USC Dornsife News

Emily Sweet ’07 puts her degree to use finding the perfect participants for reality TV shows like Survivor, The Amazing Race and Guy’s Grocery Games. [4 ¾ min read]

Early stints on ‘Jeopardy!’ and ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ fed alumnus Ken Basin’s love for Hollywood, where he now oversees business affairs for Paramount Television Studios. [6 min read]

As domestic box office returns plateau, Hollywood is setting its sights on China — the second largest film market in the world. USC Dornsife professors Stanley Rosen and Brian Bernards explain what it will take for the U.S. film industry to break into China’s notoriously complicated movie market.

USC Dornsife historian Steven Ross’ new book, Hollywood Left and Right, dispels the myth that Tinseltowners are all a bunch of liberals.

Richard Meyer, associate professor of art history in USC Dornsife, will curate an exhibition at MOCA, "Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles, 1946–1955."

Leo Braudy's Latest Book Takes on Both

Shavelson, who wrote or co-wrote more than 35 movies and directed a dozen, taught at USC College’s Master of Professional Writing Program.