The title itself, “Laughing with My Mouth Wide Open,” as well as the brightly colored poster can lead to expectations of chuckles and laughs from this one-woman show performed and written by Gwendoline Yeo and directed by Mark St. Amant. The audience did receive comedy, but they also…

Jeff Sheng, an LA based photographer, started work in 2009 on a series of photographs of closeted men and women in the military. The faces of these men and women are hidden or in shadow; if they were “outed,” they would be discharged. The photographs have been compiled…

This holiday season, the UCLA Food Drive is collecting food and money donations for the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank and the UCLA Food Closet. The Los Angeles Foodbank, a non-profit organization, was established in 1973. With a network of 900 agency sites throughout the United States, the Los…

I saw Today’s Special, starring Aasif Mandvi, yesterday. I don’t have a lot of deep thoughts about it: it wasn’t groundbreaking (it followed the classic storytelling formula exactly, and I could predict every event), but it was very upbeat and cute. It’s also refreshing to see an actor…

American Vogue’s December edition features eight Asian models: Du Juan, Liu Wen, Bonnie Chen, Lily Zhi, Hyoni Kang, So Young Kang, Lee Hyun, and Tao Okamato. Vogue lauds these models as “redefining traditional concepts of beauty.” While this spread seems indicative of more Asian models in the business…

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest on November 13th. Suu Kyi was held for protesting against the military junta that currently has power in Burma. She has been under arrest for fifteen of the last twenty-one years. Suu Kyi is one…