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She may have not liked wire hangers and certainly never received the mother-of-the-year award, but there’s no denying that Joan Crawford (pictured) was a top star in Hollywood’s golden age. The actress, who would’ve turned 100 this year, is being feted Monday night at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater with speeches and film clips. (www .uclalumni.net) . . . . On Saturday, the day before the Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents a free symposium with all five directors of the Oscar-nominated foreign-language films at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Later, the hair and makeup nominees will discuss their work. The former event is sold out, but there will be a standby line; tickets are required for the latter. (oscars.org)
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-- Susan.King@latimes.com
