UCLA alumna Jesse Draper has played Barbies with Mattel CEO Robert Eckert, high-fived retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and rode Segways with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Read more...
Photo: After graduating from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, alumna Jessie Draper created “The Valley Girl Show,” recently syndicated for a television deal with Fox. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
The rise of original online programming has revolutionized the way we consume television. But are any of these new shows actually worth watching? Up Next highlights noteworthy original content from Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Studios and examines how the flexible online format functions within each show. Read more...
Photo: “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” created by and starring Jerry Seinfeld (right), will premiere its fifth season on Thursday. (Crackle)
With each successive project, Walt Disney Animation Studios advances ahead of its cartoon-pioneering roots. Sure, Walt Disney’s legacy and imagination will never die, but a project such as “Big Hero 6” spurs ahead what the master created in his lifetime. Read more...
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The 2014 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards were announced Monday at the UCLA Faculty Center. The awards, now in their 59th year, recognize screenplays, teleplays and stage plays and are open to submissions from all University of California students. Read more...
Photo: Screenwriting graduate student Han-Yee Ling (middle left) earned first prize at the 2014 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards for her drama “Spaghetti Bridges.” (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
There is a primal instinct that’s generally truer than the traditional fight-or-flight responses: panic. Unbridled, terrified panic. It usually manifests as screaming or, internally, a mind-numbing sense of lingering dread. Read more...
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Choosing to watch an older horror flick is a little bit like going trick-or-treating. Sure, there seems to be a mountain of regrettable candy corn and chewy messes to sift through, but every once in a while, like a diamond in the rough, comes the deluxe, king-size chocolate bar of your dreams. Read more...
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In “Interstellar,” Christopher Nolan once again refracts time to create focus on the theme of love. In Nolan’s 2010 critically acclaimed “Inception,” characters live hours to entire lifetimes in dream worlds. Read more...
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