http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2ZtUetXlXk “I’ll see you at the movies.” These were the last words written by iconic film critic Roger Ebert, who passed away April 4 after struggling for years with thyroid cancer. Read more...
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April 17, 8:56 pm
Daily Bruin writers pay tribute to film critic Roger Ebert
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April 12, 12:49 am
“Transmedia, Hollywood” to explore media’s potential for social change
Between Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, the young adult generation has acquired a language of its own, spoken in status updates and digital visuals. Read more...
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April 11, 12:02 am
Film fraternity Delta Kappa Alpha re-established at UCLA
When you stroll down Bruin Walk, you may see an LGBT fraternity, some business fraternities and a few social fraternities. Now among them is Delta Kappa Alpha, a co-ed professional cinema fraternity that has been re-established at UCLA after disbanding in the 1970s. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Delta Kappa Alpha was recently re-established for students who are interested in getting involved with making films, writing films or performing cinema-based community service.
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April 9, 12:00 am
Love or Hate: Jimmy Fallon hosting “The Tonight Show”
Here’s Jimmy! With Jay Leno’s “The Tonight Show” contract expiring next year, the question of his potential successor has been looming. Finally, NBC announced Jimmy Fallon, host of his own “Late Night” show, will replace Leno in spring 2014. Read more...
Photo: Jay Leno’s “The Tonight Show” contract is expiring next year, and NBC has announced “Late Night” host Jimmy Fallon will take over in spring 2014.
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April 8, 12:00 am
B-Sides: Soundtracks have potential to help in movie marketing
On May 10, the long-delayed and heavily hyped movie “The Great Gatsby” will hit theaters. I’m not necessarily holding my breath for the movie, having barely been able to get through the book by F. Read more...
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April 4, 12:12 am
Alumna documents trials of marriage in film for thesis
Esther Julie-Anne comes from a rich genetic heritage of both French and Native American descent. Now happily married, living in the United States, she retains a high appreciation for both her foreign and localized family roots. Her family’s legacy for marriage, however, remains another story. Read more...
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April 3, 12:30 am
Feature documentary recounts UCLA professor, activist Angela Davis
Director Shola Lynch stated that if she were to write a scripted, narrative film in which a 26-year-old philosophy student became an international political icon, Hollywood would strike the film down as unbelievable. Read more...
Photo: Director Shola Lynch’s new documentary “Free Angela & All Political Prisoners” chronicles Angela Davis’ imprisonment and trial in the 1970s. Davis was a UCLA professor and a member of the Communist Party.