Cadenza got to participate in a press conference with the director of “Rango,” Gore Verbinski, and the film’s stars, Johnny Depp and Abigail Breslin. Depp and Verbinski explained how the computer-animated western had its roots in live-action and he discussed how Depp felt when he pretended to be a “six-foot lizard.” Look forward to a full review on Friday.

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” opened at the Edison Theatre with three performances over the weekend and will feature three additional shows at 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Student Life sat down with director Henry Schvey, a professor of drama, to discuss his edition of the Shakesperian classic.

If you are a fan of “The Office,” you know Ellie Kemper as Erin, Dunder Mifflin’s receptionist. She also happens to be the granddaughter of Mildred Lane Kemper, namesake of the Mildred Kemper Art Museum. Most recently, Ellie plays Claire in Sofia Coppola’s new movie “Somewhere,” and the role should gain her national attention.

In my recent kick-ass trip to Hollywood, courtesy of the nice folks at Paramount, I had three major categories of experiences. First of all, I was in Hollywood. Home of the Walk of Stars, the big letters on the hill and just about every kind of freak imaginable. You have to admit, it’s an appropriate setting to contemplate the cast of Jackass, who by comparison seem downright normal.

What does the star of “Easy A” have to say about her latest role, faking sex, and the “Zombieland” sequel?

Prison life will soon be here for Jeff Smith.
“Surely it won’t be a picnic,” Smith said. “But I’m a strong person, and I’ve overcome things before…so I’ll get through it, with the help of friends and family and a great support system.”

Student Life recently caught up with Bill Cody, famed documentarian and Wash. U. alum. His new film about the Atlanta music scene, “We Fun,” was recently screened by KWUR.

Jill Manoff, fashion editor of Alive Magazine, fashion director of St. Louis Fashion Week, and creator and executive director of new fashion blog Corridor40, is very involved in the St. Louis Fashion scene. She works in an industry that demands passion, personal style and creativity. Here’s what she had to say about college trends, working [...]

Student Life reporter Cordelia Palitz sat down and spoke with Julie Otsuka, the Japanese-American author of “When the Emperor was Divine,” this year’s Freshman Reading Program. Otsuka was a speaker in this fall’s Assembly Series. Hailing from California, Otsuka is 47 years old and one generation removed from Japanese Americans who were interned in camps by the U.S. government from 1942 until 1945.

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