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4 Campus Circle - September 11-25, 2013 Film | Music | Culture AROUND L.A. L.A.’S TOP CAFES These gems hit the spot with their coffees, teas and flavorful dishes. Café Gratitude

BY KAI CHAN

Nothing beats warm drinks on a chilly day and maybe a sweet treat or quick meal to accompany the drink. Los Angeles is filled with various cafés. Read what this city has to offer!

Blu Jam Café 7371 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles 90046 blujamcafe.com This is the perfect place for breakfast or brunch. The menu is quite extensive, ranging from dishes such as egg benedicts and French toast to gourmet sandwiches and burgers. For sweets, ask the server what treats the café has that day. The drink list includes coffee, lattes, tea blends and juices. My favorite is the White Peach Tea, which they serve in a pot with flowers and tealeaves. You pour it into your cup THE INTERNATIONAL SENSATION and sip the day away. There are vegetarian and gluten-free options available as well. STOMPONLINE.COM Café Dulce 134 Japanese Village P/2 Bldg. E Los Angeles 90012 cafedulce.co For sandwiches, try the Spicy Korean Cheesesteak and Honey Glazed Spicy Chicken at this Little Tokyo Café. There are non-spicy options also, such as the Pesto Chicken and Apple Tuna sandwiches. Café Dulce’s main attraction, however, is the dessert menu; this café is seriously full of sweets! Walk in and see all of their goods: blueberry roti buns, green tea and bacon donuts. Their colorful Pebbles cereal-covered donut holes are even sweeter. I’ve also heard their coffees are quite exceptional. They even have interesting teas, including the Organic White Pomegranate and Japan Pineapple Papaya teas. DEC 17– JAN 5 Urth Caffe Various locations in West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica and Downtown L.A. ONLY! urthcaffe.com With five locations available, Urth Caffe is no stranger to coffee lovers. They have such a great list of hot, iced and blended drinks that it can be hard to choose what you want! If you order a latte, you may SABAN THEATRE get surprise latte art in your foam. I always order the Iced Spanish Granita Latte; it’s creamy with just 8440 WILSHIRE BLVD the right amount of sweetness. I hear the hot version is equally delicious! Depending on the location, BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90211 Urth Caffe’s menu will have different single-serving dishes such as pizza and quiche. During this fall season, they have yummy fall-appropriate treats, including pumpkin pie and apple pie. You can also pre-order for pick-ups.

Café Gratitude 639 Larchmont Blvd. Los Angeles 90004 cafegratitudela.com With interesting dish names such as Bright-Eyed (a cereal blend of coconut milk, pecans, seasonal fruit, vanilla and cinnamon) and Grounded (roasted potatoes with your pick of spicy nacho cheese or chipotle ketchup), this place is quite a surprise, especially since they don’t have any meat on the menu. stomponline.com/saban Café Gratitude is a vegan and raw café, but their dishes are protein-loaded and will fill you up so you 32 3 - 6 55 - 0111 won’t even miss the meat. They serve organic teas and coffees along with beers, juices and smoothies. Their desserts are made fresh every day, so ask to see what’s available on the day you visit.

Lady Chocolatt Café 12008 Wilshire Blvd., #101 Los Angeles 90025 $25 STUDENT TICKETS NOT A STUDENT? chocolatt.com This café is literally full of chocolate. It’s the perfect café for coffee and sweet chocolate treats to satisfy WITH CODE STU25 USE CODE YPSS20 your chocolate craving or pick out some pieces as gifts for your friends or family. However, don’t let FOR 20% OFF TICKETS! the chocolate grab all of your attention; Lady Chocolatt Café also serves Belgian waffles with your choice of syrups and ice cream. If coffee is not your thing, they have a list of different kinds of hot RESTRICTIONS MAY APPLY. SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY. CANNOT BE COMBINED WITH ANY OTHER OFFER. FACILITY AND chocolate for cold days and fruit or ice cream-blended drinks for warm days. SERVICE FEES APPLY. CODE STU25 VALID ON PL4 TICKETS ONLY. MUST PRESENT VALID STUDENT ID AT THEATRE FOR CODE Whether it’s hot or cold outside, cafés are the best places to wind down while sipping teas or STU25 PURCHASED TICKETS. NOT VALID ON PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED TICKETS. BLACK OUT DATES MAY APPLY. coffees and munching on sweets or hearty meals. You can enjoy these places by yourself or share some snacks with friends. Just make sure you check the hours because some cafés close early! www.CampusCircle.com Campus Circle - October 24 - November 6, 2013 5 MUSIC: FEATURE

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SHE JUST WANTS TO ROCK ‘N’ ROLL

She’s back with a new album, and

Campus Circle talked to the punk- princess herself to get all of the details.

BY VANESSSA WILKINS The punk-rock princess is back!

She was the rebel, the anti-Britney, the girl that was too cool for school. I’m talking about Avril Lavigne, the feisty tomboy who burst onto the scene more than 10 years ago and created her own rules. With Top 40 hits like “Sk8r Boi,” “Complicated” and “Girlfriend,” Lavigne left a permanent mark in the music industry, and she shows no signs of stopping with a new album release just around the corner. Lavigne has been working on her new self-titled album, Avril Lavigne, for more than a year and said that even though she didn’t go into the recording studio with a specific vision, she loves how the album turned out and is “really looking forward for everyone to hear [it].” “I went into the studio and I didn’t really know what I was going to do, but I just started writing,” Lavigne said. Lavigne collaborated with co-producers Chad Kroeger (the front man of Nickelback and Lavigne’s husband), Martin Johnson (producer to the stars, as well as the lead singer of Boys Like Girls) and David Hodges (who has worked with singers such as Evanescence, Kelly Clarkson and Christina Perri) at Henson Studios in the spring of 2012 to develop the concept of the album. Avril Lavigne will be the singer’s fifth studio album, and as she reflected with Campus Circle on the process of creating the album, Lavigne revealed what her biggest takeaway was. “I’m always Lavigne lit up as she explained that after she and Kroeger got engaged, they “rewrote the reminded that you have to work really hard at what you do,” she said. chorus at the end of the song, and changed the lyrics so that there is a twist,” and the couple finds Lavigne’s hard work is definitely paying off, as the already released singles from the album love with each other in the end. are doing exceptionally well on the airwaves. The lead single of Avril Lavigne, “Here’s To Never The two got married in July 2013, but when we asked if they ever listen to their duet at their Growing Up,” is already Platinum-certified by the Recording Industry Association of America. home, Lavigne simply laughed and responded, “We listened to it enough when we were in the Campus Circle got an exclusive listen to the new album, and Lavigne explained that the studio.” Songs on her previous albums such as “Anything But Ordinary” from Let Go and “What The Hell” from Goodbye Lullaby have always encouraged self-empowerment, and Lavigne’s newest work stays true to that form, with multiple songs advocating being true to yourself and following your own rules. “I went into the studio and I didn’t really Lavigne labeled “Rock N Roll” the new album’s girl power anthem and said, “It’s about being rebellious and not worrying about what other people think, and just keeping it real.” While music is Lavigne’s biggest claim to fame, it is definitely not her only successful endeavor. know what I was going to do, but I just Lavigne is an entrepreneur; she owns lifestyle apparel brand, Abbey Dawn, as well as three fragrances -- Forbidden Rose, Black Star and Wild Rose. The singer is also a philanthropist, and in 2010 she created her own charity called the Avril Lavigne Foundation, which supports children and youth started writing…” living with serious illnesses or disabilities. With all of the projects that she is juggling, I assumed that Lavigne’s next stop would be world domination. When asked what she would like to do in the future, her answer caught me off guard. diversity of the songs on Avril Lavigne is what makes this album so different from her others. “I’m “I want to make a Christmas record!” she said. Lavigne also revealed that she wants to try out really excited for everyone to hear the album because there’s a lot of new content for me,” she said. acting, and when asked if she is planning to audition for anything soon, Lavigne’s only response Lavigne listed “Give Me What You Like” and “Bad Girl” as her favorite songs, and she also was a coy “maybe.” raved about the guest artists who are featured on two of her tracks: Marilyn Manson appears on She may be a celebrity, but Lavigne’s hobbies are the far from being diva-status. “I’m domestic; “Bad Girl,” and Kroeger sings with Lavigne on “Let Me Go.” I like to cook, I like to decorate, I paint and I like four-wheeling,” said Lavigne. If she wasn’t one of “Let Me Go” is a very meaningful song to Lavigne and Kroeger, because they are married in the biggest stars on earth, Lavigne could easily be a classmate, a neighbor or a friend. real life. With lyrics like, “I let it go, and now I know, a brand new life is down this road. And when Achieving so much success at such a young age, one most wonder if she has her some words it’s right, you always know, so this time I won’t let go,” the song speaks to the powerful bond that of wisdom. For young adults and college students, she advised, “It’s important to really follow your the couple shares. heart and do what you want to do… and don’t do it for anybody else but yourself.” Lavigne recalled a funny story about the creation of this particular track: “Ironically enough, ‘Let Me Go’ was the first song we wrote, and we weren’t even together, so it was kind of like a break- Avril Lavigne will be in stores everywhere on Nov. 5, so mark your calendars, and get ready to “Rock up song!” she said. N Roll.”

6 Campus Circle - October 24 - November 6, 2013 Film | Music | Culture MUSIC

A One-of-a-Kind Competition, Donna Summer & Christmas Albums MUSIC in the Works. BY KEVIN WIERZBICKI

Kirk McKoy/Los Angles Times/MCT BREAKOUT ARTIST MUSIC COMPETITION being at the L.A. House of Blues on Nov. 24. Now underway, the Breakout Artist Music Competition is an online music competition in search of aspiring bands and ORBE ORBE artists. Entrants can submit one song for free (additional entries Not many artists can claim that they’ve produced a shadow are $20 per song), and there are nine categories to choose from, puppet opera and been featured on a host of hip-hop recordings including rock/alternative/punk, rap/hip-hop/R&B, Christian, by the likes of Abyssinian Creole, Moko Only and Gabriel indie/folk and electronic/experimental. The grand prize winner Teodros. Spoken word poet, songwriter, folk band front woman will get a package that includes a management contract, photo and pop queen Cristina Orbé has indeed accomplished these shoot, full-production music video, three-song E.P. made with things, and now the multi-talented singer has her first album out. a nationally-known producer, 1,000 copies of the finished CD, Released under her stage name Orbé Orbé , the eclectic Invisible $1,000 cash and more. Prizes will also be awarded to a winner Kingdom features nine tunes highlighted by whimsical numbers and runner-up in each of the nine categories. Judging the such as “Circus Star” but also Alanis Morissette-recalling rockers competition will be Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty, Randy such as “Escape.” www.orbe-orbe.com Blythe of Lamb of God, Rick DeJesus of Adelitas Way and other luminaries. Entries must be in by Nov. 30, and winners will be BAD RELIGION, FEARLESS RECORDS READY FOR announced in December. Details at http://breakoutcompetition. CHRISTMAS com/enter/ Epitaph Records has announced an Oct. 29 release date for Christmas Songs by Bad Religion. The album will contain punk FREE SAMPLERS FROM PARTISAN rock interpretations of classics such as “White Christmas,” “Little AND RELAPSE RECORDS Drummer Boy” and “O Come All Ye Faithful” along with an Here’s some free music for you. Partisan Records has an 11-track Andy Wallace mix of the band’s own “American Jesus.” Dropping sampler available for download at Amazon that includes songs on Nov. 5 will be the Punk Goes Christmas compilation from by Deer Tick, Treetop Flyers, Emily Wells, Lumerians, the Fearless Records. Among the contributors will be New Found Dismemberment Plan, Heartless Bastards and others. The Glory, Yellowcard, the Ready Set, Crown the Empire, All Time Relapse Records sampler, also available at Amazon, holds 26 Low, Man Overboard and Jason Lancaster of Go Radio. tracks from the likes of Red Fang, Toxic Holocaust, Exhumed, Obliteration, Windhand, Baroness, Wolvserpent, Howl, Unkind, L.A. BANDS MAKING NEWS Coffins and Horseback. They’ve been garnering a following based on their live performances; now you can listen to THE VIM DICTA anytime DONNA SUMMER REMIX ALBUM thanks to their just-released E.P. Von Tango. Hard rockers A selection of songs made famous by late disco queen Donna GEMINI SYNDROME have a new album out called Lux and Summer have been remixed by some of today’s hottest producers a new lyric video for current single “Stardust.” Underground scenesters DANCE HALL PIMPS will release their sophomore effort The Dead Don’t Walk on Nov. 5. Identical twins Fletcher and Wyatt Shears, the O.C.-based duo also known as THE GARDEN, have a debut album out called The Life and Times of a Paperclip. Also from Orange County, electro poppers NEO GEO have released a single called “One Night Stand” to preview their album Digital DNA, due Oct. 29. Psychedelic rockers SPINDRIFT have just released a new one called Spindrift: Ghost of the West. And congratulations to THE CEREMONIES -- their new self-titled E.P. has just dropped, and MTV has named them an Artist to Watch.

Donna Summer performing in L.A. in 1995. The Queen of Disco died in 2012 after a battle with cancer.

Dir En Grey sings mostly in Japanese, but that won’t stop them from tearing down the House of Blues in late November. for a just-released album called Love to Love You Donna. Included are Afrojack’s take on “I Feel Love,” Hot Chip’s interpretation of DIR EN GREY MEET AND GREET “Sunset People,” Frankie Knuckles and Eric Kuppe’s reimagining Japanese band Dir En Grey will participate in a meet and greet of “Hot Stuff” and Laidback Luke’s remix of “MacArthur Park.” Nov. 24 at 1:00 p.m. at SoundCheck Hollywood, located at 8872 The legendary Giorgio Moroder tackles the classic “Love to Love Sunset. The first 120 people who purchase the band’s new E.P. You Baby.” Duke Dumont, Gigamesh, Benga and Jacques Greene The Unraveling (for $22.50) will be able to meet the band and

are among the other contributors. get their CD autographed. To see Dir En Grey play live, plan on K irk M cK oy/ L o s A n gl es Ti mes /MCT www.CampusCircle.com Campus Circle - October 24 - November 6, 2013 7 MUSIC: INTERVIEW

CHARLI XCX SEES RED IN HER NEXT ALBUM

An artist by nature, this British songstress combines her artistic creativity with her music.

BY AMANDA DEGIDIO in D a n C urw

Watch out for Charli XCX – her sophomore album is expected to blow your mind.

Charli XCX is bringing back the British girl pop era in full besides my music, as well as photo shoots, like directing my own we wrote [“I Love It”] beforehand, and they were into it, and then throttle. Her passion for art and music makes for a bold, but dark photo shoots and artwork. That’s where I get my visual creative they came down and sang over what we did and were really feeling edge. She is ready to give her fans the raw girl power jams that they outlet right now. it. They breathed this new life into it and made it what it is. It was are looking for. cool…to have played it live with them and that felt like a real girl CC: Who are your musical influences? power moment – when we did it live. Campus Circle: Let’s start by telling me what your name is all C: When I was younger, it was the French electro music scene in about? Paris around 2007 (all of the Ed Banger Artists like Uffie, Justice, CC: With your debut album True Romance and your sophomore Charli: So my name is Charli XCX. It’s Charli because that’s my Feadz). Now, I’m really inspired by French Yeah Yeah pop, ‘60s album coming out, how would you explain the new sound and name and XCX because it was my MSN screen name when I was, pop like Johnny Holiday, French Gal, Brigitte Bardot, also nu- theme? like, 14, so I picked that because it was just there in front of me, wave dance like The Waitresses, Bow Wow Wow, as well as French C: Like I said, the theme of the record is definitely the color red. It and it means “Kiss Charli Kiss.” Plastic punk, like Plastic Bertrand. Kind of a wide range, but at the is much more live, there’s much more guitar. It’s very feminine in moment I’m really enjoying ‘60s French music. both a beautiful way and an angry, aggressive way because I feel CC: You got started at a young age from MySpace. How would like femininity is very beautiful, but also angry, aggressive, strong, you explain your journey after that, and did you ever think CC: It seems that you have become inspired from movies such sexy and shy. It’s everything. you’d get this famous? as The Craft and Clueless to artists such as David LaChappelle. C: So up to the MySpace days I got picked up by this promoter How would you say that plays a role as an artist yourself? CC: Who is your dream band to tour with? who was working on lots of raves and cocktail parties in London, C: I’m so visually inspired when I’m creating music, that’s why I C: I feel like it would be cool to go on tour with Gwen Stefani. and I’d play them for a while and I got into that scene. Then my do love the directors like Pierre et Gilles and David LaChappelle, That would be awesome. record label started contacting me, and I started writing songs and and that’s why I’m more drawn to music videos and movies when albums. I didn’t really know what I was doing, but I knew that I I’m making it rather than music itself. I feel like I see everything CC: What’s a typical day like for you? liked what I was doing so I just kept doing it. in colors like my first record True Romance…this record that I’m C: Right now, it’s either being on a plane or in a car for a while and writing at the moment feels like the color red for me. I feel like I then going to the studio. At the moment, I’m just writing all the CC: You loved art and hated music. Do you find those both connect more to visual artists and music videos than I do to actual time – that’s all I want to be doing right now. So, lots of studio time influencing each other now? What kind of art do you do? musicians. at the moment; that feels kind of where I’m meant to be right now. C: Well, at the moment my art that I make is concentrated in my music videos. I do all my music videos with Ryan Andrews, and CC: How was working with Icona Pop? Was there some girl With her North American tour taking off, Charli XCX will be we work on all of our concepts together and everything in the power going on? bringing all her glitz, glam and cutting edge pop to the stage at the video together. That’s my main artistic outlet at the moment, C: It was cool. We actually didn’t get in the studio together, but El Rey in Los Angeles on Nov. 4, 2013.

8 Campus Circle - October 24 - November 6, 2013 Film | Music | Culture FILM: REVIEWS

BLUE IS THE WARMEST HEAD-SCRATCHING REVERSE GHOST STORY, COLOR COMBINES HAUNTER, KEEPS YOU LOVE, SEX & INTIMACY GUESSING

Some argue that Hollywood has recently gone sex-crazy. Lisa discovers a harrowing truth in the film Haunter.

BY ARIEL PAREDES BY SYDNEY CHAMPION

French director Abdellatif Kechiche dives head first into his newest film, Blue is the How many reverse ghost stories, where the living sort of haunts the dead, can you think Warmest Color, starring newcomer Adéle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux. of? The Others and Beetlejuice are a few that kind of, maybe fit this description, but Haunter is Loosely adapted from Julie Maroh’s graphic novel Blue Angel, Kechiche and co-writer Ghalia perhaps truly the most original reverse ghost story film. Lacroix bring this story to life. Winner of the Palme D’or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Blues In Haunter, teenager Lisa (Abigail Breslin) is stuck in her family’s house with her father, is the Warmest Color has people talking and for good reason, too. mother and little brother after they have all died. In this after-life, purgatory-like stage, Lisa and her The film focuses on Adéle (Exarchopoulos), a 15-year-old high school student who has a family experience déjà vu every day. Every. Single. Day. Each day is the day before Lisa’s sixteenth chance encounter in the streets with a young woman who meets her gaze. Even though she has birthday. She wakes up, goes downstairs, her mom makes pancakes, she’s asked to do laundry, the fallen into her first romance with a handsome boy at school, she can’t shake this young woman family has meatloaf for dinner, and she plays “Peter and the Wolf” on the clarinet before she goes who caught her eye. She eventually meets the elusive woman named Emma (Seydoux) and falls in to bed. The dialogue and the actions are almost completely repetitious. love. The story unfolds, following the ups and downs of their relationship over the next 10 years. Although Lisa is aware that she and her family are dead and “living” a fake life, her mother, There are two widely talked-about aspects of this film that have spread like rapid fire since its father and brother are completely clueless. As far as they know, every day is a new day. It is as if they win at Cannes: its three-hour running time and very intimate sex scenes shared between the two are sleepwalking. young women. Where these two young actors have to go for these raw moments is extremely brave. One night, Lisa interacts with the living: a family of four that presently resides in Lisa’s house. There are many points throughout the 20-minute graphic sex scene where the line between acting As she begins to uncover why she has been able to contact the family’s oldest daughter, Olivia, Lisa and what’s real is exceedingly blurred. discovers unimaginable truths of how she and her family died and the sinister haunter that presides Kechiche shoots much of the film with a wide frame but zoomed very tight on the actors’ faces. over her house. As she realizes what’s really going on, Lisa must find out a way to save Olivia’s family This can be a bit distracting at times, especially when the viewer is simply watching someone asleep from suffering the same fate as hers before it’s too late. breathing or chewing his or her food with open-mouth vigor. Trying to capture every nuance with Haunter is more puzzling than anything. There aren’t any earth-shattering twists, but I was close-ups tended to be frustrating. definitely scratching my head the whole time, asking a bunch of questions: “How is Lisa able to The slow-moving pace at which the film unfolds following heroine Adéle requires patience. connect with Olivia?” “What’s happening to Olivia’s family?” “What happened to Lisa’s family?” There are so many sweet moments that the audience gets to watch; we literally see Adéle grow up “Who’s that strange telephone repair man?” The film slowly answers each question, but it’s good and figure out who she is. Meeting Emma rocks her world and consumes her thoughts and life. fun to sit there and guess the reasons for each spooky incident. Witnessing their love unfold can be quite intoxicating. As for the scary factor, there are a couple of “gotcha!” moments where you won’t expect When following a relationship over a decade, issues inevitably start to rear their ugly head. sudden, fast movements or screams. There are also a few unsettling images. However, it is the actual While love and passion are what can unite them, foundational differences in upbringing and storyline that is most disturbing and frightening. Imagine living in a déjà vu world where you’re careers come to the forefront. This being a point Kechiche likes to touch upon in his films. forced to live the same day, day after day. That’s true horror; that would be my own personal hell. The young actresses really brought tenacity to their characters, which many actors tend to shy Breslin has done scary (Signs, 2002) and thriller, suspenseful films (The Call, 2013) before, away from. With beautiful camera work and angles that flatter them, the young women look like and it’s not a surprise that she performs fairly well in this new film. Quite frankly, it’s incredible to works of art in certain moments. see Breslin as a young adult actor. Her focus and commitment to her character, Lisa, is remarkable. The film could have been a bit shorter for a broader mass appeal, and the NC-17 is definitely There is one emotional scene where Lisa believes she has lost her family for good – your heart might going to shrink the audience even more, but kudos to Kechiche for sticking to his guns. break a little as she collapses to the floor and starts bawling. Adéle is in search of her authentic self and what it means to be in love, alone and immersed With talented writing and impressive acting, Haunter is a film I wouldn’t mind seeing with a in someone else. The films original French title is Adéle: Chapters 1 & 2, leaving it open-ended. Her group of girlfriends before Halloween. Even though it won’t necessarily scare the living daylights story could go on; hopefully we’ll get to see where her next journey in life will take her. out of you, the film is an enjoyable puzzler that many will undoubtedly appreciate.

Grade: B Grade: B+

Blue is the Warmest Color releases in L.A. on Oct. 25 and in Orange County on Nov. 1. Haunter releases in theaters on Friday, Oct. 25, 2013. www.CampusCircle.com Campus Circle - October 24 - November 6, 2013 9 FILM: FEATURE

MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY LEADS WITH HIS HEAD, NOT HIS CROTCH The actor talks about his upcoming film, Dallas Buyers Club.

BY FREDERICK MINTCHELL

Matthew McConaughey stars as Ron Woodroof in Jean- Marc Vallée’s fact-based drama, Dallas Buyers Club.

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After breaking through in 1993’s Dazed and Confused to be an arduous process. Director Jean-Marc Vallée informed the widely used anti-AIDS drug AZT, which was the drug of and then being the surprise choice to play the lead in 1996’s McConaughey that the financing was almost complete, so choice in the U.S. at the time. To avoid government sanctions A Time to Kill, Matthew McConaughey, whether by choice or the actor began his transformation of starting to lose the against selling non-FDA approved medicine, they established a happy accident, has built a career by defying our expectations. 40-something pounds for the role before filming was given “buyers club,” where HIV-positive people paid monthly dues for With his seemingly effortless charm and good looks, he wouldn’t a green light. After four weeks of extreme dieting, the film access to the newly acquired supplies. have been the first actor to be stuck on mediocre rom-com ended up receiving the budget it needed to be green lit. Not With his soon-to-be discussed weight loss for the role, purgatory. only did McConaughey transform himself physically, but he McConaughey could relate to Ron’s energy. Sure, he would have made a pretty successful living by also immersed himself in Ron’s life by reading his journals and “Let’s say I lost about 40 percent of my energy and power continuing to star in films such as How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, speaking to his family and friends. from the neck down. I gained that 40 percent of that power Failure to Launch and Fool’s Gold, but that’s like living on a diet “Before he had HIV, he was sort of lost. I know a lot of from the neck up. Some guys lead with their head. Some guys of Snickers and Doritos: it’s satisfying in the short term, but you those guys who are kind of stuck, not going anywhere. Ironically, lead from their midsection – their heart. Some guys, and Ron either end up with a stomachache or raiding the refrigerator in when he [contracted] HIV, he found purpose in his life, and included at first, want to lead with their crotch. Ron did lead an hour wanting more. And he did want more. He successfully that’s when he came to life, so to speak,” he said. “I read his diary with his crotch and that’s both the humor and tragedy of the navigated his way from big-budget popcorn movies (Contact, [that he started before he had HIV] and he was lonely…and he story,” he said. Sahara) to riskier art house choices (Frailty, The Paperboy) to wanted out, but he had nowhere to go. His family would say With Ron leading with his head, he not only changed the more prestigious, “serious” movies such as Martin Scorsese’s that he would sometimes dress as a gangster and I asked, ‘for treatment options for generations of people suffering from HIV, upcoming The Wolf of Wall Street. Halloween?’ but it would just be a [random] Tuesday.” he changed the way the government agencies work together to His newest film, Dallas Buyers Club, is a combination You never know when life is going to hand you a lemon, treat people with all kinds of terminal illnesses. of risky art-house film and prestigious Oscar bait. In it, and Ron’s pill was a particularly bitter pill to swallow. Not only With his challenging role in Dallas Buyers Club, McConaughey plays real-life Ron Woodroof, a Texas gold old was he homophobic, but he was also only given 30 days to live McConaughey is on the short list of actors who could hear their boy who’s an electrician and rodeo cowboy by day and a hard after his diagnosis. names when the Best Actor Oscar nominations are announced. partier and womanizer by night. His world is turned upside “He’s just trying to survive by any means necessary and Awards talk isn’t new for McConaughey, however, as he was also down when he’s diagnosed with HIV in 1985, a time when ends up being a crusader,” said McConaughey. “That’s original. on the short list for a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his, HIV was widely accepted as just a gay man’s disease. The movie Here’s a guy with a seventh grade education who became a literally, flashy role in last year’s Magic Mike. had been in development hell for years, but McConaughey was scientist almost, an expert on a disease that many people didn’t He seems to be both humble and unfazed by the acclaim. drawn to the script. know about yet, about how to prolong your life in a healthy way.” “It’s wonderful to be in the conversation right now. It’s a “I’ve been able to read a few scripts and think ‘it might get Ron’s extensive research into the government red tape wonderful time in my career. I’m excited to get up for work made, it might not get made’ and keep them around and kick involving the FDA, CDC and the many other government every day,” he said. them around every now and then. This [the script], I kept on agencies that approve new drug therapies inspired him to If McConaughey keeps pursuing roles with his head and top of my desk for years and every time I revisited it, I thought, become a crusader in the war on AIDS -- not because he was a not his crotch, he may be on more Oscar short lists in the years ‘this is the one I want to make,’ but nobody wanted to make it.” martyr, but because he wanted to live. He was soon traveling to to come. Dallas Buyers Club doesn’t exactly have “feel-good movie Mexico and then Germany, Israel and China to retrieve drugs of the year” written all over it, so financing the movie proved that weren’t approved yet in the U.S. and were less harmful than Dallas Buyers Club opens in select theaters Nov. 1, 2013.

10 Campus Circle - October 24 - November 6, 2013 Film | Music | Culture HALLOWEEN BECOME THE GHOSTESS WITH THE MOSTESS

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Halloween 2013: How to throw a spook-tacular party BY VANESSA WILKENS

Halloween is just around the corner, and it’s time It takes seconds to make and is guaranteed to be a hit. Nice Sprites” by Skrillex. Tunes like these will have your guests to throw your own Halloween showdown! After reading this Witch’s Hat: Make the cutest dessert ever with just three out on the dance floor, not up against the wall. article, you can be the host of the coolest party on the block. ingredients! Squeeze a little bit of icing to the bottom of a Games: Campus Circle has created a party-planning checklist to make Hershey’s Kiss, stick the Kiss on the fudge side of a round fudge- 1) Costume Contest: Give guests an incentive to dress up by sure that this year, your Halloween party will be the talk of the striped shortbread cookie and voila! You’ve made a witch’s hat holding a Halloween costume contest! You can give out prizes for town. This will be a party that will surely make people scream! in your own kitchen! scariest, funniest, most creative and best homemade costumes! You’ll be surprised to see how full-out people will go with their DECORATIONS DRINKS costumes when a little competition is involved. Create an eerie atmosphere by placing electric candles inside Get creative making “concoctions” for your party! If you are 2) Mystery Bowls: This classic Halloween game is just as fun for of jack-o-lanterns and setting them up around the room. serving punch, serve it from a large bowl or a plastic cauldron, adults as it is for kids! Blindfold a party guest, and have them Cobwebs are also a quick and easy prop to decorate the walls and label it “witches brew” or “magic potion.” To make your reach into a bowl of a mystery item. The guest then has to try and furniture with. Add a funny door decal, like a tombstone drinks more holiday appropriate, you can place fake eyeballs or and guess what they are touching. Is it spaghetti or brains? or a BEWARE: HAUNTED HOUSE-ENTER AT YOUR OWN plastic spiders in the punch bowl as well. And of course, make Eyeballs or peeled grapes? Anything is possible on Halloween! RISK sign as a finishing touch. These decorations will make your sure to serve apple cider, this season’s most timeless beverage. 3) Pumpkin Decorating: Buy miniature pumpkins and a few pad unrecognizable and will give your party an ambiance that is Worm Jell-O Shots: Take your party to the next level with this packs of colorful Sharpies, and let guests show off their inner sure to give your guest the creeps! slimy spin on the traditional recipe for Jell-O shots. Boil water Picasso! It is the perfect souvenir for your guests to take home and mix in Jell-O powder. Stir in chilled liquor and water mix. with them. FOOD Instead of pouring the Jell-O mixture into Dixie cups, pour it Some people might argue that food is the most important aspect into straws, and after they have chilled in the refrigerator, they FAVORS of a party, and themed foods are always crowd pleasers. Here will slide out of the straws and look just like worms! A party isn’t complete without goodie bags, and thankfully, are some spooky snack ideas that are easy to make and taste Halloween makes goodie bags as easy as pumpkin pie! Fill up devilishly delicious! ENTERTAINMENT small Zip-Lock Baggies with various Halloween candies, and use Mummy Hot Dogs: Strategically wrap hot dogs or mini hot Music: If you want to get people dancing, you’re going to need a a Sharpie to write a thank you message on the bags. Leave the dogs in pastry dough, bake until ready, and then poke two holes top-notch Halloween playlist. What comes out of your speakers thank-you gifts in a big basket by the door for people to pick up at the top of the dog. Your guests will drool over this tasty treat. can make or break a party, so Campus Circle recommends before they leave. Monster Munch: This is a very simple snack that can be eaten Halloween classics like “Monster Mash,” “Thriller” and “The Now that you’ve learned how to throw an epic Halloween from a communal bowl or handed out in individual cups for Time Warp,” mixed with modern hits like “Heads Will Roll” party, there’s only one thing left to do…find the perfect costume! party guests. Mix up popped popcorn, M&M’s and candy corn. by A-Trak, “Monster” by Kanye West and “Scary Monsters And Happy Halloween, everyone! www.CampusCircle.com Campus Circle - October 24 - November 6, 2013 11 HALLOWEEN

Two monsters from Knott’s Scary Farm sit down with MONSTERS TELL ALL Campus Circle to talk about their experiences.

PHOTOS: Courtesy of Jill Mansolino BY JENNIFER BOUCHER

Jillian Mansolino, 21, and Jack Horne, 24, appear to be normal, everyday people. By day, The application process to become a monster has changed since Horne’s first year as a monster. Mansolino is a student at California State University Fullerton, works at a restaurant and has an He said, “It used to be if you could work the hours…and you had a clear background, they had no internship at a daycare. Meanwhile, Horne spends much of his time hunting for jobs and hanging problem working with you, and they’ll give you a spot. Now, there are actually auditions.” There are out with friends. However, they have one secret they haven’t publicly shared until now: they’re both several different positions to audition for, and each audition varies. To be tricksters, Mansolino and monsters at Knott’s Scary Farm. Horne had to perform a monologue and improv a scenario. With their experience in acting in a Knott’s Berry Farm turns into Knott’s Scary Farm on designated nights where it provides guests theatre, this was no problem for them. with horror festivities. On these nights, Mansolino and Horne arrive at 6 p.m., get their makeup A typical night for all the monsters involves venturing together around the park, interacting done and adopt a new persona as a monster. When the park reopens later in the evening, there’s a with guests and creeping them out. Mansolino explained, “We’re acting-based because we don’t different vibe as monsters wander around the premise, mazes tempt daring guests and shows with focus on scares. We’re not really meant to scare.” blood and gore come into play. Ghost Town is drenched in fog, cobwebs decorate much of the park, Even though these “acting-based” monsters aren’t meant to scare, they occasionally do. Horne and some rides are revamped with frightening decorations. recalled his most memorable scare when he was working as a clown on the boardwalk: “I’ve actually Mansolino and Horne usually work all four days, eight hours per day with a half hour break. had someone wheeled out in a wheelchair. Like, she wouldn’t move because she was psychologically They are both tricksters, which is a new kind of monster Knott’s Scary Farm has to offer this year. As scarred.” tricksters, they are allowed to touch guests lightly and have the freedom to roam around the entire On that night, a couple of guests came up to Horne and asked him to scare one of their friends. park. They can even going on rides. He snuck up behind the friend and whispered her name. When the girl turned around, she was so Horne described tricksters as “brats you didn’t want to be seen with that cause mayhem and scared that she started crying and froze. She then proceeded to curl into a ball and lift her legs. Horne trouble. We’re the kids who go around toilet papering houses and stuff.” These monsters don’t have recalled, “She had the most amazing ab workout because she wouldn’t move for an hour.” a hard time scaring guests because, as Horne explained, “When you get your makeup on, if you wear Sometimes, celebrities even grace the park to get spooked. “I got to hang out with Neil Patrick your mask, you can be whoever you want.” Harris,” said Mansolino. “He’s adorable. I didn’t scare him last year. It was good to hang out with Monsters arrive two hours early to get ready for the park’s opening. Knott’s provides professional people.” makeup artists that apply makeup and prosthetics to the actors’ faces, making them look completely Although scaring people usually produces laughs and screams, it can also make guests react different. “My friends don’t even recognize me when I’m in character,” said Mansolino. unpleasantly. “You don’t want to mess with that one person who’s just going to come up and deck you At the park, Horne dresses in a full, one-piece skeleton outfit. To describe his character, he said, in the face,” said Mansolino. If the monsters provoke and scare the wrong person, things can take a “I’m a bully. I go around and ruin everyone’s fun, and [I] don’t like having fun. I’m always straight turn for the worst. faced. I’m always serious, always. You get in my way for the most part, I’ll shoulder chuck you out Horne revealed, “I’ve had a knife pulled on me before.” As scary as that might sound, he and of my way. It doesn’t matter to me. We’ll take maps, straws, rip them up in front of you just because Mansolino both agreed that sometimes you just have to take risks as monsters. “…People throw I don’t care.” punches at me, kicks, some people try to tackle me. It’s all part of the game, though,” he said. Mansolino laughed as she described her sexier character. “I’m pretty much El Vira, but purple, Even with the risks, long hours and preparation it takes to become a monster, Mansolino and so I have a slit on my dress all the way up to my upper thigh. I’m a vampire, so I have teeth, and we’re Horne thoroughly enjoy being tricksters at Knott’s Scary Farm. For any college student looking to like undead zombies.” make a little extra cash next fall, work on their acting skills or just have fun scaring the sh** out of Mansolino originally became a monster at Knott’s Scary Farm because Knott’s needed to hire people, he or she should consider Knott’s Scary Farm. someone who looked like her friend’s mom, an entertainment employee. Horne, on the other hand, “Now, some people, they’ll be a little bit shy. They’ll get used to it…once they start getting into said, “I was dragged into it by my best friends.” character, that’s when it’s a lot more fun,” said Horne.

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www.CampusCircle.com Campus Circle - October 24 - November 6, 2013 13 HALLOWEEN THIRTEEN CREEPY CUPCAKE IDEAS FOR YOUR HALLOWEEN TABLE

Hello, cupcake. It’s showtime. Do not add the cold water. Pour the gelatin into a 10-by-15-inch pan with 1-inch sides. Chill for Halloween is nearly upon us, and the Free Press Test Kitchen dares you to give this beloved 3 hours or until firm. Hollow out the center of a cupcake about 1 inch deep, to within about a treat a taste of the macabre. quarter-inch of the sides. Pipe black icing along the top, about one-quarter inch high. Cut firm From witches to bloodshot eyes to skulls and worms, there are plenty of decorating ideas that gelatin into chunks and place in the hollowed-out cupcake. Add candy skulls and bones or other kids and adults can really sink their teeth into. creepy shapes. Attach a piece of black lace licorice for the cauldron’s handle. Insert a piece of black You can make cupcakes from a standard mix or try our Spiced Pumpkin Cupcake recipe. Plus licorice for the spoon that stirs the brew. decorating inspiration is everywhere — from Halloween stores to candy supply stores. You’ll find 3. Witch’s finger: Frost a cupcake. Place a small, snack-size piece of flat taffy about 2 inches skull and bones candies, bat and spider gummies and Halloween molds featuring ghosts, witches long between pieces of plastic wrap. Roll with your hands to shape into a finger. Make an indenta- and more. tion in the fingertip and place a small red or black jelly bean into the indentation for the nail. Bend Let your imagination run wild ... you won’t be alone. This year, according to the National Re- the finger to make it look crooked and position it on the cupcake. tail Federation, Americans will spend more than $8 billion on Halloween, from costumes, to candy 4. Bloodshot eyeball: Use a puffy cupcake. Frost the top with vanilla frosting. Attach a sugared to decorations and more. eyeball from a candy supply store. In a small bowl, tint a small amount of icing red. Pipe lines of So here are 13 creepy cupcake ideas to get you started. icing out from the eyeball. They’re a scream. 5. Spider’s web: Frost a cupcake. Melt semisweet dark and white chocolate candy melts in sepa- 1. Ghoulish graveyard: Frost a cupcake. Select a cookie with a rounded end to use as a tomb- rate bowls. On a piece of parchment or wax paper, pipe concentric circles of chocolate, alternating stone. With black icing, write R.I.P. on the cookie. Position the tombstone on top of the cupcake, dark and white. Lightly drag a toothpick through the chocolate starting at the center and continuing pushing it in slightly. Sprinkle green-tinted coconut on the top of the cupcake. Then sprinkle with around every quarter-inch or less. This creates a spider web. If the chocolate hardens, microwave it chocolate cookie crumbs to simulate dirt. for about 5 seconds to soften it enough to drag the toothpick through. Remove it from the paper and 2. Witch’s cauldron: Make orange or lime gelatin by dissolving it in the boiling water required. place on the top of the cupcake. Add cinnamon raisins to simulate bugs caught in the web.

14 Campus Circle - October 24 - November 6, 2013 Film | Music | Culture HALLOWEEN

BY SUSAN M. Detroit Free Press THIRTEEN CREEPY CUPCAKE IDEAS FOR YOUR HALLOWEEN TABLE (MCT) SELASKY PH O T S: A nd r e J. J ac k s o n /D et roi t Fr ee Pr ess /MCT SPICED PUMPKIN CUPCAKES Makes: 36 / Prep time: 15 minutes / Total time: 50 minutes

Ingredients: 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg (see Editor’s Note) 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves (see Editor’s Note) 1 teaspoon salt 2/3 cup chopped walnuts 1 cup raisins 1 can (15 ounces) pure pumpkin (about 1 3/4 cups) 1 cup sugar 1 cup dark brown sugar 1 cup canola oil 4 eggs Editor’s Note: If desired, substitute 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice for the nutmeg and cloves. Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 3 standard muffin tins with paper liners. 2. In a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt. Add the walnuts and raisins and gently toss with the flour mixture. This will help prevent the nuts and raisins from sinking to the bottom. 3. In a separate large mixing bowl, whisk together the pumpkin, sugars and oil. 4. Add the eggs one at a time, whisking well after each addition. Add the flour mixture in three batches, stirring with a wooden spoon just until combined. 5. Fill muffin cups about three-fourths full. Bake until the cupcakes are golden brown and a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 20-25 minutes. Cool tin on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove cupcakes and cool them completely. 6. Frost and decorate as desired. Adapted from Williams-Sonoma and tested by Susan M. Selasky for the Free Press Test Kitchen.

Analysis per cupcake: 164 calories (44% from fat), 8 grams fat (1 gram sat. fat), 22 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams protein, 171 mg sodium, 21 RECIPE mg cholesterol, 1 gram fiber.

6. Ghosts in the graveyard: Melt white chocolate or white candy melts. Use a mold to make the into the frosting. Sprinkle with chocolate cookie crumbs to simulate dirt or flaked coconut tinted ghost (or other scary design) and place the molded chocolate ghost on top of a frosted cupcake. You green for grass. also can pipe melted chocolate in the shape of a ghost on top of a frosted cupcake. Sprinkle with 11. Ghoulish gums: Use two sets of gummy teeth for edible fangs. You may need to trim the flaked coconut tinted green for grass. teeth to make them look more fang-like, but try not to handle them too much because the teeth will 7. Witch’s hat: Pipe a thick layer of green tinted frosting on top of a cupcake, at least one-half become sticky . Slice the top of the cupcake horizontally, almost all the way through. Use melted inch high. Use a whole ice cream cone for a large pointed hat or cut a section off a cone with a candy melts or frosting to glue the top teeth to the slice and the bottom teeth to the cupcake. Place serrated knife for a shorter hat. Use Red Hots candies for eyes, a chocolate chip for the nose and a a gummy worm or other ghoulish item in the teeth . Frost the top slice with dark frosting. piece of licorice for the mouth. Use rope black licorice for hair or cut flat licorice into shreds. Stick 12: Debonair devil: Tint frosting bright red with food coloring and frost a cupcake. Add mini hair under the hat. chocolate chips for eyes and a Red Hots candy for a nose. Cut red gum drops into quarters for 8. Ghosts on broomsticks: Frost a cupcake with fudge or black frosting. Unroll a fruit roll horns. Pipe on eyebrows, a mustache and goatee using melted chocolate. Use chocolate sprinkles strip. On the long side cut ½-inch long fringe. Cut the roll into 2-inch pieces. Wrap a piece around for hair. (Adapted from “A Ghostly Good Time: The Family Halloween Handbook,” Woman’s Day one end of a pretzel stick and press so it holds together. Place broomsticks on parchment or waxed Special Interest Publications, $10.99.) paper. Melt white chocolate candy melts. Spoon melted chocolate onto the pretzels to resemble 13: Sugar skulls: Mound black or fudge frosting on top of a cupcake. Scatter chocolate sprin- ghosts. Use miniature chocolate chips for eyes and mouth. Freeze for 5 minutes or until set. Place kles and green -tinted flaked coconut on top. Make another mound of frosting and attach a sugared the broomstick on the cupcake. (Adapted from Woman’s Day Halloween Celebrations, 2005.) skull in the mound of frosting. 9. Spooky spider: Use a puffy cupcake and frost with black or fudge frosting. Cut black licorice into 8 pieces about 2-3 inches long for the legs. Insert four legs on each side of the cupcake. Use Red ©2013 Detroit Free Press Hots for the eyes. Sprinkle the top with chocolate sprinkles. Visit the Detroit Free Press at www.freep.com 10. Wicked worms: Frost a cupcake. Attach several gummy worms to the top, pressing them Distributed by MCT Information Services

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Scream is the classic horror movie, perfect for Halloween.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 The blood is a combination of Karo syrup, non-dairy creamer OCT 12-13 and red food coloring. At one point, Bruce Campbell’s shirt that Parties he wears in the film was so saturated with the fake blood that Night of the Living Zoo after drying it by the fire, the shirt became solidified and broke L.A. Zoo when he tried to put it on. 5333 Zoo Drive, Los Angeles When Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013 lazoo.org/nightofthelivingzoo/ Time 11:59 p.m. This frightful bash will transform the Zoo into a theater of Price $12 mysterious and macabre delights: enjoy the spine-chilling stunts of the Sideshow Sirens, while ghouls and ghosts roam about the Concerts grounds in search of contenders for the night’s costume contest. Zac Brown Band The Night of the Living Zoo also features hair-raising decorations Hollywood Bowl and special effects, fortunetellers, DJ Johnny Hawkes spinning at 2301 N. Highland Ave., Los Angeles the Tom Mankiewicz Conservation Carousel and live musical hollywoodbowl.com performances by Batwings Catwings and Edgar Allan Poets. Zac Brown Band received four nominations for the 2009 CMA Creepy cocktails and food truck favorites, including Coolhaus Awards: New Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Single of the and Trailer Park Truck, will be available for purchase. Year and Music Video of the Year for their No. 1 single, “Chicken When Friday, Oct. 25, 2013 Fried.” That same year, they received three Grammy nominations Lucha VaVoom Times 7:00 p.m. for Best Country Album, Best Country Performance By a Duo Prices $45 pre-sale or Group With Vocals and Best New Artist and won the Grammy Halloween award for Best New Artist. Mayan Theater SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 When Friday, Oct. 25, 2013 & Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013 1038 S. Hill Street, Los Angeles Times 7:00 p.m. luchavavoom.com Film Prices Tix start @ $29.50 Annual Dusk-to-Dawn Horrorthon Aero Theatre MONDAY, OCTOBER 28 Pure madness. That might be the only way to 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica americancinemathequecalendar.com Theatre describe Lucha VaVoom--the high-octane Six of the most shocking and schlocky movies - Amityville II: The Rocky Horror Experience The Possession, Kingdom Of The Spiders, The Fly, Hell High, The Dragonfly mix of Mexican-style lucha libre wrestling, Car and The Sentinel - many of them unseen on L.A. screens in 6510 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles decades! Complete with between-film free food, snacks, coffee, brownpapertickets.com/event/482394 traditional burlesque and outrageous blow- giveaways, crazy shorts and surprises. Join this Halloween Carnival, and the Usherettes will take you When Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013 on a WILD rid through another dimension with voyeuristic by-blow comedic commentary. But even Time 7:30 p.m. intention...you may lounge as you like with the other earthlings Prices $20, $18 w/ student ID or sit in the front row for a close-up view of the show. Or relax calling it “pure madness” doesn’t begin to by the bar...don’t worry, any seat is a good seat, for you will be Music included wherever you may wander... describe the no-holds-barred wrestling Kanye West When Monday, Oct. 28, 2013-Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013 Staples Center Times Monday & Tuesday @ 8 p.m., Wednesday @ 7 & 10 p.m. excitement, sultry burlesque goddesses and 1111 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles Price $20 staplescenter.com gut-busting comedy that the acclaimed At the age of 10, Kanye moved with his mother, an English TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29 professor, to Nanjing, China, where she was teaching at Nanjing show is known for. University as part of an exchange program. According to her, Music Kanye was the only foreigner in his class, but settled in well and Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton quickly picked up the language, although he has since forgotten Nokia Theatre most of it. 777 Chick Hearn Court, Los Angeles When Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013- When Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013 & Monday, Oct. 28, 2013 nokiatheatrelalive.com Times Saturday @ 8 p.m. & Monday @ 7:30 p.m. The program includes newly created suites from all 15 of the Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 Prices Tix start @ $32.50 composer and director’s film collaborations. Elfman himself will perform his songs from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Times 8:00 p.m. Film He was the singing voice of Jack Skellington in the 1993 classic The Evil Dead film. The concert will be accompanied with large screen film Price $35 The Cinefamily (Silent Movie Theatre) clips and Tim Burton’s artwork. This will be Elfman’s first live

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When Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013-Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 Price $12 (includes skate rental) Time 8:15 p.m. OCT 3 Prices Tix start @ $45 Expos Jason Nocito Stan Lee’s Comikaze WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30 L.A. Convention Center 1201 S. Figueroa, Los Angeles Film comikazeexpo.com The Shining Los Angeles’ largest comic, gaming, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and ArcLight Hollywood pop-culture convention promises a larger premier experience 6360 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles with an amazing line-up of attractions from vendors, exciting arclightcinemas.com/Movies/Arclight-Presents interactive contests, tons of celebrity autograph signings, the For the scene in which Jack breaks down the bathroom door, addition of movie screenings, incredible panel sessions and all the props department built a door that could be easily broken. new gaming tournaments. However, Jack Nicholson had worked as a volunteer fire marshal When Friday, Nov. 1, 2013-Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013 and tore it apart far too easily. The props department was then Times Friday: 1-8 p.m., Saturday: 9 a.m.-10 p.m., Sunday: 9 forced to build a stronger door. a.m.-6 p.m. When Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013 Prices Tix start @ $25 Time 8:00 p.m. Price $14 Concerts The Pink Floyd LaserSpectacular THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31 Club Nokia 800 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles Passion Pit / / - / / Film laserspectacular.com Greek Theatre Scream Even after 25 years, new elements are added to the show every 2700 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles Exposition Park year. greektheatrela.com 700 Exposition Park Drive, Los Angeles When Friday, Nov. 1, 2013 sfc-scream.eventbrite.com Time 8:30 p.m. In Scream, Casey [Drew Barrymore] claims that all of the Prices Tix start @ $22.50 The band culled their name from the sequels to A Nightmare on Elm Street “sucked.” Wes Craven, who directed both Scream and A Nightmare on Elm Street, sold the Sports Variety Slanguage Dictionary, a glossary rights to sequels to A Nightmare on Elm Street before the film Woodland Hills Ice was released and became a success and disliked many of the Westfield Promenade of Variety’s frequently-used slang, which sequels. 6100 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Woodland Hills When Thursday, Oc. 31, 2013 woodlandhillsice.com was provided by the Hollywood Insider Time Gates @ 5:30 p.m. The rink features more than 7,000 square feet of real ice beneath Price $10 towering pine trees and the California sun and stars. Woodland publication to help not-so-savvy readers Hills Ice offers daily recreational ice skating where you can skate Halloween and get a tan by day or enjoy skating under the sunset and stars decipher its content. The magazine used Zombie Crawl by night. Rusty’s Surf Ranch When Friday, Nov. 1, 2013-Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 the term to refer to drive-in theatres, 256 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica Prices Tix start @ $8.50 zombiecrawlsm.eventbrite.com because of their privacy and romantic Starting on the Santa Monica Pier, crawlers will moan and growl SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 their way through the city for spooky drink and food specials all allure for teenagers. night with the pub-crawl wristband. You must follow specific Book Signing Zombie Crawl rules to get through the streets: keep an authentic Anne Rice zombie appearance, keep arms extended outward, drag a limb Barnes & Noble @ The Grove and deliver vicious snarls and moans without talking. Makeup 189 Grove Drive, Los Angeles When Friday, Oct. 25, 2013 artists will be on-site at the starting location at Rusty’s Surf store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/event/81421 Ranch on the Pier, to assist with the zombie-fying process, and She’s moved on from vampires to werewolves in her latest book, Time 7:30 p.m. an official zombie group photo will be staged under the Pier sign The Wolves of Midwinter: The Wolf Gift Chronicles. at 8 p.m. to magnify the zombie takeover. When Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013 Prices Tix start @ $35 When Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 Time 2:00 p.m. M USIC Time 6:00 p.m. Prices $10 advance, $15 day of Festivals Grand Park’s Downtown Dia De Los Muertos FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Grand Park insideoutca.org/get-involved/attend-an-event/taste-of-abbot- 210 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles kinney Comedy grandparkla.org The Taste of Venice supports Inside Out Community Arts and Christopher Titus Altars, food trucks, free face-painting, awesome bands and a full celebrates some of Venice’s best restaurants. The event focuses Flappers Comedy Club bar by La Cita en el centro de Los Ángeles. on Abbot Kinney’s culinary talent and features a restaurant 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank When Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013 walking tour where you can sample signature dishes from your christophertitus.com Times 3:00 p.m.-midnight favorite chefs as well as enjoy wine and beer tastings. Time magazine called the stand-up & TV veteran “brutal, Price Free When Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013 hilarious and audacious,” while Newsday called him “TV’s most Times 4:30-6:30 p.m. original comic voice since Seinfeld.” Parties Prices Check website for prices When Friday, Nov. 1, 2013-Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013 Hard Day of the Dead Times 8 & 10 p.m. Los Angeles State Historic Park MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Price $20 1245 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles hardfest.com Film Sports With Skrillex, Nero, Boys Noize, Zeds Dead, Bloody Beetroots The Thing (1982) Ice at Santa Monica (Live), Deadmau5, Calvin Harris, Pretty Lights, Eric Prydz, Cut ArcLight Hollywood Ice at Santa Monica Copy and many more. 6360 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles 1324 Fifth Street, Santa Monica When Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013-Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013 arclightcinemas.com/Movies/Arclight-Presents downtownsm.com/ice Times Noon-midnight This film opened on the same day as Ridley Scott’s Blade Downtown Santa Monica brings a little skate to the surf and Prices Check website for prices Runner. The similarities don’t end there; both movies met with transforms the corner of 5th Street and Arizona Avenue into a unfavorable reactions at first, but became widely loved sci-fi premier outdoor ice skating rink. The 8,000-square-foot rink SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3 classics in the years to come. by the beach offers residents and visitors a little taste of winter When Monday, Nov. 4, 2013 without the bite. Food Time 8:00 p.m. When Friday, Nov. 1, 2013-Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 Taste of Venice Price $14

www.CampusCircle.com Campus Circle - October 24 - November 6, 2013 17 BOOKS MAKE THE MOST OUT OF A RAINY DAY WITH THESE READS BY ANGELA MATANO

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