The Kinsey Pavilion 1200B chalkboard read “SEX” in big letters. Standing in front of the lecture hall full of students was adult film actress Jessica Drake, who said growing up in a conservative and religious family environment made her view sex negatively. Read more...
Photo: In a presentation to a class in Kinsey Pavilion 1200B, adult film actress Jessica Drake explained the deceptiveness of movie magic in the adult film industry. (Robert Luna Jr./Daily Bruin senior staff)
Ruoxuan Li flipped through Francis Ford Coppola’s photo album and found the image she was looking for. Behind the protective sleeve was an aging photo of young twin boys from the 1920s. Read more...
Photo: Film alum Mark Daniel Quintos and students worked alongside filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola to produce the experimental project. (Kelly Ma/Daily Bruin)
Music is coming. Strings hummed and drums pounded on the Hollywood Palladium theater stage, drawing many excited cheers from audience members sporting shirts with House Targaryen sigils or “The North Remembers.” Immersive art, music and storytelling brings the suspenseful and often tragic show “Game of Thrones” to life. Read more...
Photo: HBO and Live Nation treated “Game of Thrones” fans to a private orchestral concert showcasing the series’ music last Monday. The performance served as a sneak peak of a full-length musical set that will begin touring the U.S. in February. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
Braces and a budding geeky personality characterized Andrew Sibner’s early teenage years. Unlike most awkward adolescents, however, he also attended auditions in Los Angeles for movies, commercials and television shows. Read more...
Photo: Andrew Sibner uses skills he learned from his past experience as a psychology student at UCLA in his latest role as an associate visual effects designer at Walt Disney Imagineering.(Courtesy of Andrew Sibner)
Take a bunch of supervillains and popular actors, add a heaping cup of controversy, garnish with some dazzling marketing and the result is a pretty successful summer blockbuster. Read more...
Photo: The latest Warner Bros. superhero flick “Suicide Squad” released Friday after months of marketing. (Courtesy of Wikimedia)
On a dark and miserable January night, guests of Disney California Adventure’s Hollywood Tower Hotel will plummet 13 stories down an elevator shaft and into a dimension of sound, sight and mind for the last time. Read more...
Photo: In January, California Adventure will send riders on the final journey into “The Twilight Zone.” The ride will be replaced with a “Guardians of the Galaxy” attraction. (Courtesy of Wikimedia)
Christoph Bull brought the “Ghostbusters” soundtrack to life on his neighborhood church organ. Bull, an adjunct associate organ professor in the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, recorded the organ music for the new “Ghostbusters” movie score at the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles over the course of two days in May. Read more...
Photo: UCLA adjunct associate organ professor Christoph Bull recorded his music for the “Ghostbusters” movie score at the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles. The church was lit blue and green for two days in May to evoke a “Ghostbusters” ambiance. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
