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‘Parks and Rec’ talks new Halloween episode
WARNING: Obvious spoilers ahead. Stop reading if you’re not caught up on “Parks and Recreation” and don’t want to know what happens in this week’s stellar Halloween episode. Consider yourselves warned.
SDSU grad talks about his latest movie
Recent television, film and new media graduate Matthew Rocca is ramping up production on his festival-bound, feature-length vampire crime epic, “Bullets, Fangs and Dinner at 8.”
Liebowitz discusses ‘Concert in the Park’
On Saturday, Cinco de Mayo, a lively music recital called “Concert in the Park” will be performed at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion at Balboa Park. Marian Liebowitz, the event manager, spoke about the history of this annual show and answered some questions about her involvement with this holiday treat. The Daily Aztec: Can you tell [...]
Whedon shares his filmmaking wisdom
Five films and four years into arguably the most complex movie marketing scheme in history, Marvel Studios is set to unleash supra-franchise “The Avengers” on May 4.
Anna Faris discusses filming ‘The Dictator’
Actress Anna Faris received her first big break in the gross-out horror spoof “Scary Movie” franchise, while subsequent roles in “Lost in Translation” and “Brokeback Mountain” received widespread critical acclaim.
Segel and Duplass discuss ‘Jeff,’ smugness
Mark Duplass, half of the writer-director sibling duo the Duplass brothers, became an indie film darling with his awkward, mumblecore comedies “The Puffy Chair” and last year’s festival favorite “Cyrus.”
Ed Helms talks about ‘Jeff’ and storytelling
Ed Helms, a veteran correspondent on “The Daily Show,” catapulted to fame with recurring roles on “The Office” and “The Hangover.”
Actor & director talk ‘John Carter’ making
Taylor Kitsch carved out a niche for himself in “Friday Night Lights” and “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.”
Organist Peck breaks the silence in ‘Zorro’
Russ Peck is the organist who will be performing at the San Diego Symphony’s showing of the Douglas Fairbanks silent film “The Mark of Zorro.”
The Northstar Session succeeds sans label
Scoring a record deal used to be what bands in garages across the world dreamed of. But now, becoming recognized and being able to tour nationally is a dream many unsigned bands have already realized.
Holidays are fair game for ‘Harold & Kumar’
John Cho is best known as an alien-fighting helmsman of the starship enterprise in J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek,” a perverted high school student who popularized the expression “milf” in “American Pie” and a surprisingly smart stoner with a good heart in the “Harold & Kumar” series.
Minus the Bear tour to celebrate 10 years
Seattle-based Minus the Bear has crafted some of the most intricately layered and rhythmically complex indie rock of the last decade.
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