE COMMAGERE It ’s been a long time coming for the release of the Rocket march 5 » el rey theatre march 8 » el rey theatre Summer’s fourth full-length album, Of Men and Angels, which wrapped recording last April. “It’s almost like a weird dream because it’s taken so long for it to come out that it’s this surreal thing,” frontman Bryce Avary confesses. “It’s been the biggest thing in my life THE BIG PINK for the past year and half, because I wrote most of the songs in 2008.” As a result, Avary describes the time spent on the record as both the easiest and hardest musical endeavor he’s undergone: “It was easiest in terms of the fact that I was in a healthy state musically where I was playing really well. I was singing well, and I felt like almost a different person than the past couple of records have been. It felt like so much creativity was in my court.” “It was hard,” he pauses. “It’s not even something I enjoy talking about, why it was hard, but we did this record with some crazy changes with people on our team. There was a lot of stuff, music business things.” As Avary points out, though, it’s better late than never. Coinciding with those difficulties was a slight change in Avary’s approach to writing, as he opted to strip things down. “I wanted to make a record that had a bit more substance,” he says. “I think that there’s substance on my other records, for sure. When I say I wanted to strip some things away, I just wanted to strip away this pressure of writing hits for hits’ sake.” “These days everybody is co-writing with everybody else, and people are having other people write their songs. To the powers that be, it’s really just all about hits,” he continues. “Don’t get me wrong, I love hits. I’m a hit kind of person, to be totally honest, and I feel like you can probably pick up on that by listening to my songs, but with that said I don’t A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS want to forfeit integrity. I want to write from my heart and make a record that’s really ACTIVE CHILD DRAGONETTE • CLASS ACTRESS going to move someone, regardless if it’s sold millions of albums or not.” march 9 » el rey theatre march 10 » el rey theatre Over the course of his professional musical career, which started with his indie debut Calendar Days in 2003 at the age of 20, Avary has earned the reputation as one of the industry’s nicest and most upbeat artists. “I have this perception of being this ridiculously happy-go-lucky, super cheery person, and I think that comes from the fact that our singles were songs like ‘So Much Love’ and ‘Brat Pack,’” he admits. “Sometimes that perception is a bit weird, especially to me. It’s not a bad reputation, I guess, but it’s definitely a bit off from reality.” “When I put out my first record, Calendar Days, I wrote that when I was a junior in high school. I love those songs and I think they’re great, but I’m a little bit older now,” he laughs. “I’ve experienced more and you go through hills and valleys, as the song would say. This record touches on a lot of that, and it’s a pretty spiritually charged album. It’s still very optimistic and a very joyful album. It’s just real.” All of it boils down to what Of Men and Angels is about, which Avary believes can be summed up in a single word: love. “Basically nothing matters unless you’re genuinely loving one another,” he says. “We can be saying all the right things, we can be believing all the right things, but if we’re not loving the people in our lives it’s really pointless. It was just something that laid heavy on my heart, and I think it’s a bit of a challenge for me, if anything, that whole concept.” For the moment, however, Avary is more than anxious to see how the release will go MIKE over. “I think it’s going to awaken some new feelings because this album’s been a while coming out,” he says. “After such a long year of trying to get it to come out, it’s going to be a very healthy thing to experience the fruition of that and see what our fans think about EPPS it. It’s going to be a beautiful thing.” DARKER MY LOVE friday april 16 (2 shows - 7:30pm & 10:30pm) march 10 » the music box @ fonda Club Nokia Of Men and Angels is currently available. The Rocket Summer will perform on Warped Tour June 25 (Carson), June 27 (Ventura) and Aug.11 (Pomona). For more information, SELECT MACY’S / ALL RITMO LATINO STORES CHARGE: 800.745.3000 • TICKETMASTER.COM visit therocketsummer.com. goldenvoice.com ADVANCE TICKETS FOR MOST SHOWS ARE AVAILABLE TO AMERICAN EXPRESS CARDMEMBERS VIA WWW.TICKETMASTER.COM

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There is Love in You: Domino has released the first Four Tet album in four years, a nine-cut excursion into trippy ambient and experimental sounds called There is Love in You. Four Tet is the stage name of Kieran Hebden, the British DJ/producer/musician who has done everything from score a scene in the James Bond thriller Quantum of Solace to record several projects with the highly respected American jazz drummer Steve Four Tet plays the Echo Feb. 27. Reid. As avant-garde as There is Love in You is, it’s still quite accessible thanks to Hebden’s knack for creating sublime beats, and a 12-inch single featuring hypnotic dance numbers “Love City” and “Our Bells” is also currently available. Hear the new music when Four It’s hard not to be in a good mood listening to Austin Hartley-Leonard. Tet plays the Echo Feb. 27. Austin Hartley-Leonard Maynard James Keenan’s Blood Into Wine: Fans of Tool and Puscifer probably Feb. 24, March 3 @ Hotel Café know by now that the frontman for both bands, Maynard James Keenan, is also in the wine Every once in a great while, I’ll start out the new week’s Frequency column and spend a business. Keenan and his vineyard partner Eric Glomski are attempting to revolutionize good hour … or day/s … staring at a blank Word document, wondering how there can the U.S. wine industry by creating a new wine region in Northern Arizona. only be one noteworthy show happing in all of the greater L.A. area. Sometimes that’s The pair’s winemaking exploits can be viewed in the new film Blood Into Wine. bad, because there actually is only one worthwhile show happening that week and I have Also featuring Milla Jovovich, Patton Oswalt, Bob Odenkirk and Tim Heidecker and to figure out how to say 700 words about some act without sounding like I’m being paid Eric Wareheim from Adult Swim’s “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!,” the film by their label (I wish). includes live music performances and unexpected comedy. Sometimes, it turns out to be a good thing because it challenges me to dig through Blood Into Wine screens at the Laemmle Sunset 5 Theatre in West Hollywood from all the local venues’ show calendars to find me some new music I’ve never heard before, Feb. 25-28 and drops on DVD and Blu-ray May 4. which has yielded some surprisingly awesome results in weeks past. And I might’ve struck gold this week, too. Santana’s Still Supernatural: Supernatural, Carlos Santana’s smash album from I had no idea who Austin Hartley-Leonard was an hour before starting this week’s 1999, has just been re-released with extra material as Supernatural: Legacy Edition. Santana column, but I’m pretty friggin’ stoked on him now. A local L.A. boy, by way of Austin, and his band collaborated with Rob Thomas, Eric Clapton, Dave Matthews, Lauryn Hill, Hartley-Leonard is everything you might expect from someone who has spent legitimate Cee-Lo, Everlast, Wyclef Jean and Mana for the album that has sold 25 million copies so time in both locales. far as well as taking home nine Grammys and three Latin Grammys. Every bit the quintessential Los Angeles cool kid, Hartley-Leonard brings an authentic Santana personally supervised the remastering of Supernatural: Legacy Edition and Southern charm to his twangy acoustic guitar anthems. Kind of like … sitting on the selected the two-CD set’s 11 previously-unreleased cuts, including a new single called porch of a Texas ranch house, having a bro-sesh over some Stellas with Gaslight Anthem. “Angel Love (Come With Me).” Among the other cuts available here for the first time Or going to a Silver Lake dive bar with Willie Nelson. Take your pick. are “Bacalao Con Pan,” “One Fine Morning,” “Rain Down on Me” with Dave Matthews Whether backed by a full band or flying solo with his guitar, he matches that aural and Carter Beauford, a medley of Bob Marley’s “Exodus” and “Get Up, Stand Up” and an charisma with intelligent songwriting and emotive instrumentation. Even when his extended version of “The Calling” with Eric Clapton. words fall more on the brooding and introspective side, it’s kind of hard to not be in a good mood while listening to his old-time-y folk jams, which all but beg you to sing See Tom Waits’ Los Angeles: If you’re a big fan of gravelly-voiced singer-songwriter along. Tom Waits, you’ll want to take the Crawling Down Cahuenga: Tom Waits’ L.A. tour put So what’s today’s lesson, kids? Yes, go explore for your music and don’t rely on together by Esotouric Bus Tours. The tour will be led by writer David Smay who authored MySpace and MTV to be your only sources of new music. Just do what I do and click on the “Tom Waits’ Swordfishtrombone” title in the album-analysis series from publishers 33 links for bands with attractive and well-dressed members. 1/3. The tour explores the parts of Los Angeles where Waits hung out in his pre-stardom days, including favorite Echo Park and Hollywood haunts, and details incidents like The Icarus Line brawling with punks at the Troubadour and wild times at the Tropicana Motel. Feb. 25 @ the Roxy The tour is offered only once this year, April 3. Find all the details at esotouric.com/waits. It might be counterintuitive to the idea of including them in a column of weekly worthwhile show picks, but man, I totally forgot this band was still around. The first time American Gong: About a year ago, long-running Portland band Quasi announced I saw them play years ago, I don’t think I had a full appreciation for their brand of dark they were working on a new record, and now it has dropped. American Gong marks the and moody atmospheric rock. first time that founding members Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss have expanded their duo I mean, I liked Yellowcard at the time. My taste was clearly not at its most refined format as “new” (since 2006, actually) bass player Joanna Bolme of Stephen Malkmus stage yet. Shudder. Regardless, my since-expanded palate has taken to the homegrown + The Jicks joins the fun. Hear the trio bang American Gong and songs from their vast prog-rockers and their brand of drug-binge-soundtrack jamming. repertoire at their Spaceland show March 12. Bon Jovi Elvis Costello’s Live at Hollywood High: Universal and Hip-O have teamed to Feb. 26, 27 @ Honda Center release an expanded version of Elvis Costello’s historic 1978 performance at Hollywood March 4 @ Staples Center High School. The new version features 11 previously-unreleased tracks from the show How many of you all know the full lyrics of “Living on a Prayer?” The correct answer including versions of “Radio Radio,” “Pump It Up,” “This Year’s Girl” and “Lip Service.” should be all of you. It’s a prerequisite for knowing me personally, and rest assured, there will be random on the spot testing of your knowledge should you ever set foot in my car. Little Brother Previews LeftBack: When I first heard about the Little Brother Because it’s on every mix CD and iPod playlist I put together. Just so you know. listening session for LeftBack, I thought: Who’s doing the production? The North And reciting some choice lines from “Wanted Dead or Alive” is an easy way to get a Carolina group is best known for their first two hip-hop albums with 9th Wonder, but on free drink out of me should you ever run into me at, like, a Paramore show or something. the third, 9th only produced one track, which featured Lil Wayne. It made me wonder, Point being, of my many shameless ’80s rock indulgences, Bon Jovi is at the very top. where is 9th Wonder? Well, neck in neck with Mötley Crüe. It’s a constant power struggle between the two for Proving that Big Pooh and Phonte are viable, able and skilled enough to rock without my affections, I think. Like a Jane Austen novel, only with more leather and hair spray. 9th, LeftBack brings relief in this drought that is now hip-hop. With distinguished guests While literary aficionados everywhere are likely having brain aneurysms at that such as Fat Lip, U-N-I and T3 of Slum Village, the mood was set to experience the new blasphemous analogy, one thing about JBJ is undisputable: The dude knows how to put LP. In a room filled with some of the leaders of progressive music, all heads were rocking on a show. Considering the band has been playing together for nearly three decades now, to the aroma of the fresh sonic pastries. LeftBack will be available April 20. —Doxx and JBJ himself is old enough to be my father, these guys can work the heck out of a stage Cunningham with an epic power ballad. And really, who wouldn’t want Bon Jovi as their dad?

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Greeley Estates Alkaline Trio No Rain, No Rainbow Feb. 17 @ House of Blues Sunset (Tragic Hero) Strip With metal taking over the place of emo it’s no Formed in 1996, this band has surprise that this band is getting a lot of attention. managed to keep its audiences Kids are angry, and they need someone to speak up captivated. Playing to the sold-out for them. This album offers a lot of angst and emotion House of Blues Sunset Strip, the with blast beats and ear-bending riffs. trio had the crowd from the very “Swim for Your Lives” is a standout song. The depth found here is unmatched by any start. This packed venue didn’t other track on the album. Using the 808 pad to support the drums, it allows the listener hold just loyal fans from the very to feel the intensity on a new level. Unlike the other songs, it allows the vocals to come beginning, but a healthy percentage

through on a deeper level so we can truly understand the pain in the track. of kids who might as well have been Tobin David Overall, the album pushes metal forward and brings new fans into a world that they at their first show. might not have tread just a few years ago. The first set of songs of the Grade: B night included one of their staples, Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio —David Tobin “Armageddon” and a new song, No Rain, No Rainbow is currently available. “Dine, Dine.” The break in the action as the new lyrics resonated with the fans let the pit subside for a moment. Unfortunately for those packed in tight, it was only a matter of k-os time before the floor became alive with bodies once again. Yes! When it comes to crowd participation and energy, Alkaline Trio is one of the top (Last Gang) bands at making the audience feel like they are a part of the show. Just in the second song k-os blasted onto the scene with his now infamous track “Superstar Part Zero.” Now with of the night, singer Matt Skiba opted out of the chorus and let the voices from the venue his latest barrage of the senses, Yes!, he has shown listeners why he is still one of the most take over. From there, the show took on a life of its own. relevant hip-hop artists of this generation. The sound was the same as it has ever been, tight and clean. After playing together for Mixing beats with samples is only a part of the draw to the new album. The real so long the band really does sound like a well-oiled machine. With a small arrangement power comes from the lyrics and production. of pedals the sound stays fairly raw. Running guitars through a mix of amps, but still Unlike other artists of this genre, he has more to talk about than money and cars. Its keeping a set of Orange heads on stage, the tone fit nicely with the harmonies and didn’t subtle sensibility that makes you want to let the album play from start to finish. get swallowed up by the bass. Grade: A+ Playing for over 90 minutes, it only seemed like half of that, the way the night went —David Tobin by so quick. As soon as these sons of Chicago came in, they were done. Leaving the crowd Yes! is currently available. with positive banter instead of an aggressive tone, everyone – even the kid that fell while crowd surfing – went home with a smile. Morgan Page —David Tobin Believe (Nettwerk) The success of the Grammy-nominated single “The Longest Road” launched Morgan Page into the dance music spotlight. So naturally, it’s no shocker Page’s sophomore album, Believe, is surrounded by hype, hope and scrutiny. The first single, “Fight For You,” released back in September, topped the charts, proving Page still has the goods. But the big question is, how does the remainder of the album compare? Believe proves Page is not just a one trick pony, cycling from his signature dancefloor- jarring progressive house to moody downtempo. He even covers Pete Yorn’s “Strange Condition” to mix things up a bit – but it doesn’t stop there. Tracks on the album feature vocals from “The Longest Road”’s Elisabeth Morris (AKA Lissie,) Samantha James, Telepopmusik’s Angela McClusky and Page himself, making Believe a solid album from start to finish. Grade: A —Ryan McWhorter Believe is currently available. Various Artists Valentine’s Day Soundtrack (Water Tower/Big Machine) Music to mend a broken heart is in full supply on the soundtrack for couples’ flick Valentine’s Day. Country princess Taylor Swift (who also stars in the film) offers her signature twang and acoustics on “Today was a Fairytale,” a sweet lullaby meant to capture the dreamy childhood love cliché. With just the right hint of fuzzy and cute, the soundtrack channels strong, modern takes on old romantic classics. Maroon 5 puts on its best Frank Sinatra face and dazzles with a surprising yet refreshing rendition of the “The Way You Look Tonight,” while Anju Ramapriyam does “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours” in a trance-meets-Bollywood finishing, executed in pure pop perfection. Samplings from “Gossip Girl” queen Leighton Meester (“Somebody to Love”), Amy Winehouse (“Cupid”) and Jewel (“Stay Here Forever”) round out the album’s lineup of power females. Whether you’re curling up into the arms of a loved one or a pint of Häagen-Dazs, Valentine’s Day brings the goods all year around. Grade: A —Christopher Agutos Valentine’s Day Soundtrack is currently available.

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CPO Director Antonio Sandoval who got the food closet up and running. “Tony Sandoval did all the work from the beginning,” Jadallah says. “He e-mailed faculty and donated food. Since no one used the [CPO] closet for two years, we emptied it out.” “The fridge, I don’t know how the fridge got there,” he adds, laughing. Along with Sandoval, Huynh helped initiate food drives for university faculty and staff and partnered with several university groups like the Student Affairs Office and Undergraduate Students Association to plan food drives among her colleagues. “People seemed number one, surprised there was an issue, and number two, willing to help,” says Huynh. In December, UCLA Transportation & Parking Services held their annual food drive for donations to the Westside Food Bank, and they ended up giving half of the food to the Food Closet. Huynh says, “This is a very small project. It wasn’t meant to be this large. As the recession gets deeper, the need gets larger. Our goal is to meet the need.” A passage in the closet’s guest book illustrates this specific need as one student writes: “I am an undocumented transfer student. UCLA has always been my dream, but it has been one of the hardest/or most challenging experience. I receive no financial aid; I don’t qualify for any loans or many scholarships because of my SSN.” From his work directly serving the needs of UCLA students, Jadallah notes, “A lot of people that can’t afford food are AB 540 and undocumented students.” Students with such status are significantly affected by a lack of state financial aid. Student-run organizations housed by the CPO directly address these issues, along with others that affect student academic performance. “It’s our students that are hungry,” says Jadallah. Cinthia Loara, a second-year Chicana/o Studies major,

Denise Guerra is a CPO intern whose responsibility is to maintain and organize the Food Closet. Though sometimes it receives leftover food from school events year-end parties, much of the food stored in the closet is usually dry or canned items The UCLA Food Closet: “It helps to remind us of all the good in the world.” that are easy to open and eat. “Mainly it’s canned goods, instant, a lot of less nutritional Next to the bowl, a small guest book. In it students have stuff like popcorn, but also breakfast stuff,” says Loara. written accounts of their gratitude to a program designed “What’s most used and donated is anything that is instant. to directly address hunger on UCLA’s campus. From a small We also have Band-Aids, deodorant, soap and toothbrushes THE UCLA sentence, “Thanks for the raisins,” to longer, more detailed that students have access to because we also do have a large accounts, each passage reveals the individual struggles homeless community on campus.” students face for one bite to eat. Nancy Meza, a fourth year Chicana/o Studies major, uses FOOD CLOSET One passage reads: “The hardest thing to accept is the food closet. the notion that there are times in life when you become “Students are not hesitant for free food,” she says. “We Addressing Student Hunger dependent on [the] charity of others.” consider the CPO our home, it’s somewhere where I’m The Food Closet was envisioned by student Abdallah comfortable.” Jadallah and implemented through the help of the Meza explains that not everybody at UCLA knows about BYns de i e guerra Community Programs Office (CPO) at UCLA. the free food at the Students Activities Center. Now a senior, Jadallah helped to envision the food closet “Sometimes when [I’m] in class, I say, ‘Hey, there’s a food based on faith: “In the religion of Islam, if you see something closet you should go,’ and people are like, WHAT!” says Meza. It is hard to believe that within a world- wrong going on in society, you have to be an activist and fix “Especially after the 32 percent increase,” she continues. class research university, boasting the best and brightest of it.” “Students are struggling to pay rent. One of the things that the nation’s students and faculty, the problem of hunger Jadallah is the former President of the Muslim Student affects you the most as a student is when you’re hungry. You exists. Proper nutrition is considered one of life’s most Association and now volunteers for Mentors and Peer can go with some sleep deprivation and go and get some basic needs, yet when all your money goes toward rent and Support (MAPS), one of the many student-run projects coffee, but when you’re hungry, it affects your entire day.” tuition, having something to eat becomes secondary, even created to address the needs of access and retention of Meza’s hope is that more people know about the Food nonexistent. students to higher education. Closet, so that more people donate. In 2008, UCLA’s Food Closet was created for students Jadallah explains, “The CPO recognizes this problem [of For those that are timid about free handouts, Jadallah by students. It is a place where any student can get free food. hunger] and wanted to do something about it. Our goal was explains, “It’s right there. If you’re hungry, go eat. The food There are no requirements, just a request not to take more to help out students and our community. “ is right there.” than you need. According to Thuy Huynh, the CPO’s Internship For others, the creation of the Food Closet, though Located in a small closet at the Student Activities Center Advisor, “He [Jadallah] said, basically a lot of people aren’t located in a small space and always in need of more food, sits a large, mostly empty refrigerator. Next to it holds a eating, what can we do about this?” is a huge relief. As another passage in the closet’s guest book pantry filled with various canned goods, breakfast cereal and Huynh’s interns help in the retrieval of food donations reads, “It helps us get through the day here on campus and it instant ramen. A small table squeezes in front of the entrance and provide the daily upkeep and organization of the food also helps to remind us of all the good in the world.” with a large empty bowl made for holding fruit that has all closet. been taken for the day. Though it was Jadallah who asked the question, it was For more information, visit communityprograms.ucla.edu.

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BYy l nda Correa Williams Llisa gate. Quiet, responsible individuals please. $1,000 per month, Lynda Correa and Diego Martinez, two mentees of USC’s First Generation College plus deposit. Call (310) 283-1958. U niversities always boast a COM- Student Mentor Program mitment to diversity. This is made especially noticeable when brochures are mailed to prospective students showcasing ethnically mixed individuals sitting in a circle, holding hands, stopping short of singing “Kumbaya.” Many schools go as far as having “diversity” divisions within their office of student affairs to tailor to the needs of these groups. Wonderful as that may be, how many times are the needs of a different student population addressed? Enter the world of first generation college students, the ones who are often overlooked in university programming. The University of Southern California is no exception to the school described above. However, Llisa Williams, Internship Advisor for the Career Planning and Placement Center, is doing something to support the group of students that account for several thousands of USC’s population. In the fall of 2007, Williams started a series of workshops that were held twice each semester to highlight issues of importance to first-generation students. Noticing that a lot of students came to these events, she brainstormed on how to make a more solid program. The following year, the pilot for the First Generation College Student Mentor Program debuted with 25 mentors and 25 mentees. Mentors (who are first generation USC alumni) and mentees have to go through an application and interview process in order to be considered for the program. This year, there is a 20:20 ratio of mentors and mentees. Alum J. Juan Macias, LCSW, who first came to USC as a graduate student pursuing a Master of Social Work, feels the program has given him the opportunity to return some of the favors granted to him throughout his college experience and career. “Being the first Latino in my immediate family to attend college was not always easy,” PAGES he says. “Fortunately, there have been countless people who have helped me along the way and the mentorship program has given me the privilege to do the same for others.” The program meets once a month for professional development workshops, with Texts From Last Night: past topics including résumés, interviews, professionalism, networking and career All the Texts No One Remembers Sending day preparation; however, the main focus is the first-generation experience. It is (Gotham) the responsibility of the individual pairs to communicate and meet outside of these What is this trend with a lot of blogs suddenly workshops. putting out books? Diego Martinez, a senior in mechanical engineering, was interested in the program For some blogs, it’s nothing new (Passive for a tangible reason. Aggressive Notes is already on their second book, He says, “I really need to get an internship this summer, and I wanted someone to and PostSecret’s been in print for goodness knows share their experience with me so I had an idea of what to expect when approaching an how long.), but a growing number have been interview.” capitalizing on supplementing their income through Sophomore Dy Phi, a double major in political science and communication, enjoys physical products. the mentorship program because “it isn’t a one-day networking event. It’s a year-long And now, one of the Internet’s most popular commitment that enables each student to create a lasting connection with an alumnus.” humor sites is following suit. That’s right, Texts From Last Night – the place where those It is this lasting connection that Williams strives to help develop between the pairs, texts you can’t remember sending will be immortalized forever – has put out a book, but also within USC itself. filled with raunchy, stupid, witty and sometimes just plain funny quotes. “The university needs to find and address the needs of other populations on campus The pages are unnumbered, but rest assured, there are a lot of them, so you can be – there’s more to just race and gender groups that need attention. I am hoping it will sure to find a quote that’ll make you laugh until you pee. But then, the problem is that become a staple here,” she says. there are a lot of pages, and really, only about half of the quotes are actually funny, 25 Schools around the nation should also pay attention to their first-generation students; percent are just plain wrong, 10 percent are inside jokes and the rest fall into the “meh” a quick Google search will show that programming for them is lacking. Hopefully, other column. colleges will look at USC’s program and will be inspired to do the same. The humor comes from the relatability of the texts (the college experiences some USC alumna Debbie M. Page, attorney at law, welcomed the opportunity to give will never have, those that some will never grow out of and pop culture references that back to a fellow Trojan. However, health issues affected the amount of time she was able will mean nothing two days from now), so it obviously can’t please everyone all the time, to spend with her mentee. In an effort to work around these limitations, Page and her but many are re-quotable and I found myself unable to resist sharing certain texts with mentee often exchange text messages. everyone around me while I read it. “One highlight of this experience for me was when my mentee sent me a text stressing And yet, while I hate to say it, on the whole, the book felt like it simply rehashed about her fall final exams,” Page shares. “I told her to give me a call if she needed to talk, someone else’s material into a haphazard collection, with little concern for organization. and she did. I felt like she needed support and encouragement, and I sincerely hope that So the final verdict? my words made her feel better and stress a little less. Stick with the Web site, unless you’re looking for light bathroom reading. And don’t Speaking as Debbie’s mentee, I can say that those words truly did make a difference, mind typos. and it’s programs like this that leave lasting impressions on any student’s life. Grade: B- —Melissa Russell For more information, visit careers.usc.edu. Texts From Last Night is currently available.

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“The Female of the Species” Now-March 14 @ Geffen Playhouse They say that when a director casts his VALENTINE’S or her ensemble well, 90 percent of their job is fulfilled. Let’s just say director Randall Arney has great intuition and MASSACRES amazing luck with “The Female of the Species.” Broken Hearts and Hard First off, he gets Annette Bening to play the dramatically frantic feminist Drives author Margot Mason, who in the midst of a pressing deadline for her next book

gets an unexpected visitor. We quickly Michael Lamont BYct s ot bell learn that Molly (Merritt Wever) is an old student of Margot’s and claims to A nnette Bening in “The Female of the Species” be a huge fan of her work until she pulls W hile Valentine’s Day may be an evermore, distant memory, out a gun. Truth be told, she hates Margot and her writings (Molly’s mother was the the sting of loneliness can still ache for those of us who didn’t have anyone to celebrate fan of Margot’s work, so much so that she abandoned her daughter Molly in pursuit of the Hallmark holiday. No matter how much we may want to believe that the holiday is her feminist ideals – one of the many reasons she wants revenge on this author.). In the just another day, it is rough to be without someone to snuggle with on Feb. 14. If we are midst of the pleading and begging for her life, and while the captor slips away to make lucky, we can find solace in the company of single friends and family members until the hot tea, in walks an exhausted and delirious mother of three, Tess (Margot’s daughter), day finally passes. wonderfully played by Mireille Enos. Both daughter and captor gang up against Margot, Admittedly, when the refuge of friends and family isn’t enough to console, many of us who is handcuffed to her own desk. As the chaos unfolds, we are introduced to the turn to the greatest hub of lonely people on the planet – the Internet. endearingly charming Bryan, Tess’ husband, played by David Arquette, taxi driver Frank Whether you are looking to chat or just participate in more solitary activities, it is a and publisher Theo. great escape from a lonely reality. Unfortunately, the feeling of heartbreak that we have The performances were the best I have seen since I moved to Los Angeles from New to suffer with when we are alone on Valentine’s is exactly the motivation that hackers like York. Of course, Bening gave the powerhouse performance I anticipate every time I to play on. witness her work (both on stage and on screen – loved her in “Medea”). Arquette totally The newest, Valentine’s-themed crop of nasty virtual demons to torture the blew me away with his performance because it was so unlike the characters I’m used to unsuspecting Internet visitors has been dubbed “Flirt Bots.” As the name implies, these seeing him portray. pre-programmed personas send messages to random users’ instant messengers. While The remaining cast members were just as brilliant, in particular Enos. At one point their artificial intelligence is fairly weak, they are interactive enough to fool anyone who in the show she had the audience laughing so hard we could not help but applaud her genuinely wants to believe that a sexy stranger has randomly chosen them. After a bit of delivery. This is simply great theater! scripted flirting, the bots suggest that the user follows a link to a site that boasts a free trial —Ximena Herschberg of their private, sexy webcam. Geffen Playhouse is located at 10886 Le Conte Ave., Westwood Village. For more information, For anyone who knows about these scams, the trap is obvious and the results are visit geffenplayhouse.com. nasty. Whether the links on the page lead to viral downloads or if they simply ask for your credit card information and use it for their own purposes, loneliness will suddenly “Digging Up Dad” become the least of your problems. Now-March 20 @ Ruskin Group Theatre The truth is that the Internet has become a playground for hackers, scammers and Cris D’Annunzio’s engaging one-man show “Digging Up Dad” opens with dirt flying in thieves. Even if you are careful about your surfing patterns and avoid scams like these, the air. Lights illuminate a small mountain and a cemetery backdrop as Cris’ head pops there are always new bots, Trojans, viruses and other digital damage that can be done up out of a grave. to your computer, your identity and your bank account. To combat them, you need a The story is incredibly funny and said to be based on actual facts; Cris’ father, who defense that evolves as fast as the threats do. remains nameless, mysteriously dies from a drug overdose leaving behind $250,000. But PC Tools (pctools.com) feels that they have the best solution to this ever-changing there’s a problem. His father was only a small-time hood who, while a heavy drinker, problem. Their line of software is built to work together with the Windows Firewall against never touched drugs. The mysterious circumstances surrounding his father’s death seem everything from viruses to spyware. Best of all, the basic versions of their programs are to indicate mafia involvement. available for free online. “Digging Up Dad” doesn’t exactly follow the Aristotelian play structure; instead, it’s a The first program, Spyware Doctor with Anti-Virus, has an amazingly powerful and profane one-act monologue. The show is basically Cris’ biography, a story straightforward name and a single-minded goal of keeping your computer clean. Once he tells us as he takes a much-needed break from uprooting his father’s tomb – as the title you have downloaded and installed the file from Google Pack (pack.google.com), it will suggests. This tale is an emotionally aggressive chronicle that begins with Cris’ upbringing immediately ask to be updated and then to initiate a full scan. The Spyware Doctor is in an Italian-American family and finds its heart while exploring a tumultuous love/hate a very powerful threat detection and deletion tool, but the interface is very simple and (but mostly hate) relationship with his abusive father. intuitive. —Cesar Cruz Once the scan is done and all threats have been quarantined, the Spyware Doctor Ruskin Group Theatre is located at 3000 Airport Ave., Santa Monica. For more information, continues to keep an eye on your hard drive thanks to a number of active scanning items visit ruskingrouptheatre.com. that have been packed into its IntelliGuard service. If the threat is known, Spyware Doctor will do its best to keep it from bothering you. “The Price” Of course, that is the eternal weakness of anti-virus programs. As long as people see Now-March 21 @ Theatre West some profit in creating malicious programs, there will always be the risk that you may be Arthur Miller once said, “Whoever is writing in the United States is using the American among the first people to catch a particular virus. What you need is something that can Dream as an ironical pole of his story.” “The Price” is no exception. This subtle family catch the threats even if they haven’t hit the big times yet. drama is a classic Miller play that uses extremely ordinary conventions to gnaw on the PC Tools’ ThreatFire (threatfire.com) is a unique approach to this problem. Rather meat of a family’s dysfunctions. than simply looking for well-known viruses, ThreatFire scans for new programs that run “The Price” is the story of two brothers. Victor (Cal Bartlett), who sacrificed his notably differently from your regular programs. 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in 2009. Further, the news report states the Dodgers’ plan to Well, there are a few fair responses: the McCourt divorce, cut player salary commitments to 25 percent by 2013, down reported pressure on teams by league commissioner Bud NO DODGING from 42 percent in 2007. Selig to cut payroll expenses and the current state of the And that’s not all. The team also announced the Dodgers global economy promoting the widespread practice of expect to nearly double ticket prices by 2018, anticipating the slashing expenses. Even more, the financial documents that CHEAPSKATES average ticket to cost $53.50 before the end of this decade – served as a basis for the ESPN.com report and this column up from the current average of $29.40. Talk about an extreme were apparently produced to make the team attractive to case of buy low/sell high. Somehow, this plan of buying Chinese investors, meaning this whole thing may be a case of BYrm pa i al m. rohit players on the cheap but selling tickets to fans really high is one-step-back-but-two-steps-forward. expected to increase club revenue to $529 million in 2018, up If only Dodger team officials left it at that. What hurts from $295 million in 2008, ESPN.com reports. is when the team announces it plans to double ticket prices, S o just when, exactly, did Donald Sterling Hey, I am all for cutting costs and increasing revenue. But thinking it will have zero impact on fans attending games. convince Frank McCourt to follow his (Sterling’s) business there is nothing wrong with a team (responsibly) spending a “The Dodgers’ ticket prices are relatively inexpensive model on how to run a sports franchise? few extra dollars on its players in order to put a winning squad and there is substantial room for prices to increase without While responsible spending and fiscally prudent business on the field, hence pleasing the fans, ergo translating into resulting in a decline in attendance,” ESPN.com reports from practices are a keystone of any successful venture, there are (likely) financial gain. For example, a Forbes Magazine report a team document. certain aspects of any consumer-based operation that require states the small-town Saints spent $149 million on player What makes the sports business so different from other monetary attention for the company to meet its proverbial industries is how it intricately balances spending money on bottom line. In the sports business, that proverbial bottom players to attract fans. People come to watch games to see line is filling butts into seats. Last I heard the best wayto “... drastically cutting payroll big personalities and championship runs, both of which ensure a not-so-empty stadium is to put a winner on the inherently cost boatloads of money. Many ownership groups, field. And hey, winners cost money. Just ask the New York while spiking ticket prices such as Disney and Sterling, have tried hard to penny-pinch Yankees or Los Angeles Lakers. is not an ideal way to run a on player compensation, struggling accordingly to place a Obviously, it is not wise to just throw money away at steadily winning product on the field. players, but drastically cutting payroll while spiking ticket sports franchise.” While no one will complain about sports executives prices is not an ideal way to run a sports franchise. Yet, that making a genuine effort to responsibly manage dollars and is exactly what the powers that be at Chavez Ravine tell the personnel, while revenues topped $232 million during its cents, teams ultimately suffer when management tries too press this week, as Dodger team officials announce they plan just-concluded championship season. If the Saints can afford hard to maintain “the bottom line.” And that is the point. to make significant cuts to the team’s payroll in the next three to spend $149 million on its roster and post $232 million in There will be fans willing to pay $53.50 per ticket to watch years, all while raising ticket prices and expecting revenues to revenue in a championship season despite playing in a market a Dodger game – so long as management places a winning steadily increase. smaller than the San Fernando Valley, why are the Dodgers team on the field. With announced plans to significantly Specifically, ESPN.com reports team officials plan to cut pursuing their just-stated fiscal policy when Chavez Ravine slash payroll, management will probably not fulfill its end of payroll to $107 million this year, down from $132 million consistently draws about three million fans each season? the bargain.

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A t lit le over a year ago, Shannon Brown joined the Lakers. Since then, the 24-year-old guard – who is averaging eight points, two rebounds and one assist per game – has become quite a valuable asset to the squad. Although he failed to make it to the final round of the 2010 Slam Dunk Competition during All-Star Weekend, Brown has one of the highest vertical leaps in the league (44.5 inches) and dazzles crowds anytime he has the chance to dunk. With Kobe Bryant sidelined due to an ankle sprain, Brown has stepped up to the starting lineup and has proved he belongs in the spotlight. This couldn’t be more evident than when the 42-14 Lakers hosted the 16-39 Golden State Warriors Feb. 16. About halfway into the first quarter, Brown stole the ball from Anthony Morrow, drove down the court, slammed it home and the Lakers never looked back on their way to the 104-94 victory. Brown had a banner night with a career-high 27 points (to lead all scorers) and a career-high 10 rebounds. The team was Kobe-less again Feb. 18 against the 35-19 Celtics at Staples Center. The backcourt struggled – Brown was able to only put up eight points and four assists – but Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom put up strong efforts with 22 points and 13 points/14 rebounds, respectively. However, Boston ended up with the 87-86 win. Tonight, the No. 1 in the west Lakers head to Dallas to play the No. 4 in the west Mavericks (35-21) for the final time this season, but the two squads will most likely meet up at some point during the playoffs. Then, the Lakers return to Staples to host Philadelphia (21-34) Friday, Denver (37-19) Sunday and Indiana (19-36) Tuesday.

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