A Night With the Stars
While most actors would let a moderator get away with being a bore, Gabourey Sidibe (“Precious”) — who was receiving her Virtuosos Award at the Cinema Vanguards event Friday evening — did just the opposite. Roger Durling, a film critic, festival higher-up and slightly English-language-impaired man, seemed to try his best to drag the event through the mud last week, asking cliché-upon-cliché questions and stuttering through his abbreviated interviews with the honorees (Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Christoph Waltz and Stanley Tucci, who was not present to receive his award).
New Exec Tackles UC Cash Woes
University of California President Mark Yudof recently appointed Nathan Brostrom, UC Berkeley’s vice chancellor of administration, to the post of executive vice president of business operations — the top position a UC budget administrator can hold.
SB Soars in Shootout
Both UCSB men’s and women’s lacrosse teams were in action over the long weekend. The Gaucho men (1-3 overall) fell on hard luck in a pair of tight matches, losing 13-10 against Cal Poly before being edged 12-11 in double-overtime against Brigham Young. The Gaucho women (7-0 overall) had better success hosting the 22nd annual Santa Barbara Shootout, walking away with five wins in five games.
Police Blotter
Fri., Feb. 12, 10:18 p.m. — Officers patrolling the 6600 block of Pasado Road were alerted to trouble when someone yelled “Man down!” from their front door.
“Men” in the Middle” ***
Who is a pornographer? Surely the fine folks over at Vivid Entertainment are pornographers. But what about the Hyatt? Holiday Inn? The Hiltons? (Well, minus Paris, perhaps). This the question Jack Harris (Luke Wilson) finds himself faced with in “Middle Men,” the closing film of this year’s SBIFF.
A.S. Contests Charges
At last night’s Associated Students Legislative Council meeting, members decided to dispute in court a number of the charges levied against them by the property owners of the villa they stayed in during a January retreat.
Del Rocks the Hub Tonight
The Hub is about to get funky. The underground hip hop prodigy stopping at UCSB tonight is a man of many profiles, the more notable of which include Hieroglyphics frontman, Gorillaz ghost rapper and master of the year 3030. But no matter how you know him, one thing is for certain: Del Tha Funkee Homosapien has the flow to put on a show.
“Kingdom City” Boasts a Talented Cast of Actors
Last weekend, the doors of the Performing Arts Theatre were opened to the public for the world premiere of Sheri Wilner’s “Kingdom City.” Directed by Theatre & Dance Dept.’s BFA professor Risa Brainin, this is the fifth new play produced by the department in the last six years.
Olympic Fever Takes Hold
Between the Super Bowl, Valentine’s Day and all the midterms scattered around them, I bet you thought you’d be able to return to your normal schedule: one part class to two parts studying to five parts alcohol. Wrong-o. Just like Mr. Shu uncomfortably crossing the student-teacher boundary, the Olympics will predictably sneak up behind you and bite you in the butt.
Nap Time
Napping is godly.