MAKE YOUR SOCIAL LIFE Karaoke, Drink, SING Dance, Laugh in 2011

January 5-11, 2011 \ Volume 21 \ Issue 1 \ Always Free

Film | Music | Culture

inside campus circle campus circle Jan. 5 - Jan. 11, 2011 Vol. 21 Issue 1

9 Editor-in-Chief Jessica Koslow [email protected]

Managing Editor 8 14 Yuri Shimoda [email protected] 04 NEWS U.S. NEWS Film Editor 04 BLOGS D-DAY Jessica Koslow [email protected] 18 BLOGS THE ART OF LOVE Cover Designer Sean Michael 23 BLOGS THE WING GIRLS Editorial Interns 08 FILM COUNTRY STRONG Kate Bryan, Christine Hernandez Gwyneth Paltrow is an emotionally unstable country crooner trying to save her career. Contributing Writers Tamea Agle, Scott Bedno, Erica Carter, Richard Castañeda, Phat X. Chiem, Nick Day, Amanda 09 FILM NICOLAS CAGE D’Egidio, Natasha Desianto, Sola Fasehun, Dons Knightly Armour in Season of the Gillian Ferguson, Stephanie Forshee, Kelli Frye, Witch Jacob Gaitan, A.J. Grier, Denise Guerra, Zach Hines, Damon Huss, Arit John, Lucia, Ebony 09 SCREEN SHOTS March, Angela Matano, Samantha Ofole, Brien FILM Overly, Ariel Paredes, Sasha Perl-Raver, Mike Sebastian, Naina Sethi, Cullan Shewfelt, Doug 10 FILM PROJECTIONS Simpson, David Tobin, Emmanuelle Troy, Kevin Wierzbicki, Candice Winters 10 FILM DVD DISH

Contributing Artists 19 FILM TV TIME & Photographers Tamea Agle, Amanda D’Egidio, Jacob Gaitan, 14 MUSIC LITTLE DRAGON David Tobin, Emmanuelle Troy Swedes on the Rise Return to America ADVERTISING 15 MUSIC LIVE SHOW REVIEWS Sean Bello [email protected]

16 MUSIC FREQUENCY Joy Calisoff [email protected] 18 MUSIC REPORT Jon Bookatz 18 MUSIC CD REVIEWS Music Sales Manager [email protected] 05 CULTURE PAGES Ronit Guedalia 06 CULTURE ON THE MENU [email protected]

06 CULTURE JET SETTER Calendar Editor Frederick Mintchell 07 CULTURE GAMES & GADGETS

Campus Circle newspaper is published 19 CULTURE EXHIBITIONS 49 times a year and is available free at 40 schools and over 800 retail locations 20 CULTURE GET UP, GET OUT throughout Los Angeles. Circulation: 30,000. Readership: 90,000. 21 CULTURE CURTAIN CALL PUBLISHED BY 22 SPORTS MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL CAMPUS CIRCLE, INC. 5042 Wilshire Blvd., PMB 600 22 SPORTS L.A. HOOPLA Los Angeles, CA 90036 (323) 939-8477 (323) 939-8656 Fax 23 EVENTS THE 10 SPOT [email protected] www.campuscircle.com © 2011 Campus Circle, Inc. Cover Photo Credit: Ivan & Monika; clay4play.com All rights reserved.

2 Campus Circle 1.5.11 - 1.11.11 A Magical Encounter between Human and Horse

“THE IMPRESSION IS ONE OF INTENSE BOND BETWEEN HORSES AND MAN.” Los Angeles Times

“A NEW FAIRY TALE-LIKE SHOW FROM THE IMAGINATION OF A CIRQUE DU SOLEIL FOUNDER.” The New York Times

“THE STUNNING MULTIMEDIA BACKDROP BAFFLES THE EYES, THE ATHLECICISM AND ACROBATICS STUN THE SENSES, AND THE HORSES TOUCH THE SOUL.” Las Vegas Magazine

“THE GREATEST SHOW I’VE EVER SEEN!” Larry King, CNN

Opens January 19 – Under the White Big Top, Downtown Burbank (I-5) 1.866.999.8111 • cavalia.net

Upload: Advertiser Name: Cavalia Pub. No.: Run Date: January 5 File Name: 11 01 05 CC 10x13 P.ai Publication: Campus Circle Marketing Coordinator: Melanie Ruel 1-514-879-9002 x3037 Format Size: 10" x 13" Graphic: Robert Vignola 1-514-879-9002 x3012 NEWS FILM MUSIC CULTURE EVENTS DVD GAMING SPORTS MEDIA BLOGS Campus News College Central Local News U.S. News

U.S.NEWS Campus Circle > News > U.S. News

Did I Get Married? franchise. Lately, Yoba is the founder of his own marketing strategy and brand management company CELEBS based in California. He also earns a living as an inspirational speaker. In November 2010, Jessica Simpson announced her STEALING engagement to one-time pro-football player Eric Johnson. Johnson has redirected his career pursuits to become a life coach. Another former sports star to adopt an office role is JOBS? Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The basketball phenom was a top-rated blogger for the Los Angeles Times. by ebony march, news editOR Actress and one-time talk show host Ricki Lake is a

certified doula. These professionals are the natural health Inquirer/MCT Weller/Philadelphia Bonnie Bank failures, Ponzi schemes and a number version of maternity nurses. They assist women during the of sluggish industries have set the stage for a change in how rigors of childbirth and also help educate new mothers in Tony Danza teaches English at Philadelphia’s Northeast High. people live their lives. Men and women who once enjoyed matters such as breastfeeding. Lake felt compelled to explore the perks of disposable income (such as vacation time and this new career path after the birth of her own two sons and struggling with substance abuse. Social networking sites like frivolous shopping) have now been forced to choose between while researching her documentary, The Business of Being Twitter and Facebook were littered with comments jeering making their monthly mortgage payments or keeping their Born. the starlet for asserting that she might be considered a electricity running. Unlike financial downswings in the past, Star of stage and small screen, Tony Danza first captured reliable source of assistance to anyone. this recession has not just plagued the poor or the middle the hearts of millions in the 1980s when he played lovable Lesser-known Los Angeles-based DJs and club promoters class; it’s also hit celebrities and other wealthy elite where it housekeeper Tony Micelli on ABC’s “Who’s the Boss?” have even been forced to compete with top names such as counts: smack dab in the bank account. Recently, Danza committed to teaching at an inner-city high Ryan Gosling and Devendra Banhart usurping coveted slots Actor Kevin Bacon and his wife Kyra Sedgwick reportedly school in Philadelphia. The actor’s journey is chronicled on at nightspots like the Green Door and El Cid. had their fortunes squandered by convicted felon and one- A&E’s “Teach Tony Danza.” Celebrity interests get a boost over those of private time financial manager Bernie Madoff. Even Nicolas Cage To many, celebrities becoming closer to everyday people citizens because of the built-in following that they bring. and rapper Xzibit have reportedly fallen victim to foreclosure. is a breath of fresh air. Many Web sites have commended While someone may not know a thing about “John Smith” As a result, noteworthy names and faces have had to diversify this new surge in Hollywood’s elite providing accessibility to or “Jane Doe,” they can easily unearth plenty of information their talents to stay financially viable in a tough economic those who patronize their ventures. However, there is also a about Kim Kardashian or Justin Bieber. climate. Celebrities have begun taking on 9-to-5 jobs. growing backlash against many stars stepping into roles that But critics warn that fame doesn’t mean you’ll get a better Actor Malik Yoba has jumped onto the marketing and would normally go to private citizens. quality product. Sure, an A-list face or award-winning singer media bandwagon. This prolific performer has appeared Many balked when actress (and recently anointed can offer a great sound bite on following your dreams, but on programs ranging from “Arrested Development” to clothing designer) Lindsay Lohan suggested that she would there is no guarantee that they will deliver their very personal “Girlfriends.” He is also one of the stars of Tyler Perry’s Why be pursuing a career as a sober living coach for individuals secrets to success.

D-DAY Campus Circle > Blogs > D-Day

started back in 2002 by bike messenger Jimmy Lizama in the wrenching greasy Los Angeles Eco-Village. With co-founder Ben Guzman, the handlebars in place. A TASTE OF kitchen moved to its present location in 2005. This was the lore My neighbor handed down to me in a phone conversation with fellow cook working on her bike Ma Bell, who at her core just loves bikes. was traveler Ryan BIKE CULTURE “We believe in change from the bottom up,” she says. Lindsey Bartz who The Kitchen’s mantra, besides believing the bike to be both needed some work by denise guerra fun and accessible, is to “foster healthy urban communities on her pedals. and to provide a welcoming space to learn about building, She explains, This is not a bike store. The Bicycle Kitchen maintaining and riding bicycles.” There are occasional “The people I met is a movement using education as its founding force. I workshops such as “Basic Wrenching” and “Intro to Wheel are amazing, and remember walking into the small shop located on the corner building,” and on Monday nights they provide services you just want to of Heliotrope Drive and Melrose Avenue and being greeted specifically for women and transgendered only. come back more.

by two guys wearing aprons. Inside were bikes and tools like I came in on a cold Tuesday night to start on my Project They’re very en– Kelly Martin wrenches and tires and cabinets filled with spare bike parts like Bike. I first had to choose from their selection, a slew of old couraging and help handlebars and brakes. Up on the ceiling hung used bikes and incomplete bikes needing a touch of love and oil. The cooks me learn what I was Bicycle Kitchen cook Jonah A. Schwartz bike frames – the basic bicycle skeleton when you strip down helped me choose a step-through frame that wouldn’t hurt doing, and when I the wheels, seats and handlebars. my lady parts when I stood up on it. Plus, it had a Venice felt I had no idea about anything mechanical – I felt like ‘get These “cooks” explained to me the purpose of the Bicycle Beach bicycle license from 1975. What was missing, and what out of here’ – but they were like, ‘No, it’s OK.’” Kitchen: It’s a space where you can come fix your bike and use I would need to work on, was putting on handlebars, aligning Bartz continued, “It’s just exciting when you make any of their tools, from fixing a flat tire to building up an entire the wheels, putting on chains and brakes, among other things. something yourself and then you get to ride away with it every bike from scratch. You can use everything for free, and they Definitely a lot of hard work for a bike the cook priced at $40. day.” won’t turn you away for lack of funds; the only thing they ask Throughout the process I would have different cooks help Everyone knew each other in the kitchen, and luckily I is a suggested $7 donation for the use of their space. me out, but Alessandro Delfanti, a visiting sociologist from was there to share the family love, pausing work on my bike to “But I’m totally new at this whole bike thing,” I said timidly. Italy, gave me the most help. He had worked in a bike shop participate in a white elephant gift exchange. They didn’t even The cooks had an answer for that, a term they called in his hometown, so it was natural for him to drop in to the know me, and I was already stealing away someone’s gift. “Project Bikes.” Basically, from their stack of used bikes, you Bicycle Kitchen to share his talents. I still have a couple of days to go in the bike kitchen before can build up a bike with the help of their cooks, pricing the “I volunteered on a regular basis for a few months, and you my bike is finished and ready to ride, but the idea of spreading bike based on its condition and the amount of hours it might just have to show that you care about the kitchen, you know bike culture throughout metropolitan Los Angeles through this take to use their facilities. In my head, this was a sweet deal. I the rules and you know some basic wrenching, and then they method of education and comradeship is a powerful statement would actually learn to build my own bike. So I signed up for vote you in,” he says. that bike culture is alive and growing one bike at a time. an appointment the next week. He made sure that he wasn’t the one building the bike for The Bicycle Kitchen is located at 706 N. Heliotrope Drive, Los The Bicycle Kitchen, or as some may call it the Bicí-Cocina, me, so it wasn’t a great idea to wear my white sweater while Angeles. For more information, visit bicyclekitchen.com.

4 Campus Circle 1.5.11 - 1.11.11 Become a CAMPUS CIRCLE Fan on Facebook http://bit.ly/dhFhEE

PAGES Campus Circle > Culture > Pages

Los Angeles in Maps American Vampire (Rizzoli) (Vertigo) In an age where GPS is in your car and on your cell phone, It’s a shame this book did not come out five years ago. it’s hard to imagine just how important maps used to be. L.A. There’s been such a deluge of bloodsucker stories in recent Unfolded: Great Maps at the Central Library was an amazing years that when one of actual quality comes along it can’t exhibition that showed some samples from the library’s huge help but become somewhat tainted by all the schlock. As it is, collection, and now 70 of these are reproduced in Los Angeles American Vampire still manages to rise above its peers. in Maps so you can see again – or for the first time – how, in The book takes an original form, composed of two barely over 200 years, the City of Angels grew from a wild, parallel timelines that meet in the end. near-desert settlement in the west of America to one of the The first story thread, by Scott Snyder, takes place in biggest and most notable – and notorious – cities in the Hollywood in the 1920s and centers on Pearl, a movie extra world. trying to make it big who instead falls prey to a gang of Author/exhibition co-curator Glen Creason writes short vampires. but fascinating explanations alongside the maps, which The second storyline, by Stephen King, concerns Skinner show promotional ones made for the endless land sales and Sweet, an Old West outlaw who becomes a new breed of day- annexations, the mighty Los Angeles River, oil fields, harbors, walking vampire and sets out to take revenge on the powerful railways, “golden liquid” (water), tourism highlights and, of cabal of Old World European vampires that betrayed him.

course, maps to the Homes of the Stars (the celebs loved This decades-spanning tale sets up what promises to Leuschner America by K.M. City of Wonder the Angeles, Greater Los them at first – until Charles Manson came along). be an epic, intelligent take on vampires set against the huge The contemporary pictorial maps are the most canvas of the American Century. See the growth of our city in Los Angeles in Maps. accessible, but each one in this book offers an insight into The artwork by Rafael Albuquerque is stunningly the complex route that Los Angeles has taken over the years. visceral, with take-you-by-surprise gore. ancestry through secret passageways in the manor. It may be a hefty $50, but it offers a fascinating way to learn Grade: A- It’s these kinds of ideas, reflecting a love of comic books about the vital zanjas, semi-real places such as Mesmer City —Mike Sebastian and their history, that are missing in the current vogue of and the early pseudo-animal reservation of Barnes City, and American Vampire is currently available. rebooting every pop culture franchise with a dark, humorless the many forgotten streets and places that would have been take. Morrison reminds you how fun comics can be. lost to history if it weren’t for the – often purely commercial Batman & Robin: Batman vs. Robin This is the second volume in Morrison’s series, which – cartographic skills of real estate agents, fire insurance (DC) takes place after Bruce Wayne’s supposed death with Dick companies, automobile clubs, city engineers and people who Opening a Grant Morrison book you always know you will Grayson and Bruce’s son Damian filling the Dynamic Duo’s loved this city. find a story brimming with imagination. He can pull off shoes. Grade: A vintage campy Batman ideas like a gang of chimney sweep Grade: B+ —James Bartlett minions with glee and free of irony. He can have a remotely —Mike Sebastian Los Angeles in Maps is currently available. controlled Robin ambush Batman. He can explore the Wayne Batman & Robin: Batman vs. Robin is currently available.

CONSIDERING A CAREER IN THE HAIR INDUSTRY?

If you dream of owning you’re own salon, working behind the NIGHT SCHOOL | The Sassoon Cosmetology Program can scenes on motion pictures, fashion shows or magazine shoots, now be studied as a night course for anyone who has prior then the Sassoon Academy Cosmetology program is the finest commitments during the day, such as work, childcare or study. start to help you realize you’re goals. STudeNT PrOFILe | No formal experience is necessary, although Choosing to study Cosmetology at Sassoon Academy provides you will be required to be hardworking and passionate about hair. you the unique opportunity to access the Sassoon culture, with its world renowned reputation and over 50 years of experience in durATION | 44 WeekS Cosmetology education. After finishing the Sassoon course, you COST | $22,000* will be fully prepared for the realities of business and ready to begin your career in hairdressing. * PAYMeNT PLANS | Sassoon now offers comprehensive payment plans to suit any budget and payment term – please ask one of At the Sassoon Cosmetology School, we prepare you for a career our Administrators about our various options. in the real world. For this reason, hands on learning with male and female clients are a key part of the curriculum. This includes FOr MOre INFOrMATION ANd TerMS & CONdITIONS, consultation, cut and color, finish and product recommendation. PLeASe SPeAk TO Our AdMINISTrATION dePT The knowledge that you gain from this will go far beyond what AT 888 757 5100 you learn from textbooks and working with mannequins. With the strong personal attention of our professional teachers, you SASSOON ACAdeMY | 321 SANTA MONICA BLVd will fully develop your skills. SANTA MONICA | CA 90401

Campus Circle 1.5.11 - 1.11.11 5 NEWS FILM MUSIC CULTURE EVENTS DVD GAMING SPORTS MEDIA BLOGS Art Beauty Books Fashion Food Gaming Special Features Theater Travel

ONTHEMENU Campus Circle > Culture > Food

dishes as possible and features dishes from other Los Angeles restaurants, which have inspired the chef. It’s a fun way of CASA COCINA paying homage to Los Angeles cuisine while putting his own spin on traditional dishes. As we settled in, it was time for drinks. Kristen started Y CANTINA with a special drink for fall –the Autumn Royal, which muddles farmers’ market grapes with tequila, Crème de 350 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles cassis, agave and lemon juice, topped with a float of Avern. Now, I don’t know what “Avern” is, but I do know it helps BYSC Ott BEDNO make a damn good drink. I had the Pina Fuego, which is tequila, jalapeno puree and fruit juice with a chili salted rim. D owntown Los Angeles continues to de- The combination of the sweet and the hot play off each other liver interesting and delicious options to our culinary perfectly. landscape. It was my pleasure to find the 2-year-old Casa The meal begins, as you may expect, with chips and salsa. Casa Cocina Y Cantina’s Shrimp Tacos – a chef’s favorite Cocina Y Cantina, located downtown on Grand Street in the Standard stuff normally, but Casa provides two salsas, one a California Plaza. Casa puts their own twist on Mexican fare smoky red chipotle and the other is a green habanero with tender and not nearly as gamey as goat meat. The short ribs and does so in warm, inviting and fun environment. sour cream that I ended up putting on all the dishes – it was are fork-tender and melt-in-your mouth delicious. The meat My girlfriend, Kristen, and I arrived at the restaurant a that good. The coolness of the sour cream balanced out the is accompanied by goat cheese stuffed peppers (a nod to the bit early and were pleasantly surprised to find an outdoor heat from the habanero while retaining the flavor. traditional birria) in a hearty red broth. bar awaiting us. Yes, an outdoor bar, in Los Angeles, what a There were many starter options to choose from, including The carnitas is what you expect and what carnitas should novel concept! guacamole, tacos and “antojitos” or taqueria-inspired snacks be. Tender pork shoulder, highly seasoned and seared on the While enjoying a Negro Modelo on tap at the bar, our such as mini-tamales, quesadillas and something called outside to retain the juiciness of the meat. For me, I don’t eyes kept focusing on the outside tables behind us. Each turkduckenizo albondigas, which is a seasonal take on the need much more than the meat and tortillas for my carnitas, table looked like pods, as they had white, high, curved walls traditional Mexican meatballs. I’m not sure how we ended up so the potato and al Pastor-applewood bacon hash that surrounding the tables, creating an intimate feel that still not ordering that one, but we’ll rectify that on our next visit. accompanies the dish is a bit of overkill. Tasty overkill but keeps you part of the scene. I asked Ryan, the manager, about We did choose one of the chef’s favorites, the shrimp tacos. overkill nonetheless. Let the meat do the talking, I say. them, and he said the pods were called “casitas” or “small Three soft tacos stuffed with plump shrimp, lightly fried with For dessert, the chef recommended the rice pudding, houses.” We didn’t even bother to look inside the restaurant caramelized pineapple, walnuts and a spicy crema sauce – the which was a cool and refreshing way to end a hearty meal. before deciding we needed to dine in the little casita. Sitting sweet and the hot working together again beautifully. After dinner, as we sat back in our little casita, enjoying inside you can look up and see the magnificent skyscrapers Now it was time to turn our attention to the meat of the the view of the majestic towers looming above us, we were of downtown and really feel like a part of this great city. matter – literally. For our mains we chose the birria and the thankful to call Los Angeles our big casita. In fact, Los Angeles itself is a major component of what carnitas. Birria is a braised meat dish traditionally using goat inspires Casa. The menu includes as many local and seasonal as the protein. Casa uses beef short ribs instead, which is very For more information, call (213) 621-2249 or visit casadowntown.com.

JETSETTER Campus Circle > Culture > Travel

pines. Here, sometime in the 1850s, he built a private retreat and a little chapel, which still stands a short walk away from ROUGHING IT the resort’s lobby. You may have read about Lamy’s adventures in Willa Cather’s novel, Death Comes for the Archbishop. Today, Bishop’s Lodge has 111 guest rooms in 15 separate IN LUXURY lodges sprawling across 450 acres of gorgeous New Mexico desert. You can go horseback riding, skeet and trap shooting, hiking, mountain biking and swimming without ever leaving AT BISHOP’S the resort. You can play tennis and badminton, or do yoga or Pilates in the gym. In the wintertime, drive 18 miles north to the slopes of the Santa Fe ski basin for a day of snowboarding LODGE or downhill danger. Of course, you can just light up a fire in your beehive The next morning, we start all over again. At the by phat x. chiem fireplace on the balcony and watch the sun’s slow descent into restaurant, we treat ourselves to a Sunday brunch of epic the valley. The idea is not to do too much. Slow down. Go for proportions. Waiting in line at the hand-carved ham station, The sun sinks behind the Tesuque Valley in a walk on the lush grounds. Pick an apple from the orchard. an older gentleman lets us in on the secret. Santa Fe, N.M. The distant foothills take on the vermillion Within hours of our arrival from Los Angeles, we find “This is the best brunch in Santa Fe,” he says. “We live in color that gives this storied locale its name – Sangre de Cristo ourselves cocooned in a treatment room at the spa. The Albuquerque, but we drive here twice a month just for the Mountains. From the balcony of our hotel suite, we imagine masseuse works our tired muscles with her capable and buffet.” the view hasn’t changed all that much in the 400 years since practiced hands. She applies an in-house oil blend that smells And the best part about it? The mimosas are free flowing the first Spaniards stomped through. terrifically of wild sage and lavender and pine. Soon enough, and all part of the brunch price ($29.95 per person). But those early explorers certainly didn’t have what we’re we can barely stay awake, threatening to drift away under the To walk off our huge breakfast, we drive down to the Santa enjoying this long, luxurious weekend: A cozy room at the power of the scent and the soothing hands. Fe Plaza, the epicenter for tourists far and wide. In the shops, Bishop’s Lodge Resort and Spa (1297 Bishop’s Lodge Road, In the evening, we share a romantic dinner at Las Fuentes. you can find one of those belt buckles the size of a dinner plate Santa Fe), tastefully decorated with rustic furniture and a gas- The room, decorated with large oil paintings done up by a Santa and handmade cowboy hats and boots. You won’t find very powered fireplace; massages at the SháNah Spa, a beautiful Fe artist, is inviting, not pretentious. We’re enticed by nearly many real cowboys. facility with teepee tents for outdoor treatments; dinner at everything on the menu, from the butter-poached lobster But there’s still plenty of real history here. We duck Las Fuentes Restaurant, where we dine on red chile honey- salad to the chile crab relleno. For a second, we’re tempted to into the impressive St. Francis Assisi Cathedral, which was glazed rack of lamb and succulent beef tenderloin with wild get the locally famous all-you-can-eat prime rib dinner. The coincidentally built by our guy, the Archbishop Lamy. There’s mushrooms. ingredients are seasonal, mostly local, and superbly done. The a statue of him in front of the church. Be sure to pay homage The bishop never had it so good. prices are high, but no more than most nice places in the city. to the man whose quiet retreat is now a world-class resort. Jean Baptiste Lamy, the first bishop of Santa Fe, discovered By the time we stumble out of the restaurant, we’re glad we the fertile valley, dotted with fruit trees, cottonwoods and don’t have very far to get to our rooms. For more information, visit bishopslodge.com.

6 Campus Circle 1.5.11 - 1.11.11 Follow CAMPUS CIRCLE on Twitter @CampusCircle

GAMES&GADGETS HIV NEGATIVE & POSITIVE WOMEN & MEN… Ages 18 to 65 are needed for a by mike sebastian UCLA immunology research study

CASTIV: The Guitar Sidekick is the • You will be asked to donate up to 110 cc (approximately 4 ounces or 8 tablespoons) of perfect way to read music or lyrics blood up to 15 times over 4 years. • Volunteers will be paid $25 per visit. while you play without having to sit in front of a computer or turn pages in a book. To find out more call Alfonso Coro at (310) 206-7288 or e-mail: [email protected] This nifty little gadget clamps onto your guitar strings above the Beth D. Jamieson, Ph.D., Dept. of Medicine, nut and grips practically any mobile CASTIV Guitar Sidekick makes play easier. Principal Investigator APPROVED device or smartphone. UCLA IRB#: 10-00136007-03-009-04 JAN 28, 2010 Expiration Date: DecemberNovember 8,30, 2010 2011 UCLA MEDICAL NSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD The fully pivotable holder allows you to find the best angle and locks in place with the turn of a ring. Use it to read tablature software, launch a tuner app or play along with a metronome. castiv.com

Turn your iPod into a music studio with these cool gadgets. The iRig is a guitar interface that allows you to turn your iPod, iPad or iPhone into a guitar amp. AmpliTube, the software that was designed for use with the iRig, has just released a new version with improved performance and all new features. The iRig is the perfect solution for guitarists who want to rock out but don’t want to annoy roommates. AmpliTube is a fantastic, all-inclusive piece of software, which you can add on to with in-app purchases or just enjoy in its free stripped-down form. Customize your rig, mixing and matching between five virtual amps, five cabinets and two microphone combinations (based on popular real-life equipment). Each has full tone and gain controls. Then layer your effects with fully customizable stompboxes (11 initially, with the option of five additional for purchase). Effects pedals include: Chorus, Flanger, Phazer, Delay, Fuzz, Overdrive, Wah and Envelope Filter. Additional purchasable stompboxes include: Octave, Noise Filter, Compressor, Limiter Parametric EQ and Six Band Graphic Equalizer. You can also save your settings as presets (up to 36 of them) so they’re ready at the touch of the screen next time. The amps and effects are only half of what’s cool about AmpliTube. You can also record directly to your iPod (one track on the free version, with a four-track upgrade which includes master effects). Export your tracks as high-quality audio files or MP3s. It’s a great way to get down those song ideas before the muse vanishes or record a rhythm track to practice a solo. SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY You can also import music (up to 50 songs) from your library and play along with Center for Esthetic Dentistry it. Songs can be slowed down 50 perecent without affecting pitch while you learn them. AmpliTube also includes a built-in tuner and metronome. Using an iPod Touch 4G, the iRig/AmpliTube showed negligible distortion/signal delay. ikmultimedia.com/irig Bond Music Research’s GuitarBud is another guitar interface, much like the iRig, but without the benefit of the accompanying software. You can use the GuitarBud with many apps sold separately, such as StompVox, Riff Raters, GigDaddy, iStrobosoft, Rectools Pr, Guitar FX Deluxe or even to record quick song ideas with Voice Memos (preloaded on your iPod/iPhone). In testing, the GuitarBud showed some slight delay in signal and minor feedback. GuitarBud also works with a bass or keyboard. bondmusicresearch.com/guitarbud Left Photo: Small Natural Teeth (Before) The Mikey 2.0 is Blue’s newest microphone that plugs directly into the bottom of your Right Photo: Veneers, Teeth #5-12 (After) iPod. You can record class lectures, dictate notes or even record music. But before you rush out and buy one, be aware the Mikey is not compatible with the newest generation iPod and iPhones. It is compatible with most other models. You can adjust the angle of the mic through 230 degrees and chose from three gain settings to capture the clearest possible sound. It includes a line-input and USB pass Esthetic Restorations through. The Mikey records CD-quality stereo audio directly to your iPod and comes with the free BlueFiRe recording app. All procedures are performed The Mikey is a cardioid condenser microphone. Also includes a soft carrying pouch. bluemic.com/mikey by Post-graduate Dentists Capture all the nuances of your guitar playing without blowing out your eardrums with and supervised by Clinical Faculty Future Sonics Atrio Special Edition earphones. Designed to give “Bigger Sound at Lower Volume,” the Atrio features a new MG7 of the Center for Esthetic Dentistry transducer and TrueTimbre audio quality for a clear and dynamic sound. The proprietary dynamic drivers produce frequencies below 150Hz more effectively than multiple driver designs. The bottom line: They deliver a full-bodied sound with deep lows and clear highs, call (310)825-4736 for an appointment without having to crank the volume. Multiple in-ear sleeves create a custom fit and noise isolation. They also come with an eco-friendly zipper case. futuresonics.com UCLA School of Dentistry, Westwood Campus

Campus Circle 1.5.11 - 1.11.11 7 NEWS FILM MUSIC CULTURE EVENTS DVD GAMING SPORTS MEDIA BLOGS DVD Dish Interviews Movie Reviews Projections Screen Shots Special Features TV Time

FILMINTERVIEWS Campus Circle > Film > Interviews

When the subject of Paltrow’s other leading man, TRON: Legacy star Garrett Hedlund who plays Beau Hutton, a rising singer-songwriter who catches Kelly’s eye, comes up, Paltrow grins, “Garrett is so sweet. He’s so big and tall and strong, but he’s got such sensitivity and vulnerability. They’re both hunks, love them both.” McGraw, who played the 26-year-old actor’s abusive father in the 2004 filmFriday Night Lights, says of Hedlund, “I really do think he’s going to be a huge movie star, one of our best leading men. I always thought he was a good kid. He’s got a good heart. He’s like my kid brother.” For Hedlund, working with McGraw a second time on a film about country music was both a dream come true and a taste of home. “I grew up on a farm in a very small Minnesota town where we only had one radio station, and it was all country music,” Hedlund, in a crisp black button down, recalls. “That’s why it was very surreal on Friday Night Lights to be working with Tim McGraw, because ‘Don’t Take the Girl’ was my favorite song. I’d be driving in the tractor and singing it, [and the] next thing I know, Tim’s playing my father in a film.” Hedlund says that his singing experience was limited to a single performance with McGraw in 2004. “I got up on stage and sang ‘I Like it, I Love It’ with him

Scott Garfield in Austin, but I wasn’t a country singer by any means,” he laughs. “But I was very familiar with all the great old men. My Gwyneth Paltrow and Garrett Hedlund star in Country Strong. grandpa used to play Johnny Cash to our turkeys, and they’d start bobbing their heads to the music.” less nervous about singing – which she did in her father’s “When we were doing Friday Night Lights he was always 2000 film, Duets, and recently on an episode of “Glee” – than singing ‘Don’t Take the Girl’ in my ear, and I kept telling him to COUNTRY “about playing a person who is a huge star, which is very shut up,” McGraw ribs, saying he knew Hedlund would have a different that playing someone who has their guitar and is great sound because “he’s got such a resonant speaking voice.” trying to make it. I obsessively watched Beyoncé perform The singer-turned-actor says the key to country music STRONG because she’s it in terms of performance and confidence, self- isn’t talent as much as self-belief. belief and abandon onstage.” “You just have to believe that you’re good,” McGraw G wyneth Paltrow brushes her Paltrow spoke with her husband, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, reveals. “A commitment to what you’re doing is what the about a few things but reveals, “I picked the brains of my girl audience is going to respond to. I told Garrett he should come guitar off. singer friends more because I think it’s a very different thing to town as if he was a country music singer, not as if he was to be a male in a band as opposed to the lead, like Beyoncé playing one.” by sasha perl-raver or Faith Hill, out there by yourself. They were amazing, so “It was living and breathing country music every day,” supportive. They were so generous of spirit.” Hedlund says obediently. “[In] August, I started guitar W hen most people think of country music, The actress says Hill, whose husband Tim McGraw co- training with a wonderful singer-songwriter who was very they think of singers like Garth Brooks and Dolly Parton, stars as Kelly’s manager-husband, James, in Country Strong, patient with me. And me and Shana would meet up every fake tarantula lashes, a tsunami of Aqua-Netted blonde curls, was a major resource during the film’s Nashville shoot. Tuesday and Thursday and watch documentaries on the cowboy boots, maybe dip – but Gwyneth Paltrow? Not so “Faith said all this stuff, like just start singing [right away] Highwaymen or old Kris Kristofferson and Roger Miller, much. so it’s in your muscle memory, wear one of your inner ears in Waylon [Jennings] and Merle [Haggard], [talking about] When the lithe, blonde Oscar winner walks into a room and one out so you can hear the room. I just did everything what they were about, the soul to them and trying to bring at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills sipping a bright green she told me to,” Paltrow smiles. that soul to this. You have to live and breathe it to understand smoothie, a wide-necked, bat-winged sweatshirt by Nation McGraw, on the other hand, wanted to make sure he it and express it confidently.” wilting off her shoulder, her Tracy Anderson-toned legs distanced himself from his own singing reputation in the After moving to Los Angeles in 2004, Hedlund began showcased in a pair of black sequined shorts by Diane von film. Wearing a fitted red plaid shirt, grey V-neck cashmere relying on country music as both a security blanket and tether Furstenberg and high-heeled Brian Atwood booties, she lives sweater and dark jeans, McGraw crosses his Popeye-sized to his roots. up to her image as sophisticated urbanite, the macrobiotic forearms and admits he was afraid he would be “a distraction” “When I came out here, country was home,” he says, “I queen of Manhattan. But then she promptly takes that for country music fans who went to see the movie. flew back to it. It made me relax in the chaotic city.” reputation and punts it, first when her BlackBerry goes off, “Hopefully, I’ve gotten a little past that, but initially I Considering that within a week of arriving in Hollywood, blaring her custom ringtone, Jay-Z’s “Dirt Off Your Shoulder,” thought it would be too much to ask audiences to put me in Hedlund had landed his first acting role, a major part opposite next, when you realize how amicable and charming she is and that world and ask them to accept that I’m playing a character Brad Pitt and Eric Bana in Wolfgang Petersen’s blockbuster, then when you see her new film, Country Strong, in which and not think of me the whole time.” Troy, relaxation must have come at a premium. In the years she plays Kelly Canter, an out-of-control alcoholic country McGraw, who is the sole lead who doesn’t sing in the film, since, with starring roles in nine films but the ability to stay superstar trying to rebuild her career after a shattering tragedy. a distinction he relishes, says it was only after seeing writer- grounded and still fly somewhat under the radar, Hedlund’s Knowing the preconceptions that dog her, when asked director Shana Feste’s debut feature that he agreed to sign on. real life isn’t dissimilar to his role in Country Strong. Likewise, if her smoothie came from M Café, a restaurant frequented “I saw The Greatest,” McGraw says of Feste’s much Nashville and Hollywood have many parallels – in L.A., by fans of yoga and Master Cleansing, she takes a sip and admired but little seen first movie, “and thought, if she brings every waiter is an actor, in Tennessee, everyone is a singer- says with a wry grin, “There’s banana in it, and banana is not those sensibilities and that eye to this movie, then maybe we songwriter – so we asked Hedlund if he could relate to the macrobiotic.” Laughing, she adds, “The image I had for a long can build a character that people would buy into.” storyline of being plucked from relative obscurity and flung time was extremely exaggerated.” Asked for his professional opinion of his leading lady’s onto a massive stage. She contends that playing Kelly was “much closer to the singing abilities, McGraw beams, “She sucks you in and just “Last [night’s premiere of TRON] was the most similar real me. When the script came to Clint Culpepper, the head of melts you. There’s an honest, heartbreaking, Appalachian to that,” he nods. “Walking down onto Hollywood Boulevard, Screen Gems, I was attached, and he was like, ‘You are crazy. loneliness in her voice.” the barricades being up and the crowds roaring, was very She is so wrong for this part.’ Now he’s like, ‘I can’t believe Told of his praise, Paltrow grins and returns the compliment. similar to Beau coming out of a concert when he’s caught by I thought you were wrong for this. I was wrong, I admit it!’ “Tim’s got so much in there,” Paltrow says. “You look surprise because people want his picture and his autograph. You might not think of me immediately [for Kelly], but she’s in his eyes, and there’s so much. He’s so intense. It’s fun to I’m glad I got to act it before I had to experience it,” he laughs. in there.” work with someone who’s discovering how good they are at a As she was preparing for the role, Paltrow says she was different thing. He’s got real chops.” Country Strong releases in theaters Jan. 7.

8 Campus Circle 1.5.11 - 1.11.11 Become a CAMPUS CIRCLE Fan on Facebook http://bit.ly/dhFhEE

FILMINTERVIEWS Campus Circle > Film > Interviews

and an idealistic priest (Stephen Campbell Moore). “There was a lot of belief in witches and enchantment SEASON OF at the time, but the trials weren’t exactly fair,” says producer Charles Roven. “Once we read it, we couldn’t get it out of our heads. It’s not just a period film. It’s an action adventure that The witch takes place in the period. The writer, Bragi Schut, peopled it with relatable, three-dimensional characters. So beyond its T imeless Tale of the Scapegoat wonderful genre elements, there’s more than enough meat on the bone to keep it interesting.” byi cand ce winters The screenplay came to the producers’ desks with a substantial amount of buzz. Writer Bragi Schut won one of

I n Season of the Witch, the elders of the the world’s most prestigious writing competitions, the Nicholl Relativity Media church accuse one woman of causing the Plague, which has Fellowship offered by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts reached every corner of Earth in the film set in the 14th and Sciences. Roven and fellow producer Alex Gartner were Ron Perlman and Nicolas Cage in Season of the Witch century. To save the people from the disease that deforms the immediately drawn to the script, citing that the “combination faces of its victims and kills them in possibly the grossest way of elements is what set this story apart for us. Calling it ‘a impressed by Foy’s commitment to the trade and her natural possible, the church sends Behmen (Nicolas Cage), a heroic supernatural thriller set in the 14th century’ is saying it all in ability. Crusader who has become jaded by the brutal warfare he terms of the genre pitch, but there’s so much more going on. “Claire has this enormous instrument,” he admits. “She’s witnessed in the name of God. Hoping to escape their duties It will terrify audiences, but because it has great characters, it very talented, and incredibly well trained. She is capable of and retire quietly, Behmen and his fighting partner Felson feels completely real.” getting to the truth of the character at the drop of a hat.” (Ron Perlman) are caught and called before the local cardinal What became the most pivotal role to cast was that of With production of Season of the Witch now complete, (Christopher Lee). The knights must help the church end the the girl accused of being the witch because of the character’s producer Roven admits it wasn’t all fun and games, but the Plague or face their punishment for deserting their duties. duality and the constant ambiguity as to her motives. The journey in the film is heavily relatable to our current situation, The source of the evil that has cursed the people British newcomer Claire Foy who won the role describes her and he hopes audiences will see that. Like the Salem witch supposedly lies in one girl (Claire Foy) and the witchcraft she character as a “sort of a Typhoid Mary. Everywhere she’s been, trials and the McCarthy attacks, society can always find it in is accused of employing to perpetuate the Plague. Behmen the Plague has appeared. Therefore, she’s a witch. It says a lot its heart to blame someone. and Felson can redeem themselves only by transporting the about how women were treated at the time. She’s a young girl, “As a filmmaker, I always want the story to resonate with witch to a faraway abbey where the monks will hold a trial and all these powerful men are accusing her of something today’s audience,” Roven says. “A lot of things are going on in for her. On their journey through the mountains, over rickety horrific. You never quite work her out, and that’s important, the world today that have shaken our foundation of beliefs. bridges and across foggy forests, the group is joined by a con because the men don’t either. She’s neither a femme fatale nor When we question our beliefs and we don’t have answers for man who knows the route (Stephen Graham), another knight an innocent girl, but she is so intelligent that she’s able to pit things, we still have a tendency to look for scapegoats.” whose family was ravaged by the Plague (Ulrich Thomsen), all the men against each other to get what she wants.” a young man who yearns for knighthood (Robert Sheehan) Cage, who is a seasoned veteran of the business, was Season of the Witch releases in theaters Jan. 7.

SCREENSHOTS Campus Circle > Film > Screen Shots

lot of 1980s 8-bit video game references, which I totally loved ever seen. Darren Aronofsky directs Natalie Portman in this because I played all those old Atari and Nintendo games. I chilling portrayal of the psychological decay of a ballerina TEN BEST OF like that writer/director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot chose to be the lead in a big-deal version of “Swan Lake.” The Fuzz) structured the film like a video game, which I think got filmmakers did a great job of creating a feeling of dread that lost on some people. But what I liked most about it was how comes totally from within the character and externally. 2010 visually arresting and creative it was. The Fighter (Paramount) by zach hines Catfish(Universal) This is the best inspirational boxing film since the first Rocky. One of the most relevant films of the year and a must see for Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale star as real-life half- A s another year begins, it’s always impor– everyone. Kind of a mix between documentary and cinema brothers Micky Ward and Dickie Ecklund. David O. Russell tant to acknowledge the films that kicked your ass in the past vérité, Catfish exposes an aspect of Facebook that you’re not (Three Kings, I Heart Huckabees) directed the film, and the 12 months. I thought I’d do something I’ve never done before going to hear about in The Social Network. Entertaining and performances are top-notch, especially Bale who portrays and list my favorite films of 2010 (in order of release). terrifying, the film gives you a picture of a dangerous new Ecklund as a washed-up ex-boxer who has become addicted kind of Internet-based identity fraud. to crack. Shutter Island (Paramount) A marriage between Martin Scorsese and Alfred Hitchcock – Nowhere Boy (The Weinstein Co.) Tron: Legacy (Disney) Leonardo DiCaprio stars as a U.S. Marshal investigating a missing Aaron Johnson (Kick-Ass) stars as a young John Lennon I actually haven’t seen this film at this time, but since the persons case at a mental institution. Marking Scorsese and during his teenage years growing up in Liverpool, England. original Tron is one of my favorite films, I’m reserving a spot DiCaprio’s fourth collaboration, the movie creates a terrifying Johnson is fantastic in the role and really captures the essence for it on the list just in case. atmosphere, much like in the way Hitchcock’s films did. of Lennon. What I love about this film is it focuses on a particular part of John Lennon’s life as opposed to trying to True Grit (Paramount) Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures) tell his whole life story in one two-plus hour film. What is a year without a new Coen brothers’ film? The Coens Another DiCaprio film, this time written and directed by readapted this book of the same name that was already once Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Dark Knight). What can I 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) put on screen as a John Wayne-starring vehicle. With the new say about this film? It kicked so much ass on so many levels. Based on the book by Aron Ralston, James Franco portrays film being more faithful to the book, Jeff Bridges replaces After I saw Inception it reminded me of Stanley Kubrick, not Ralston in this harrowing look at what happened when he Wayne as Rooster Cogburn, a grizzled old marshal who helps in the sense that the two filmmakers make the same types went mountain climbing alone and got his arm stuck under a a 14-year-old girl hunt down the killer of her father. This of movies, but that Nolan has been able to bring a level of boulder. Director Danny Boyle and writer Simon Beaufoy do probably is my favorite film of the year. I love westerns and creativity to big-budget filmmaking in a way that most a great job of a making a 90-minute film about one person I love the Coens, and the mix of the two has delivered an filmmakers have not been able to. standing in one spot – a real achievement. instant classic.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Universal) Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) A lot of people were split on this film, but I sure wasn’t. It has a Probably one of the best psychological horror films I’ve Send feedback to [email protected].

Campus Circle 1.5.11 - 1.11.11 9 NEWS FILM MUSIC CULTURE EVENTS DVD GAMING SPORTS MEDIA BLOGS DVD Dish Interviews Movie Reviews Projections Screen Shots Special Features TV Time

PROJECTIONS DVDDISH SPECIAL FEATURES by mike sebastian

The Majors: James Franco is having a career year. The young Renaissance man stars as Allen Ginsberg in Howl, the story of one of the key works of the Beat Generation. A stellar cast, including John Hamm, Jeff Daniels and David Catch Vertigo at the Hammer Museum on Jan. 5. Strathairn, brings to life the ensuing obscenity trial. George Clooney is a professional killer on the eve of retirement in The American. The director of Control (Anton Corbijn) crafts a deliberate, small-scale film in the tradition of VERTIGO/PLAYTIME the 1970s, examining the quotidian and existential realities of such a character. Jan. 5,6 @ Billy Wilder Theater Funny Business: Paul Rudd and Steve Carell star in Dinner for Schmucks, a remake of the French film The Dinner Game. Rudd plays a rising executive who is initiated into BYi cand ce winters a game played by his colleagues in which they each try to bring the dumbest dinner guest (Carell) for the others’ amusement. A hilarious supporting cast includes Zach W ith the changing of the New Year there comes a certain Galifianakis, Jemaine Clement and Nick Kroll. amount of anxiety. Family, friends and even TV advertisements are pressuring us to Martin Clunes (“Doc Martin”) stars as a manipulative womanizer who gets in over actually consider following the resolution we made in haste. I get anxious every year his head as murders seem to follow him around in the blackly comic BBC miniseries because a new start also means that I feel obligated to watch all of the movies I didn’t Dirty Tricks. catch this year. The Academy Awards will be here before we know it, and even though nominations have not been released, it still stresses me out that I have yet to see a handful Stranger Than Fiction: While many younger viewers may only know her as a of films that I am predicting will be nominated. This year, however, my resolution is to lampooner of red carpet fashion faux pas, Joan Rivers was actually a groundbreaking catch up on some of the films that I haven’t seen that are part of our cinematic vernacular. comedienne when she broke out in the late ’60s. Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work is an intimate It’s amazing to think that the moving picture has and will outlive all of us. It is over 110 look at the irreverent as ever 76-year-old performer, past and present. years old and still growing much the wiser. What is considered the prime of film’s history Giants fans can relive the glory of the championship season with the eight-disc San is when auteur filmmakers were producing products that changed the way we saw films. Francisco Giants 2010 World Series Collector’s Edition. The set includes complete games When Alfred Hitchcock started making his smart, aesthetically progressive thrillers, from the series, with the option of multiple audio tracks from Fox TV to Giants Radio the film world was taken on a ride that changed it for the better. Hitchcock once said, and Spanish language, as well as NLCS games four and six, plus player interviews, regular “Some films are slices of life, mine are slices of cake.” He didn’t always take himself or his and postseason highlights and more. films too seriously; his main objective was to create works that made the audience want to go to the theater. That is also the objective of Michael Bay, but the difference is that The Horror! The Horror! In The Last Exorcism, an evangelical preacher, fed up Hitchcock created film techniques that would be used for many years after by every other with extorting money from people’s faith, takes a filmmaker to follow. documentary crew along with him to perform his Hitchcock was particularly known for his obvious and overwhelming use of motifs. final exorcism on what he expects is yet another He tended to use staircases, keys and birds throughout most of his films, but the one religious fanatic. What he finds rocks him to the motif that was used the most in a predominant number of his works was his fascination core of his beliefs. Shot to great effect in the faux- with falling. Steep falls were his dramatic crescendos. His characters fall off a cliff in Secret documentary style, it is one of the more effective Agent, Suspicion and Spellbound; on the Statue of Liberty in Saboteur; on the roof in To horror films of late. Catch a Thief; on Mount Rushmore in North by Northwest; and down the stairs in Psycho. Renée Zellweger is a social worker who But of all the falls in all of his movies, none can compare to the fall that is central to Vertigo. rescues a girl from her abusive parents only The character’s fear of heights becomes a metaphor for his fear of falling … in love, a to discover something entirely more ominous common male trait that is also employed in Rear Window and North by Northwest. More at work in Case 39. Ian McShane and Bradley than anything, Hitchcock uses the tension to cause anxiety in the audience, juxtaposing Cooper co-star. sanity and insanity of the bourgeois ordinariness. In any case, he succeeds. Amber Heard and Odette Yustman are If you have yet to experience the thrill of Hitchcock, the Hammer Museum is providing two American girls on the perfect vacation in an exciting program on Jan. 5 and 6 at 7 p.m. The museum will be screening two films in Argentina until one of them goes missing in And glorious 70mm film, the way all films were meant to be seen. At the Hammer Museum, the Soon the Darkness. Now, the other has to race program is free, and tickets are available at the Billy Wilder Theater box office one hour against the clock to find her friend before it’s too prior to start time. late. First is Vertigo (1958), Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece set in 1950’s San Francisco. Can’t get enough of AMC’s “The Walking Scottie (James Stewart) is a retired police detective who has an acute case of acrophobia. Dead” television series? Then check out France’s answer to the zombie apocalypse in The He is asked to follow the wife of a close friend, a woman named Madeleine (Kim Novak) Horde. who appears to have gone slightly mad and possibly contemplating suicide. He falls for her, but she falls for something else. It is suspense at its best. I put Vertigo on the other Under the Radar: Sundance film The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle is a day because I hadn’t seen it in quite some time. Hitchcock manages to use moments of bizarre, blackly comic journey through the world of midnight janitors, unauthorized silence to span and heighten action and plot development. There is an overwhelming experiments and male pregnancy. David Russo creates a singular blend of visual style sense of dread that permeates the film and that culminates in the ‘fall’ that was mentioned and narrative quirkiness, with psychedelic animated sequences by Dutch animator Rosto. previously. Also available: Map of the Sounds of Tokyo, Soul Kitchen The second night the museum will screen Playtime (1967), a French film by director Jacques Tati. Monsieur Hulot (Tati) is caught in a futuristic 1967 Paris. He is searching for Made in Japan: Originally released as Dragon Ball: The Movie, Dragon Ball: Curse an American official in the city, but he too soon is lost in the restricting maze of modern of the Blood Rubies is the feature film that started the most successful franchise in anime architecture and distracted by the high-tech gadgets. Hulot wanders Paris, causing chaos history. Goku and his friends Bulma and Master Roshi must stop the evil King Gurumes with American tourists along the way. from collecting the powerful Dragon Balls.

Billy Wilder Theater is located at 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. For more information, Blu Notes: After catching Little Fockers, revisit Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro in Meet visit hammer.ucla.edu. the Parents and Meet the Fockers on hi-def Blu-ray.

10 Campus Circle 1.5.11 - 1.11.11 FROM THE DIRECTOR OF “THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE” GOLDEN GLOBE® AWARD NOMINEE BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM ©HFPA WINNER BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE • EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS WINNER BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM CHICAGO FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION NOMINEE CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– NOMINEE––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ANNIE AWARD NOMINATIONS BEST PICTURE • BEST DIRECTING BEST ANIMATED FEATURE 5BEST WRITING • BEST MUSIC • BEST CHARACTER DESIGN “PERFECT! “A MASTERPIECE! A SIMPLE, ASTONISHING!” EMOTIONALLY -Guy Lodge, IN CONTENTION POTENT STORY.” -Lisa Schwarzbaum, “DELIGHTFUL! ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY UTTERLY CHARMING “THE RIDICULOUSLY AND SOPHISTICATED.” GIFTED SYLVAIN -Lou Lumenick, NEW YORK POST CHOMET IS IN A “A BEAUTIFUL CLASS BY HIMSELF, MOVIE.” RAVISHING THE EYE.” -Noel Murray, THE ONION -Karen Durbin, ELLE

THE NEW FILM BY SYLVAIN CHOMET FROM AN ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY BY JACQUES TATI A SONY PICTURES CLASSICS RELEASE PATHÉ PRESENTS A DJANGO FILMS CINE B FRANCE 3 CINEMA CO-PRODUCTION WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF CANAL + CINÉCINÉMA FRANCE TÉLÉVISIONS “THE ILLUSIONIST” JEAN-CLAUDE DONDA EILIDH RANKIN ART DIRECTOR BJARNE HANSEN LEAD COMPOSITOR / VISUAL FX JEAN-PIERRE BOUCHET DIGITAL SUPERVISOR CAMPBELL McALLISTER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR PAUL DUTTON ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY JACQUES TATI CHARACTER DESIGN SYLVAIN CHOMET MUSIC COMPOSED BY SYLVAIN CHOMET EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS PHILIPPE CARCASSONNE JAKE EBERTS PRODUCED BY BOB LAST SALLY CHOMET ADAPTED & DIRECTED BY SYLVAIN CHOMET

WWW.SONYCLASSICS.COM STARTSNOW SATURDAY, PLAYING DECEMBER IN 25TH SELECT IN NEW YORK THEATERS & LOS ANGELES!

CARDINAL COMMUNICATIONS GRAPHICS STUDIO Made in QuarkXPress Publication: Ad Size [s]: CGA PROOF TRAFF A.E. Client: SONY File Page:1 AE:JP 3.32 CAMPUS CIRCLE SPELLING Prepared by : Date To Job #: FULL PAGE GRAMMAR Harvest SONY-IU01-19_CC_FP4C_12.22 Run: WED, DEC 22, 2010 ARTWORK Communications NO BLEED F. TIMES Movie: Type: Specs: THE ILLUSIONIST XXX XXX 10” X 13” THEATRES Version: Last Rev: Date / Time: AD SIZE JE 1/20/10 2:10 PM READER A PDF X1A DENSITY OK

VIEW THE TRAILER AT WWW.THEILLUSIONISTMOVIE.COM

STARTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 7TH AT THEATRES EVERYWHERE NO PASSES ACCEPTED

RELATIVITY 5 COL. (10") X 13" CAMPUS CIRCLE - 4-COLOR WEDNESDAY: 1/5

ALL.SOW-A1.0105.CAM MR MR AL AL NEWS FILM MUSIC CULTURE EVENTS DVD GAMING SPORTS MEDIA BLOGS CD Reviews Frequency Interviews L.A. Underground Live Show Reviews Music Report Special Features

MUSICINTERVIEWS Campus Circle > Music > Interviews

Wirenstrand, formed Little Dragon, their soulful, ’80s-inspired electro-pop quartet. LITTLE DRAGON “We have definitely changed as people do. I used to be trapped in my headphones. Yukimi was trying to get into Swedes’ Sound Catches Fire music schools. Fred was going to film festivals, smoking a pipe and taking off from school. Håkan was in some abstract byh arit jo n place,” Bodin recalls. For a while Little Dragon played the role of the struggling Ne ot very band name tells a story, but artist. Nagano sang vocals for different groups when music the ones that do are worth hearing. Little Dragon, which school didn’t work out, while the other three members played sounds like it could be the name of the nearest Chinese food their respective instruments when the opportunity presented restaurant, is a tribute to lead singer Yukimi Nagano’s musical itself. passion and her tendency to flare into fits like a dragon. “It has definably been tough, especially for Yukimi, “Yukimi would flare up, breathe fire, but we would mostly singing with groups that she didn’t identify herself with,” laugh at her because it was kind of amusing and just a little Bodin says. “But we knew it was temporary, plus we needed on forever,” Bodin says. bit scary,” says Erik Bodin, the band’s drummer. “I think we to pay our rent.” The band’s sound, already popular back home, has started all have our days, and we knew how to trigger each other off. I Paying the rent also meant taking on a number of side jobs to catch on in United States. One of the band’s biggest breaks thought of the band name one day, called everyone up. It was at cafes, video stores and liquor stores, selling strawberries was the use of their slow and mournful “Twice” during a the first suggestion, and it just felt right for everyone.” and driving trucks and taxis. season 5 episode of “Grey’s Anatomy.” The band also received The Swedish techno/pop/soul group formed in 2006 as When they weren’t working for rent or touring with extensive airplay from 89.9 KCRW. the result of years of rejection, ambition, patience, crappy side other bands, the band members would get together and Up next for the band is a third album due in 2011 and a jobs and years of friendship and shared musical taste between make music that reflected whatever mood they were in. North American tour with stops in Canada and the northern four musicians from Gothenburg, Sweden. Their structure was minimal, their creation was spontaneous: United States. Kicking things off is a Jan. 7 Los Angeles stop at The band – Nagano on vocals and percussion, Håkan Bodin would lay down a drumbeat that Nagano would sing to the Natural History Museum. Wirenstrand on keyboard, Fredrik Källgren Wallin on bass and eventually polished songs like “Test” and “Forever” from “KCRW supported us from the start and our first L.A. and Bodin on drums – has its roots in a band called Ava, their 2007 self-titled debut came into being. The songs make show at the Roxy was our first sold-out show ever,” Bodin says. formed by Nagano, Wallin and Bodin while they were in high use of Nagano’s soulful pop vocals and the band’s ability to “We have been in the U.S. many times since then without any school. effortlessly weave soul and techno together within a song. label support so it feels like it’s all been growing quite natural “We used to just hang out and write songs, jam out. That The band cites a medley of singer-songwriter, soul, pop, by word of mouth and people just spreading the word.” was our way of having a good time,” Bodin says. “We were all funk and techno inspirations. passionate about music so that’s what brought us together.” “We love a lot of ’80s music for sure. We’ve been inspired Little Dragon perform Jan. 7 at the Museum of Natural History A decade later the three high school friends from by a wide range of artists, everything from Kate Bush, De La and Jan. 8 at the Echoplex. For more information, visit little- Gothenburg, along with fellow music school applicant Soul, Prince, Kraftwerk, D’Angelo, DJ Cndo and the list goes dragon.se.

14 Campus Circle 1.5.11 - 1.11.11 Become a CAMPUS CIRCLE Fan on Facebook http://bit.ly/dhFhEE

LIVESHOWREVIEWS Campus Circle > Music > Live Show Reviews Jacob Gaitan

Chris Wyse ignited the audience at the Roxy with his powerful showmanship on vocals and bass.

The Civil Wars Wyse. Dec. 14 @ Hotel Café Drummer Dan Dinsmore completed the band by delivering an The Civil Wars performed to a capacity crowd at Hotel Café while aggressive and ear-splitting performance. Together they unleashed a making their first West Coast appearance as a duo. Many arrived remarkable sound that shook the Roxy’s foundation. early in hopes of finding a table, but standing room only became the Many elements were explored throughout the evening. Owl last option as the audience filled the room. Without introduction, drifted from thick jazz vibrations to heavy-hitting rock assaults. the duo jumped into their setlist as the crowd’s appreciation grew Wyse revealed a standup electric bass adding a deeper rhythm louder. sound. His playing style alternated between songs as he picked the Joy Williams and John Paul White softly serenaded the crowd strings and also used a bow while strumming the bass. Wyse and throughout the night. Although each of them provided a different Mezilis often switched rhythm and lead roles as they fed off each vocal extreme, they complimented each other with high-tempo other’s energy. Since Wyse and Dinsmore’s relationship exceeds melodies and low-key harmonies. decades, their stage chemistry appeared flawless and absolute. White continued the evening with an acoustic guitar, which is a Paying tribute to Jim Morrison from the Doors, Wyse sang “Five staple to their Americana folk sound. Williams ventured over to the to One” until the band began playing “Alive” from their self-titled baby grand piano where she added peaceful rhythms that lingered album. They finished the night with their latest single, “Pusher,” and amongst the crowd. Together they fed off the energy radiated across the guitar riffs and lyrics quickly became addicting to the audience the floor. Their passion for music was evident as they stared passed as they sang along. With their latest EP release and a spring tour in one another, delivering back-to-back heartfelt performances that the works, 2011 holds no boundaries for this power trio. generated loud cheers. Still, the Civil Wars remained full of laughs Then, Los Angeles-based jam-group Camp Freddy welcomed and smiles after each song while embracing the crowd’s reactions. the New Year in front of countless screaming fans. The rock star Although only meeting two years ago, the chemistry shared on super group played a series of shows throughout December with stage leads one to believe they must have performed in a past life. multiple guest appearances. They concluded their final show of the The loudest reactions came as the duo pushed themselves during year by featuring an all-star guest performance. collaborative performances. Their setlist included a few cover songs Lead singer Donovan Leitch, Jr. kicked off their set with a cover from various artists. “You Are My Sunshine” was well received by of Ballroom Blitz. The crowd erupted into a mad frenzy as guitarist the audience as the gentle lullaby filled the air; Michael Jackson’s Billy Morrison and drummer Matt Sorum took the stage. Dave “Billie Jean” was also performed, with a slower, more emotional Navarro and Chris Chaney couldn’t make the show due to prior delivery than the original. They closed the night with “Poison & Jane’s Addiction engagements, but Steve Stevens and Wyse from Wine,” currently available online. the Cult filled in perfectly. Guitarist Billy Duffy, who also played The Civil Wars will release their debut album Feb. 1, titled with the Cult, momentarily took the stage during the Billy Idol song Barton Hallow. Make sure to see them live next time they are in “Rebel Yell.” Everyone in attendance sang along to the songs with town. —Jacob Gaitan drinks in their hands as they anxiously awaited the New Year. The night continued with a carousel of rock star appearances. Owl/Camp Freddy They performed an amazing version of “War Pigs” by Black Sabbath Dec. 31 @ The Roxy that led the crowd to sing louder than the band. As Morrison Hard rock group Owl performed in front of a sold-out Hollywood finished the guitar solo, everyone on stage covered the audience with crowd. Playing their last show of the year, they began the night with silly string as balloons dropped from the ceiling. They announced a dynamic intro led by an intriguing bass line. As the lights became the New Year while band members surprised their wives on stage brighter, the guitar and drums joined the magnetic energy floating for a toast. As balloons floated around the air, Cherie Currie from in the air as they captivated the crowd. the Runaways joined the stage to sing “Cherry Bomb.” Following Lead singer and bassist Chris Wyse ignited the audience with her appearance, Matt Sorum introduced Steven Adler from Guns powerful showmanship. Currently the bassist for the Cult, he N’ Roses as he sat behind the drums to play “Paradise City.” The showcased his versatility in Owl by transcending to another musical night ended with an amazing drum solo by Dave Lombardo from level. Wyse sang with passion and dedication as he won over the Slayer and a surprise appearance by Lemmy from Motörhead. They crowd. finished the setlist with “God Save the Queen” and “Bomber” by Guitarist Jason Mezilis played with ambition and finesse. His Motörhead. heavy guitar riffs blazed across the stage with power and energy. Camp Freddy never disappoints live. Usually playing in the Mezilis also provided backup vocals that blended seamlessly with Hollywood area, the special guests are limitless. —Jacob Gaitan

Campus Circle 1.5.11 - 1.11.11 15 NEWS FILM MUSIC CULTURE EVENTS DVD GAMING SPORTS MEDIA BLOGS CD Reviews Frequency Interviews L.A. Underground Live Show Reviews Music Report Special Features

FREQUENCY Campus Circle > Music > Frequency

byo brien verly Yeah, I just took a shot at pop-punk’s sacred cow, what of it? The Wonder Years Rounding out the lineup is the Orange County-bred Jan. 7 @ Chain Reaction foursome of We Are the Arsenal, who has the big-sounding Does anyone remember when pop punk was actually really melodic rock market covered on this bill. A little more dark good? … No? and brooding than the other bands they’re sharing the stage I know, it was a long time ago. Yes, that time did actually with, the foursome still bring the same high energy that their exist, thank you very much. tour mates do, and will have no problem getting you to want It was a time before pop punk was about how asymmetrical to sing along by the time their set is over. your hair was cut, how skinny your jeans were by contrast to how giant your Nike Dunks were or how many auto-tuned Little Dragon synth beats you could fit in a three-minute song. It was a time Jan. 8 @ Echoplex when the bands were actually old enough to buy the cigarettes Ah, Sweden. You never fail to indulge the closeted indie dance- they smoked, and they wouldn’t be caught dead hanging out pop fanatic in me with female-fronted electro bands. with teen Disney stars. Seriously, is that like, the officially sanctioned country The Wonder Years, just as their name implies, harken genre? Do other genres even exist at all there? I mean, I’m back to a time in the genre when BS bands were few and far certainly not complaining at all, because the current state of between, and the ones that were BS-ing could be easily sifted dance pop here in our country … leaves a little to be desired. through. Your opinion of what it means to be a pop punk And a lot to be discarded, for that matter. band has probably been tainted over the last many years by Regardless of the hows or whys though, the Little the bands who fall into the aforementioned douchebaggery, Dragon foursome make some seriously legit music together. but the Wonder Years will clear your palate without problem. Progressive and artistic, while still being both dance-able and Real, honest, emotive punk, rife with yell-along gang emotive at the same time, they’ve got all fronts covered. vocal hooks and sing-along choruses, it’s the kind of high- I may not be able to understand what frontwoman Yukimi energy rock that always seems to perfectly sum up the mental Nagano is saying half the time, but it sure sounds beautiful The Wonder Years harken back to when pop-punk bands montage you have of your high school summers. Because, and meaningful when she sings it. Music can like, transcend were actually really good. really, everyone has their own montage they’ve put together. language or something, right? Isn’t that what people say? Also along for the ride are the California natives of From classic rock, to garage rock, all the way up to ’90s This Time Next Year, who are similarly as infectious and Cannoneers alternative and modern indie, the Frankenstein-esque mashup unpretentious. A little more on the upbeat pop side of the Jan. 10 @ The Echo of genres inexplicably works for them. Whether going full spectrum, the band is reminiscent of All Time Low, just, Though a little less genre specific than the Wonder Years’ tour force with gritty and aggressive rock or delicate crooning y’know, if All Time Low actually acted and wrote songs like is, the homegrown foursome of Cannoneers also pulls from over acoustic guitars, these guys can go up and down the rock grown-ups. some genres in the not-so-distant past. spectrum without any hesitation or difficulty.

16 Campus Circle 1.5.11 - 1.11.11

NEWS FILM MUSIC CULTURE EVENTS DVD GAMING SPORTS MEDIA BLOGS CD Reviews Frequency Interviews L.A. Underground Live Show Reviews Music Report Special Features

MUSICREPORT Campus Circle >Music > Music Report

BY kevin wierzbicki Sunset Blvd.; vacationvinyl.com) to host a panel discussion with Brant Bjork of Kyuss and Chuck Dukowski of Black Abused Romance: The Sound of Violence Flag, and on Feb. 3 at Book Soup (8818 W. Sunset Blvd.; Los Angeles rock group Abused Romance is set to release booksoup.com) he’ll discuss the history of L.A. punk with their debut EP The Sound of Violence at iTunes and other Morris and others. digital retailers on Jan. 18. According to singer/guitarist Meir Yaniv, the powerful quartet’s music is often informed by Jagermeister Tour to Feature Buckcherry Yaniv’s recollection of growing up in Israel. The Jagermeister Music Tour is just about ready to get “Obviously, growing up in a country that is always at rolling, and this time out the headliners are Buckcherry, war, you feel it,” says Yaniv. “From the moment you become who are celebrating the release of their new single “It’s a conscious you know you’re going to serve in the army. The Party” from their recent All Night Long album. Also on the struggle has been there since the country has existed. We bill are Hellyeah, All That Remains and the Damned Things, ended up in some extreme situations and that’s a part of the super group featuring Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano what we write about. We have songs that directly talk about of Anthrax, Keith Buckley from Every Time I Die and Joe Get Abused Romance’s The Sound of Violence Jan. 18. it like the title track.” Trohman and Andy Hurley of Fall Out Boy. The EP is a prelude to Shine, a full length set to drop in The tour kicks off in San Diego on Jan. 19 and hits the Gilad Hekselman are among the other jazz cats and kittens midyear. Grove of Anaheim on Jan. 21; you can find other tour details, contributing to this first in the Disney Jazz series, available videos from all of the bands and a chat with members of Feb. 15. American Hardcore Buckcherry at jagermeistermusictour.com. Feral House has just released a second edition of Steven Attackhead: Voices in the Dark Blush’s triptyque through the punk scene of the early-to- Everybody Wants to Be a Cat Orange County band Attackhead has had plenty of fun over mid 1980s, American Hardcore: A Tribal History. Filled with Walt Disney Records is set to release an album of Disney the past couple of years bringing their style of thrash metal interview pieces with luminaries like Glenn Danzig (Misfits), movie themes performed by a wide variety of jazz artists. to the masses and garnering airplay here and in places like Mike Watt (Minutemen), Keith Morris (Circle Jerks) and Disney music and jazz artists go back a long way; legends Argentina, Greece, Mexico and Belgium with their 2008 Darryl Jenifer (Bad Brains), the updated American Hardcore like Artie Shaw and Glenn Miller interpreted songs from Voices in the Dark album. Album sales suffered though due has a lot more than the original printing did: Interview Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio decades to poor distribution, a situation that has been remedied by quotes from 25 new subjects, 100 new illustrations, a couple ago, and now Everybody Wants To Be a Cat finds singer Tennessee-based Twisted Hillbilly Records. hundred new band bios and an expanded discography. A Dianne Reeves reimagining “He’s a Tramp” from Lady and Twisted Hillbilly funded a complete makeover of the whole new chapter has been added too; “Destroy Babylon” the Tramp, Roberta Gambarini and Dave Brubeck updating album allowing the band to re-record the songs, add a couple explores the mutant forms of spirituality that came from the the theme from Alice in Wonderland and the Mark Rapp new ones and significantly upgrade the album’s cover graphic movement. Quartet transforming “Circle of Life” from The Lion King and packaging. The new version of Voices in the Dark drops Blush is on tour to promote the book, and he has two into a ’70s-style anthem. Sax man Joshua Redman, scat on Jan. 25 and will be available everywhere including at mass local stops: On Jan. 29, he’ll be at Vacation Vinyl (3815 W. singer Nikki Yanofsky, Regina Carter and Israeli guitarist retailers like iTunes, Target and Best Buy.

CDREVIEWS THEARTOFLOVE Anthony Vandal Classic Rock Hits (Opcion Sonica) NEW YEAR Anthony Vandal’s Classic Rock Hits are just like the original hits, but slightly better because he backs them with different beats. Take the tune “Apologize,” for example, to which he adds a techno sound. It really just makes you want to dance and sing; this makes WISHES the song cooler because you hear it from another musical perspective. However, where Vandal truly succeeds is with John Lennon’s “Imagine,” precisely for his unique, deeply byuca l i toned voice. Vandal makes a profound connection with listeners through his cover of the well-known tune; there is definitely emotion and a lot of feeling involved. Vandal also penetrates the Latin audience with “Como Te Extraño (How I Miss You),” At the beginning January, we all have which is from the popular Argentine voice of Leo Dan, “Contradicción (Contradiction)” high expectations that things will get better in the and “Tu Amigo Fiel (Your Faithful Friend).” New Year. This especially holds true for our love lives. Grade: A If you’re single, you’re probably hoping you’ll finally meet the one; if you’re in a new —Marvin Vasquez relationship, you’re wondering if this one will last; if you’ve been together for a while, you Classic Rock Hits is currently available. may be asking yourself if it’s time to get engaged. The recurring theme for me in 2010 was that no matter what stage you may be in, Monte Negro it all begins with you. If you seem to keep making the same mistakes, no matter whom Cosmic Twins you date or if the same themes seem to play out in all your relationships, it’s time to (Feed the Hungry) step back and ask what your part may be in the way things turn out. It’s always easy to Immediately after listening to the first song of Monte Negro’s new album, Cosmic Twins, point the finger, but eventually, you realize you’re the common denominator in all your I realized that this band is full of genuine rock. Their alternative rock beats, especially on relationships. “Como Quisiera (Pulsar),” bring to mind of a combination of the Smashing Pumpkins I became a dating expert because I’m so passionate about the subject of love, dating and Mexican rock band Jaguares – both classy rock groups. and relationships. It’s usually where we experience our greatest joys as well as our greatest Monte Negro offers their CD in a combination of English and Spanish. And this despair. I still get excited when I find a new book or article to read on this topic. Every is a plus because Cosmic Twins targets a variety of markets. Composed of Kinski Gallo week, no matter how I’m feeling, the time I spend interviewing yet another author or (vocals), Rodax (bass), Jason Li-Shing (guitar) and El Pipe (drums), Monte Negro is a expert on my radio show is always the highlight of my day. Los Angeles-based group formulating sounds that have never been heard before. Kinski’s It’s my promise to you, that as I too continue growing and learning, I will pass that distinctive voice, particularly in the spectacular lyrics of “Faux Power (Unas Por Otras),” knowledge on to you, so that we can all have happier and more fulfilling relationships. gives the quartet an edge in distinguishing themselves above other groups in the industry. I wish you a healthy and prosperous 2011! Filled with 14 rock songs, Cosmic Twins is a must-grab. Grade: A- Write to Lucia at theartoflove.net. Read an excerpt from Lucia’s Lessons of Love at —Marvin Vasquez lessonsoflove.net. Listen to Lucia live every Sunday at 3 p.m. PST on latalkradio.com. Cosmic Twins is currently available. Remember: Love inspires, empowers, uplifts and enlightens.

18 Campus Circle 1.5.11 - 1.11.11 Follow CAMPUS CIRCLE on Twitter @CampusCircle

EXHIBITIONS Campus Circle > Culture > Art

students were in attendance at the opening night, hosting and CSUN,” she perspective art buyers, friends and family. said. ‘THE GIFT OF “Students in the art program learn 21st century skills She also sold on how to work with and around other people,” Midby a work of art on continued to say at the opening. “They learn to be an artist the opening night. ART’ and be with other artists, and they learn entrepreneurial The art for sale at skills.” the gallery includes Now-Jan. 8, 2011 @ Hold Up The Gallery also has professional art for sale. Susana black and white “Timoi” De Leon, a freelance and commission artist selling photography, Art Gallery many pieces of art work to help benefit the art program, is color photography, a former artist in residence at Room 13 LA. She taught the sketches, water– byl kel i frye young students how to express themselves through creativity. color, acrylic paint, “It is rewarding to see them grow in their work,” she said oil paint, colored G ive “The Gift of Art” and donate to a Dec. 10. “The younger they are, the more open they are to pencil, aerosol and public school art program. Room 13 LA, with the support learning.” many other forms of Contemporary Art Start at MOCA, are holding art “The productive quality of the student’s work depends of artwork. workshops and selling student and professional art at the on the student participation and seriousness,” Midby offered. Midby said Hold Up Art Gallery through Jan. 8, 2011. All proceeds “It’s fun to hang out in Room 13 LA, and it’s fun for people that the gallery benefit Room 13 LA, a multimedia art studio public school to work with us.” is hoping to Wisdom by Jose Villa program in South Central Los Angeles. The art program is Timoi enjoyed teaching art to the students. raise $10,000 in managed and financed by the art students ages 10 to 18. “It is rewarding and fun to work with the kids,” she said. donations and art sales. Funding for art in public schools has been difficult with “They make me laugh.” The art workshops are held on Sundays throughout budget cuts in education recently. More than half of the art May Vasquez is a senior at Room 13 LA and the art the monthlong fundraiser. They include: “Gifts of Art with classes in elementary schools and high schools have been cut, director. The art student took pictures of people who Room 13,” creating pop-up cards for the holidays on Dec. explained Room 13 LA art teacher John Midby at the Dec. 10 attended the opening for a photo collage that is located at the 19; “Art Hold Up at Hold Up Art,” creating variations of the opening reception. entrance of the gallery. best pieces of art in the gallery on Dec. 26; “Resolve to Do Art The Foshay Learning Center in Los Angeles provides “Photography is my favorite,” the budding artist said. with Blue Rooster Studio,” teaching silk screening and giving the space for Room 13 LA students to work in; however, She plans on continuing her photography work after she acrylic art demonstrations on Jan. 2. the students have to raise the funds to keep the program graduates high school in June; however, she plans to attend Each workshop is held at the Hold Up Art Gallery for going. The annual cost for the art program is about $8,000, a California university to study communications with an all ages, and the cost is a suggested donation of $5 or more. according to Midby. emphasis in public relations next fall. The fundraiser, called “The Gift of Art,” opened to the “I’ve been accepted to the University of [California,] Hold Up Art is located at 358 E. 2 St., Los Angeles. For more public Dec. 11 at the Hold Up Art Gallery. Many of the art Santa Barbara, Cal State Do–minguez Hills, Long Beach State information, visit holdupart.com.

TVTIME Campus Circle > Film > TV Time

ended to further her education and majored in political science and African-American studies at the prestigious TATYANA ALI university. “I started off in anthropology because I just love learning “Love That Girl!” about cultures and then I took a class in introduction to politics and it moved me, and so I switched,” claims the actress by samantha ofole who had to reintroduce herself to casting directors after taking a career break. S he may have taken the long-haul flight “For a time when I graduated, I thought maybe I had to attempt a television comeback, but Tatyana Ali’s star looks made a mistake, but deep down inside, I knew that sounded set to shine once again. crazy. For cultivating yourself as a performer, you would hope This month, the actress is back in TV comedy territory that in your performances it means you have more to offer,” playing a young divorcee who returns home to Southern adds the actress. “I did have to take some time to reintroduce California for a second chance in life in the sitcom, “Love That myself to the business, but I don’t think I would have my Girl!” production company if I hadn’t done it.” “She is a woman on her own trying to figure out her life,” “Love That Girl!” is produced by HazraH Entertainment, says Ali, whose character is called Tyana Jones. the production company helmed by Ali and her sister

“They use the last five letters in my name for the character Anastasia, and was a concept created by Bentley Kyle. Robert John Kley like Martin’s character in the comedy ‘Martin’ uses his first “The whole idea came from Kyle. He is known for ‘Martin,’ name and Jamie on ‘The Jamie Foxx Show’ is called Jamie,” and he also created ‘The Jamie Foxx show.’ He wanted to do a continues Ali. “She got married very young and is trying to new show and came up with this concept of a female-driven Road) and Phil Morris (“Seinfeld”). Raphael Saadiq serves figure out who she is, and the one thing I do love about her show,” explains Ali, who started the company as a vehicle to as music producer, and Martin Lawrence, who also serves as is that she is really multidimensional. She’s a dork and a bit create more projects with diverse characters. executive producer, appears in a few episodes. neurotic, but she’s also really cool, and I think it’s nice to have “I have been in this business for a really long time and “It’s a comedy with dramatic moments, and it’s pretty a female character that is portrayed in a really holistic way. wanted to play more multidimensional characters. I knew funny,” Ali assures. “It’s a dream come true for me, and I just Someone who is not just a girlfriend and not just a wife and writers, directors, other actors and producers who were love my character. You get to know the character as you are not just a best friend.” incredibly talented, and we were all knocking our fists against shooting, and as I get to know her better, I think she is so brave Ali, who’s best known for her role as Will Smith’s youngest the same doors trying to get projects made that will show that and interesting and is not afraid to be vulnerable. I really like sister, Ashley Banks, on NBC’s hit comedy “The Fresh Prince we as African Americans are not a monolithic group, and that that about her. It’s a show that will make you laugh and let you of Bel-Air,” has appeared in films such as Glory Road, The there are still a variety of stories to tell that haven’t been told know that no matter what you are going through in your life, Brothers and most recently Mother and Child. yet. This character is incredibly well written, and I was actually that everything is going to be OK.” A Broadway-trained actress, singer and recent Harvard very excited to play her.” University graduate, Ali took a break after “The Fresh Prince” “Love That Girl!” also stars Alphonso McAuley (Glory “Love That Girl!” premieres Jan. 10 at 9 p.m. on TV One.

Campus Circle 1.5.11 - 1.11.11 19 NEWS FILM MUSIC CULTURE EVENTS DVD GAMING SPORTS MEDIA BLOGS Art Beauty Books Fashion Food Gaming Get Up, Get Out Special Features Theater Travel

GETUPGETOUT Campus Circle > Culture > Get Up, Get Out

THURSDAY

Duo Special @ Max Karaoke Studio 333 S. Alameda St., #216, Downtown; maxkaraokestudio.com Situated in downtown Los Angeles, Max Karaoke Studio offers Duo Special every Sunday through Thursday night at the cost of $18 per hour. If you love to sing with a partner, then Max Karaoke Studio is a fantabulous place to be at, since it offers a wide range of song selection in a very comfortable setting. You can also bring your entire clique along – its spacious setting includes 12 rooms exclusively for karaoke.

Thursday Nite Takeover @ Bar Pico 2819 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica; barpico.com Every second and fourth Thursday from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m.

Nicole Morise there’s a blend of trumpet sounds, jazz treats and hip-hop beats going down (no cover). DJ Al Jackson (Soul Children) Thursday Night takeover features DJ Al Jackson (Soul Children) and trumpeter Josh Koslow (Umoja Quintet). and trumpeter Josh Koslow (Umoja Quintet) entertain the over-21 crowd while they mix, mingle and imbibe. TUESDAY FRIDAY & SATURDAY WHERE THE Tuesday Dance @ Arena 6655 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles; arenanightclub.com El Floridita Every Tuesday, Arena hosts a very glitzy dance party for the 18 1253 N. Vine St., Hollywood; elfloridita.com PARTY AT? and over crowd. Dress code is avant-garde and fashionable, Voted No. 1 Best Cuban in Los Angeles, this petite restaurant/ so dress your best to look clean and chic. Everyone is free to club has delicious eats and live entertainment. On Fridays W eekly Happenings enter with Dance VIP cards, and it’s only $5 before 10 p.m. at 8 p.m. Oscar Ramirez teaches salsa dance lessons and on with a flyer. Doors open at 9:30 p.m. Saturdays catch guest salsa bands. by Naina sethi Tuesday Night Cafe Project HaHa All Star Comedy MONDAY 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles; tuesdaynightproject. 5010 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood org Who says that you have to spend weekend nights partying or Cabo Cantina Every first and third Tuesday of the month, Tuesday Night sitting at a lounge with friends? Skip the tradition and head 11829 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles; thecabocantina.com Project hosts Night Café series, a place where people from all to HaHa Cafe, a comedy theater located in North Hollywood. Check out the 2-for-1 Happy Hour every day from 4 p.m. to around the city can come and make connections with fellow Funny peeps stand up on stage and toss out zingers. Watch 8 p.m., which also has awesome drink specials. They offer a residents and visitors to move throughout space and time. for celeb comic drop-ins. 8:45 p.m. $15 with reservation, $10 bottomless brunch from Friday through Sunday until 3 p.m. Talented artists like Alfie Numeric and Yumi Sakugawa play at the door. and an all-you-can-eat $5 taco night every Tuesday. Plus, during the events while you get to know your new neighbors there are plenty of locations (Venice, Santa Monica, Sunset for the night. If you are a recent transplant in the city, visiting The Promenade Playhouse Strip), so it’s very convenient to locate one near you. or simply want to bond with Angelenos, head over for a night 1404 3rd St. Promenade, Santa Monica; promenadeplayhouse.com filled with good food, amazing music and interesting people. Located on Santa Monica’s renowned and full-of-zest Third Chaya Street Promenade, the Promenade Playhouse is the home to 525 S. Flower St., Downtown; thechaya.com WEDNESDAY 3rd Street Comedy. Since its inception in 1996, the Promenade If you haven’t already taken advantage of this Happy Hour, Playhouse has been the creative hub for Los Angeles’ now hear this: Every night from 5 p.m. until close you can get 35 Cent Martinis @ The Edison performing arts community. Every Friday and Saturday, the various apps for $3 (edamame), $4 (spicy tuna roll, California 108 W. 2nd St., Downtown; edisondowntown.com Playhouse Theatre features high quality stand-up comedy roll, hummus) and $5 (spicy shrimp roll, inside out albacore Every Wednesday through Friday from 5 p.m. until from professional performers. If you wish to get your bone roll, scallop roll). It’s a steal, and the crowd is super hip to 7 p.m., you can get a signature cocktail (varies by tickled, the Promenade Playhouse is the place to be! boot. Chaya also has Venice and Beverly Hills locations. day) for 35 cents at this upscale, flamboyant bar and lounge. Guests can also choose from a handful of $5 Seven Bar Lounge Getty Center Garden Tours food items, including calamari and Kobe beef sliders. 555 West 7th St., Los Angeles; sevenrestaurantbar.com 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles; getty.edu Everything about the Seven Bar Lounge is appealing. What could be a better way to spend a Monday afternoon than Drag Queen Bingo @ Hamburger Mary’s Consider this on weekend nights: guest DJs spinning your taking a 45-minute tour of the beauteous gardens at the Getty 8288 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles; hamburgermarys.com favorite ’70s, ’80s, ’90s and today’s funk, reggae, R&B, dance Center? All of the garden’s materials were specifically chosen You gotta love the pregame call and response – “What’s the and hip-hop classics; no cover charge for 21+; two full bars to accentuate the interplay of light, color and reflection. Meet name of the game?” Bingo! “How do we play it?” Loudly! serving food and drink specials. We all deserve to spoil the docent at the bench under the sycamore trees near the – bucket-size adult beverages, scrumptious burgers and ourselves at least once a week, and Seven Bar Lounge gives us front entrance. The tour takes place every Monday at 11:30 delightful diva hosts. Also Sundays. the perfect opportunity to celebrate life. a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., and it’s absolutely free. Elevate Lounge SUNDAY 811 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles; elevatelounge.com Monday Social @ Playhouse This stunningly decorated and spacious club has a line Sunday Brunch @ Panda Inn Restaurant 6506 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood; mondaysocial.com forming outside on the weekends. However, you can be 3488 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena; pandainn.com Expect nothing but the best DJ talent here. This “institution” pragmatic by skipping that chaos and elevate yourself on a This is the original Panda Inn, which spawned other within the dance music community espouses the perfect Wednesday night. The ambience is chill (you’re on the 21st locations and the Panda Express fast food chain. The Sunday ambience to ensure visitors have a great time. Consider going floor surrounded by 150 feet of sliding glass doors), music is buffet brunch has everything from orange chicken to beef to the Playhouse if you need an in-town getaway! E-mail eclectic and the crowd is hip. There’s always a great reason to and broccoli to samosas, sushi, an omelette and soup station [email protected]. celebrate in the middle of the week. and dessert. Divulge and devour!

Mustache Mondays @ La Cita Martini & Jules @ Five Stars Bar Sunday Brunch @ Square One Dining 336 S. Hill St., Los Angeles; mustachemondays.com 267 S. Main St., Los Angeles; martiniandjules.com 4854 Fountain Ave., Los Angeles; squareonedining.com If you’re on a quest for a place to spend a chilled-out Monday Join power comedy couple, Martini & Jules from Urban Their eggs benedict and Americanos are the best in Los night at a lounge, get to La Cita before 10 p.m. (It’s free!). Comedy TV, as they offer sketch, stand up, music and magic Angeles, and the quaint setting allows customers to do their Dance-offs and weekly surprises are to be expected. every Wednesday starting at 8 p.m. work without the usual noise of the city.

20 Campus Circle 1.5.11 - 1.11.11 Become a CAMPUS CIRCLE Fan on Facebook http://bit.ly/dhFhEE

CURTAINCALL

“Hoboken to Hollywood” Now-Jan. 30 @ Edgemar Center for the Arts Crooner Luca Ellis brings classic hits from the Great American Songbook to life with charm and a touch of elegance. With a voice comparable to Frank Sinatra, Ellis finds his way into your heart with his rich vocals in “Hoboken to Hollywood.” “Hoboken to Hollywood” revolves around Ellis’ renditions of

the most unforgettable classics like Thompson W. James “That’s Life,” “Black Magic” and “Blue Moon.” The show is technically Luca Ellis in “Hoboken to Hollywood” a concert, but has a loose storyline that is mostly unnecessary. Ellis’ voice and the Paul Litteral Orchestra are enough to capture the audience’s attention. The only concept of the script that works for the show is the camerawork. The cameramen in the show record Ellis and the band performing live, and it adds an outstanding element to the show. Ellis’ vocals are top-notch, but he is nearly irritating with his overconfidence. It is no wonder he has made a living portraying Frank Sinatra in multiple shows, many in Las Vegas. A recording of Ellis could easily be confused with Sinatra’s tracks; the two sound that similar. The set and costumes are gorgeous and recreate the vibe of an old-time Vegas nightclub flawlessly. Ellis looks sharp as the crooner, as do the rest of the cast and orchestra. The stage itself is absolutely stunning. The orchestra doesn’t miss a note, and often times they upstage Ellis himself. The band has talent and soul. Sinatra and Great American Songbook fans alike will enjoy Ellis’ voice, but the script won’t satisfy. —Stephanie Forshee Edgemar Center for the Arts is located at 2437 Main St., Santa Monica. For more information, visit edgemarcenter.org.

CAMPUS CIRCLE/HAIR “Bullshot Crummond and the Invisible Bride of Death” 4.875” X 5.9” • BW Now-Jan. 16 @ Whitmore-Lindley DATE:FOOD 1/12/2011 LOVERS DELIGHT Theatre • Medium 2 Topping Pizza If you fancy a British farce, “Bullshot Crummond and the Invisible Bride • Spaghetti Marinara of Death” will be to your liking. • Romano Bread Puffs $21.95 The sequel to Ron House’s 1972 internationally recognized comedic play, “Bullshot Crummond,” will Agoura Hills (818) 707-2121 • Camarillo (805) 389-4700 • Culver City (323) 296-1543 • Encino (818) 990-8820 keep you dying of laughter. After Bullshot Crummond (The Glendale (818) 247-1946 • Granada Hills (818) 831-1245 • Hollywood (323) 467-5791 • Huntington Beach (714) 964-5926 Social Network’s Oliver Muirhead) vows to his new bride Rosemary Koreatown (213) 386-6884 • Lawndale (310) 214-8704 • Mar Vista (310) 398-0180 • North Hollywood (818) 766-7184 (Anastasia Roussel) that he is Pacoima (818) 890-5515 • Palmdale (661) 947-4545 • Pasadena (626) 577-1723 • Saugus (661) 259-3895 • Simi Valley (805) 522-2586 giving up his detective work, the Donaldson Ty duo embark on the most absurd Torrance (310) 792-4604 • Van Nuys (818) 786-3204 • Wilshire/Highland (323) 939-7661 • Winnetka (818) 700-0509 adventure. They stop at nothing Anastasia Roussel and Oliver Muirhead Expires 12/31/11 to save England and stop Otto Von Bruno and his lovely Lenya from stealing the Crown Jewels. Writer/director House’s script is magnificently funny and nothing short of bloody brilliant. Although the black box theater accommodates the simple set just splendidly, the high caliber script deserves a better theater. PASTA FEAST One of the craziest things about the entertainment world is that you see someone Buy a Pasta Dish and Get a like Muirhead in one of America’s top movies of the year, The Social Network, and a short time later performing in this play for less than 40 people. Nonetheless, Muirhead delivers Second Pasta of Equal a fantastic performance as the ornery yet lovable Bullshot Crummond. FREE Roussel and Katie Boeck are also hilarious and glamorous in their roles. Rodger or Lesser Value for… Bumpass, whose voice you will recognize as Squidward from “SpongeBob SquarePants,” really keeps the laughs coming. His timing is genius, and his oddball characters give him much room to play. Agoura Hills (818) 707-2121 • Camarillo (805) 389-4700 • Culver City (323) 296-1543 • Encino (818) 990-8820 The absurdity of “Bullshot Crummond and the Invisible Bride of Death” is the closest Glendale (818) 247-1946 • Granada Hills (818) 831-1245 • Hollywood (323) 467-5791 • Huntington Beach (714) 964-5926 anyone has come to “Noises Off” in quite a while: The show’s whirlwind of mixed exits and entrances definitely resembles that same tone. Koreatown (213) 386-6884 • Lawndale (310) 214-8704 • Mar Vista (310) 398-0180 • North Hollywood (818) 766-7184 —Stephanie Forshee Pacoima (818) 890-5515 • Palmdale (661) 947-4545 • Pasadena (626) 577-1723 • Saugus (661) 259-3895 • Simi Valley (805) 522-2586 Whitmore-Lindley Theatre is located at 11006 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood. For more information, visit bullshotisback.com. Torrance (310) 792-4604 • Van Nuys (818) 786-3204 • Wilshire/Highland (323) 939-7661 • Winnetka (818) 700-0509 Expires 12/31/11

Campus Circle 1.5.11 - 1.11.11 21 NEWS FILM MUSIC CULTURE EVENTS DVD GAMING SPORTS MEDIA BLOGS baseball Basketball Football Hockey Soccer

BASKETBALL Campus Circle > Sports > Basketball

until after this game. I’m trying to focus on now.” Foul trouble and an injury to junior guard Lazeric Jones UCLA, USC plagued the Bruins’ chances of a comeback bid against the Huskies. “It was hard with the foul trouble, and Zeke ended up SET FOR CLASH getting hurt,” Honeycutt stated. “We both have a good bench; it just went in their favor this game.” by marvin vasquez In addition, the Bruins’ inability to be consistent from the free-throw line hurt them as well. Howland gave his opinion Bo th programs are rebuilding. Both squads on the matter.

are progressing solidly this year. Both UCLA and USC square “We were 12-for-19 and those foul shots, if you’re going to Times/MCT Angeles Luis SInco/Los off in a Pac-10 showdown this Sunday, Jan. 9, at Galen Center beat the team picked to win the conference, you have to shoot in Los Angeles for a 7:30 p.m. tipoff. 80 percent, 85 percent,” he pointed out to reporters. “We did a Interesting as it may sound, UCLA and USC do not better job getting it in the second half, but we took a couple of Southern California’s junior forward Nikola Vucevic have any 2011 games prior to their rivalry affair this coming questionable shots late.” weekend, so both schools will basically have an entire week to Going into a tough game against the Trojans, UCLA USC knew how to take care of the lead regardless of the prepare for one another. has five players averaging double figures in points. Nelson is four-point win, and WSU’s head coach commented on that. The UCLA Bruins come into the game with a 9-5 overall averaging 15 points and 8.1 boards per game, while Honeycutt, “Trailing USC is really tough because they will melt the record and 1-1 in conference action, while the USC Trojans Lee, Jones and center Joshua Smith each average 14.6, 12.8, clock when they get the chance,” Ken Bone remarked. carry a 9-6 mark and 1-1 in the Pac-10. Currently, both are in 10.7, and 10 points a contest, respectively. After hosting two conference games at home, the Trojans the middle of the pack in the Pac-10 standings. On the other side of town, USC also suffered a home are looking to continue the momentum against the Bruins. UCLA is coming off of a 74-63 home loss (Dec. 31) to defeat to Washington (Dec. 29) by a score of 73-67 in overtime. Just like UCLA, USC has five players averaging double digits the Washington Huskies, the favorite to be crowned Pac-10 However, the Trojans are looking to continue a winning streak in points. Vucevic leads the pack with a solid double-double champion this season. Three Bruins scored in double figures, since they defeated the visiting Washington State Cougars average of 15.9 points and 10 rebounds, while junior guard Jio led by sophomore forward Reeves Nelson’s double-double 60-56 on Dec. 31. The Trojans held a comfortable lead at one Fontan, freshman guard Maurice Jones, Smith and Stepheson of 19 points and 10 rebounds. Sophomore forward Tyler point, but almost blew it. are posting 14.4, 10.3, 10.1 and 10 points, respectively. Honeycutt and junior guard Malcolm Lee each had 12 points. “We almost blew the lead – and didn’t,” USC head coach Senior guard Marcus Simmons knows the difficulty of A six game-winning streak came to an end for the Bruins, Kevin O’Neill said after the victory. Pac-10 play, so he revealed one of USC’s goals for this season. but they really had their hands full with the Huskies at home. Senior forward Alex Stepheson and senior guard Donte “Our goal is to win every Pac-10 home game,” Simmons “We’re trying to win our next game,” UCLA head coach Smith each had 14 points to lead the way for the Trojans, and told reporters after the win over WSU. Ben Howland told the media after the loss. “That’s our goal junior forward Nikola Vucevic contributed 12 points and 11 Being at home and with a boost in confidence, look for the right now. We’re back on the road again now. We’re on the road rebounds for a double-double. Stepheson added 10 boards for Trojans to be victorious in their clash against the Bruins on the for two weeks. I wasn’t even thinking USC was our next game a double-double, too. hardwood.

L.A.HOOPLA Campus Circle > Sports > Basketball

We’ve just got to come out focused and ready to play,” Bryant base screamed boos tells reporters after the game. “It’s tough when you have in disappointment NOT A GOOD to try to regenerate that energy every single night. It starts with their team. The individually. You have to look at yourself and try to find Grizzlies outscored things to get you going. Right now we can’t beat anybody, but the Lakers in each NOTE we’ll be fine.” of the four quarters Twenty-one of Bryant’s 28 total points arrived in the by five, four, eight by marvin vasquez second half, but the Lakers never managed to make a and two points, re– significant run or rally to complete a come-from-behind win. spectively. However, The two-time defending champion Los An– They are now 23-11 while the Grizzlies moved their record the main difference geles Lakers ended 2010 with a win, but began the 2011 year to 15-19. of the contest came with a disappointing loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. Sunday’s “We feel like we can play with anybody, and we should after halftime, when 104-85 defeat at Staples Center came at the hands of a sub- have a better record than we have,” Memphis point guard the Grizzlies led by

500 squad. Granted, the Grizzlies are a professional team full Mike Conley remarks. “We’ve laid eggs here and there, but only nine, because Times/MCT Angeles Skalij/Los Wally of talent and the NBA does have upsets, but the margin of the we’re working hard to become a more consistent team.” Memphis came out loss comes as a surprise. In his third game back on the starting lineup, center firing in the third Kobe Bryant on a timeout Jan. 2 “I’ll just say they came out tonight and got outworked by Andrew Bynum registered nine points, 11 rebounds and five quarter. a team that played Saturday night, lost in Utah, had to fly back blocked shots in 26 minutes. He agrees with Bryant’s point Jackson and the Lakers find themselves atop of the Pacific in here for a ballgame,” head coach Phil Jackson tells reporters of view. Division with an eight-game lead over the Phoenix Suns, but during the postgame press conference. “We took for granted “We’re not really playing together, and as a result, it’s they are in third place in the Western Conference standings the fact that we’ve been beaten in Memphis and everybody costing us,” Bynum says to the media. “Right now, we’ve got while being six and a half games behind the San Antonio thought we were going to come out here and play better and to be concerned.” Spurs. no one took responsibility on themselves to play better.” From a defensive standpoint, the Lakers did not produce “Good teams are looking at us like we’re soft,” Bynum What’s wrong with the Lakers? There is a lack of urgency desirable results after allowing five different players into adds. and motivation in them. This current flaw will probably be double figures. Led by Rudy Gay’s 27 points, the Grizzlies The Dallas Mavericks are in second place, and the Lakers fixed, but it will come later rather than sooner if their focus enjoyed solid production from Zach Randolph (21), O.J. now have to look over their shoulders to see who is chasing continues to be nonexistent. Mayo (15), Conley (12) and Tony Allen (10). them (Utah Jazz, Oklahoma City Thunder, Denver Nuggets On New Year’s Eve, the Lakers struggled to attain a 102-98 The Lakers only had two other players with significant and New Orleans Hornets). victory over the visiting Philadelphia 76ers, but a win is a win. offense, Shannon Brown (11) and Pau Gasol (10); Ron Artest The Lakers head to the Suns’ court Wednesday, Jan. 5, However, Los Angeles failed to grab its first win of the was held scoreless as Lamar Odom was shut down at seven and close out the week with two affairs at home versus the year against Memphis. On 10-of-22 shooting, Kobe Bryant points. Hornets (Jan. 7) and New York Knicks (Jan. 9). posted 28 points in nearly 31 minutes of play. Memphis inflicted a 19-4 run in the third quarter en “We didn’t execute well, and defensively we were poor. route to taking a 17-4 edge while the entire Los Angeles fan All stats as of Jan. 3.

22 Campus Circle 1.5.11 - 1.11.11 Follow CAMPUS CIRCLE on Twitter @CampusCircle

CALENDARTHE10SPOT BYF RederiCK MINTCHELL

TUESDAYJAN. 11 Now it’s your turn “Traces” at Ricardo Montalbán Theatre, 1615 N. Vine St., The presenTs were given, The sTress is behind you. Hollywood; themontalban.com Combining awe-inspiring circus training with you’ve Taken care of everyone, and now iT’s Time To infectious urban energy, performers give dazzling,

gravity-defying displays of skill, balancing casually Take care of yourself. on each other’s heads or tumbling through hoops and leaping spectacularly up giant poles without Great deals and a Michael Meseke 2010 using their hands. Runs through Feb. 20. Tix start at $26. Sexy Gift Set for just $9.99 with WEDNESDAYJAN. 5 SATURDAYJAN. 8 any $50 purchase. “Hair” Easyriders Events Bike Show Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., L.A. Convention Center, 1201 S. Figueroa Los Angeles; broadwayla.org St., Downtown; easyridersevents.com The winner of the Best Musical Some of the world’s top motorcycle Hurry in to a store near you! Revival 2009 Tony Award is back in Los builders have joined this year’s tour, Follow us for more Angeles and features an extraordinary including Paul Yaffe, “The Limpnickie Lot” deals and event info on cast and dozens of unforgettable songs, and Kendall Johnson. “Sons of Anarchy” including “Aquarius,” “Let the Sun Shine star “Jax” is in on the tour action as well. In,” “Good Morning, Starshine” and “Easy There will also be a record 250-plus custom To Be Hard.” The production’s relevance is bikes competing for over 55 awards. There undeniable. Runs through Jan. 23. Tix start will also be live music, interactive games Your Pleasure is Our Passion at $25. and more. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. $18. 19 ca locations — 1.800.34.adult THURSDAYJAN. 6 SATURDAYJAN. 8 Call for locations or visit RomantixOnline.com Anne Rice in Conversation with Monster Energy AMA to find a store near you! Christopher Rice Supercross Zipper Hall at the Colburn School, 200 S. Angel Stadium, 2000 Gene Autry Way, Grand Ave., Downtown; livetalksla.org Anaheim; supercrossonline.com The famous Interview with the Vampire The best riders from across the globe, author talks literature with her son, who’s like two-time champion James Stewart, THEWINGGIRLS also a New York Times best-selling novelist. three-time champion Chad Reed and Proceeds benefit the West Hollywood defending champion Ryan Dungey, gather Library Fund. 8 p.m. $25, $40 w/Anne’s in Orange County and seek to outrace new book, Of Love and Evil. each other on motocross’ most challenging COLLEGE courses. 7 p.m. Tix start at $20. THURSDAYJAN. 6 L.A. Kings Student Night SUNDAYJAN. 9 DATING Staples Center, 1111 S. Figueroa St., USC Men’s Basketball vs. UCLA Downtown; kings.nhl.com Galen Center, 3400 S. Figueroa St., USC; HIM: I’ve got three questions for Students get discounted tickets with usctrojans.com you. First, if I’m talking to a girl on a valid student ID when the Los Angeles With both the Trojans and the Bruins the phone and I ask her out and she says she’s busy the day I offered to take her out, how can Kings take on the Nashville Predators. It barely over the .500 mark, the crosstown I fish around for other available times and dates without sounding needy? Second, in a few should be a close battle as the teams have rivals will each be eager to start 2011 with days I’m going on a second study-date with a girl I like. The first time went well, but it was similar records. 7:30 p.m. a win over the other. Don’t miss out on the difficult to hit on her while we’re talking about slavery (the subject of the class). How can I “be intense hardcourt competition. 7:30 p.m. a man” and ask her out on a real date and avoid the “friend zone” while studying? Third, what’s FRIDAYJAN. 7 proper etiquette when a date is over? What if there’s no parking outside her house/apartment Cirque Berzerk MONDAYJAN. 10 and you can’t walk her to her door, much less turn off your car? I love you, Wing Girls!! Club Nokia, 800 W. Olympic Blvd., Hash Bar Olympics Downtown; cirqueberzerk.com Medical Kush Beach Club, 1811 Ocean Front WG: Thanks for writing. Very good questions. Let’s dive right in. 1) If the girl says she’s Cirque Berzerk’s unique flavor of adult Walk, Venice; medicalkushbeachclub.com busy, then the ball is pretty much in her court to suggest a date that she’s free. You can psychedelic vaudevillian tomfoolery has Don’t give into the Monday blues, help this along by saying, “OK, so are there any other nights this week that would work for been called everything from “a circus on make it a green one instead. Stop by for you?” If she says no to that open-ended question, then take that as her way of saying she’s acid” to “French burlesque meets ‘Sweeney the Hashbar TV taping in Venice Beach not interested. You can say, “OK, well let me know when you are free” and then get out Todd.’” Runs through Jan. 16. Tix start at and enjoy some dope giveaways and maybe of that convo! 2) LOL re: studying slavery and asking a girl out. That is a tough one. You $19.50. even win a prize. 4:20 p.m. should pop the question about taking her out either at the very start of the study date or at the very end, not in the middle of studying, cuz you’re right, it’s not a sexy topic. Probably FRIDAYJAN. 7 best at the end of the study session, as she’s packing up. 3) OK, so when a date is over, you Lingerie Football should still walk her as far as you can, like to her car, dorm room, etc. It’s also the guy’s goal L.A. Coliseum, 3939 S. Figueroa St., For more events, visit to keep the date going if you’re into her, so invite her to have a drink in your room, or to Downtown; lflus.com campuscircle.com/calendar. meet your dorm mate or see a YouTube vid, or whatever. Because once she’s in your dorm, Who knew that football could be To submit an event for then it’s easier to make a move. If that’s not possible cuz your living space isn’t coed, then so sexy? The beautiful ladies of the Los you will have to make a move wherever you guys are parting: on the street, outside the Angeles Temptation take on the Chicago consideration, e-mail restaurant, in the parking lot, etc. Hope that helps! Good luck! Bliss in true fantasy football. 9 p.m. Tix [email protected]. start at $29. For more information, visit thewinggirls.com.

Campus Circle 1.5.11 - 1.11.11 23