Calling all aspiring artists, shower singers and those who don't sing at all: "Pitch Perfect" hits a high note for viewers. With a comedic portrayal of the collegiate a cappella world, the movie doesn't achieve much past a fun time, but nonetheless leaves a likeable impression. Read more...
Lifestyle
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October 2, 1:09 am
Harvesting high scores: fall video games
Classes have started, but the video games keep on coming and students keep on playing. Read more...
Arts, Lifestyle
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October 2, 12:51 am
Daily Brewin': _Exposure to local beer festivals and craft culture can inspire college students to explore microbreweries ““ or write a bi-weekly column_
Four hours of unlimited four ounce pours from 70 of the world's best craft brewers: the L.A. Beer Week festival at Union Station was a casual drinker's hoppy heaven. Read more...
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Devin Kelly
Arts, Music
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October 2, 12:49 am
Soundbite: "The 2nd Law"
Muse's latest venture, "The 2nd Law," references everything from Michael Jackson to dubstep to Queen (this is Muse, after all). The result is a massive variety that, though somewhat tied together under the banner of Muse's unsubtle, riotous sound, doesn't fully manage to come together. Read more...
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(Credit: Warner Brothers)
Arts, Music
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October 2, 12:28 am
Soundbite: Until the Quiet Comes
Steven Ellison is a Los Angeles producer who is mostly known by his stage name Flying Lotus, or "FlyLo." Read more...
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(Credit: Warp Records)
Arts
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October 1, 1:53 am
Reel Roots: UCLA graduate student Roberto Gudino visits Mexico City to connect with its youth through film
Being in Mexico City for the first time sparked all his senses into absorbing the sounds of colloquial Spanish conversation, the city bustle of the busy metropolis and the fragrant aromas from the street vendors. "(The) neighborhood (I am staying at) is a provincial town, so it's very old. Read more...
Arts
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September 30, 11:21 pm
Getty Museum focuses on photographer Ray K. Metzker’s career in an exhibition
A man and a woman make their way through the streets of Philadelphia, divided by patches of intense sunlight and the shadows cast by tall city buildings. Read more...
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This photograph, along with nearly 100 of Metzker’s other works spanning his five-decade career and photographs taken by peers and professors at the Insitute of Design in Chicago, is on display in the Getty Museum’s “The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker and the Institute of Design” exhibition. Courtesy of the NElson-Atkins Museum of Art