The conundrum known as the sophomore album is a fascinating phenomenon to observe. Artists newly minted with the burden of expectation navigate a number of decisions while conceiving their second full-length album "“ which ideas are trash, which are worth a rehash? To stay the course stylistically or boldly break new ground? Read more...
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Intellectual and social tensions, along with a touch of wooden acting, rise to the surface of this film, in which a flailing playwright tries to recapture his joie de vivre, only to find himself taken captive by an unstable neighbor in a hostage crisis. Read more...
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The recipients of the 2012 Emerging Voices literary fellowship, sponsored by nonprofit organization PEN Center USA, will read at the UCLA Hammer Museum's Billy Wilder Theater on Wednesday. The event marks the completion of the fellowship, which provides new writers with the tools necessary to jump-start a professional writing career. Daily Bruin's Braden Baseley spoke with Jonathan Alfi, an art history alumnus and one of the recipients of this year's fellowship, about his experience in the program, his first novel and his plans for the future. Read more...
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Jonathan Alfi is one of the recipients of the 2012 Emerging Voices fellowship, a literary program that works to provide new writers with the tools they need to start a professional writing career. (Courtesy of Casey Curry)
Guides to life are a dime a dozen these days. From self-help books to lifestyle magazines, living well has become an obsession of society.
But this wasn't always the case. Hundreds of years ago, in the Middle Ages, people were more concerned with how to die a proper and respectable death. Read more...
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Pictured is “Denise Poncher Before a Vision of Death,” an image of the Christian view of death displayed at the Getty Museum’s exhibit. (Courtesy of the Getty Museum)
Whether fans know him for the recent announcement about his sexuality or for his feature in the Kanye West and Jay-Z album "Watch the Throne," Frank Ocean has proven with his debut album "Channel Orange" that his talent validates the blogosphere buzz surrounding his name. Read more...
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There's something about a spectacle sport that requires the finesse of spoken word and the ability to maneuver a mustache to a poster of Ernest Hemingway's head that has audiences stirring around the world. Read more...
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At the Literary Death Match event, which mixes literature with comedy, four contestants compete against each other by reading their written pieces. Later, two finalists take part in fun challenges in which the audience can participate.
Dogs, as the universal symbol of loyalty, have long been a motif in family films. This summer, Kevin Cooper, an alumnus of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, makes his directional debut with "I Heart Shakey," the first-ever live-action 3-D independent family film, which he based off of his own dog, Chaplin. Read more...
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UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television alumnus Kevin Cooper directs Steve Guttenberg for his upcoming film “I Heart Shakey.”
