From passing encouraging notes in Leavey Library to slam dunking in Venice, Cotopaxi’s famous Questival adventure race led Trojans to explore L.A. while doing good for the community.

This year marks the union’s first formal presence at the biggest worldwide games conference, fresh off the heels of landing a tiered budget agreement where AI protections are “the centerpiece,” says Sarah Elmaleh, SAG’s interactive media agreement negotiating committee chair.

For one day only, the Academy Museum hosted a retrospective exhibit of anime film director’s Makoto Shinkai stylistic filmography around romance, destiny and natural disasters.

USC School of Cinematic Arts’ Outside the Box Office event, where they screen a myriad of films, celebrated their 15 year anniversary.

Rage, tension and spite spark among familial characters since spring releases such as the fourth and final season of Succession in March and later in April, Netflix’s premiere of “BEEF.” Both critic and audience appraisal of the choreography of a well-shot family feud peaked with the release of season two of “The Bear” in June.

After ten years, Hayao Miyazaki takes up the director’s seat again to bring his favorite novel to life, taking audiences on a winding journey about enduring, sacrifice, and as always, venturing into a wonderfully enigmatic unknown.

All musical genres shift with time, but today’s ‘indie’ hits and ‘alt’ faves could actually be rock anthems in disguise.