Friday, May 22

UCLA student chosen in Oscars Experience College Search

As Anne Hathaway accepted her award for Best Supporting Actress at the 85th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, UCLA’s own Tatenda Mbudzi was there to hand off her golden statuette. Read more...

Photo: Tatenda Mbudzi prepares for the Oscars during rehearsal at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. He handed over the golden statuette to Anne Hathaway.


Video Production Crew draws fresh talent with training focus

To make it big in the multibillion-dollar film industry, sometimes it’s best to start small. UCLA’s Video Production Crew is a student-led organization that produces short films. Read more...

Photo: From left: First-year psychobiology student Elaine Lin, first-year undeclared student Alexander DeKoning and fourth-year linguistics student Julio Vega work on a shoot for UCLA’s Video Production Crew. Their project for winter quarter will be the group’s first thriller, filmed at Lucia’s Cafe in Westwood. In the film, a man brings a suitcase into a diner and tells a waitress there is a bomb inside.






Film’s premise makes up for predictability

Mixing the artful complexities of “Traffic,” the occasional wit of “Ocean’s Eleven,” and the medically thrilling tones of “Contagion,” “Side Effects” seems like an appropriate send-off of specialty techniques and styles for director Steven Soderbergh before going on his publicized, indefinite hiatus. Read more...



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