This post was updated March 11 at 6:40 p.m. Welcome back, Bachelor Nation, to yet another season of 30 women vying for one man’s heart. The 24th season of the franchise features Peter Weber, a Colton Underwood look-alike nicknamed Pilot Pete. Read more...
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A hopeful Bruin voice found herself auditioning for “American Idol” after posting her singing videos on social media. Among the many contestants who auditioned for the latest season of the singing competition is second-year global jazz studies student Sophia Wackerman. Read more...
Photo: Second-year global jazz studies student Sophia Wackerman auditioned for “American Idol” after receiving a direct message from the show’s producer who had taken interest in the videos Wackerman had posted of herself singing. She said being surrounded by music at a young age, since her father is a drummer and her late mother was a singer, inspired her to pursue singing professionally. (Anika Chakrabarti/Daily Bruin)
The anxiety and tension of crossing the border come alive at night in “Esperanza.” Shruti Parekh, a graduate student at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, said her film centers around three protagonists who intend to illegally cross the border into Canada in the middle of the night, hoping to start a new life. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student Shruti Parekh’s film “Esperanza” follows three protagonists who intend to illegally cross into Canada in the middle of the night, hoping to start a new life. She said the film embodies the dynamics of different immigrants and their viewpoints. (Anika Chakrabarti/Daily Bruin)
Lilly Scourtis Ayers said she was warned against getting too close to Marian Anderson’s wild side. When Ayers first encountered Anderson, a friend told Ayers that the punk rock singer was trouble. Read more...
Photo: Marian Anderson, the lead singer of the band the Insaints, is the focus of Lilly Scourtis Ayers’ documentary feature, “Last Fast Ride: The Life, Love and Death of a Punk Goddess,” which shows how punk offered a sense of community. (Courtesy of Lilly Scourtis Ayers)
Warning: spoilers ahead The divide in the Acosta family just got bigger in the season finale of “Party of Five.” With most of the main characters together in Mexico – besides Emilio (Brandon Larracuente), whose Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status causes him to remain in Los Angeles – “Diaspora” reveals the family’s shifting dynamics. Read more...
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“The Invisible Man” and its eponymous character share one similarity – they are both difficult to watch. Inspired by the classic Universal Pictures monster, the 2020 film, written and directed by Leigh Whannell, follows Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss), a young woman who flees an abusive relationship with renowned optical scientist Adrian Griffin (Oliver Jackson-Cohen). Read more...
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History repeats itself, and so does art. With films, video games and even books being flooded with sequels, remakes and spinoffs, audiences in recent years have appeared to embrace familiarity over novelty. Read more...
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