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February 18, 4:02 pm

UCLA alumnus Dakota Dry learns ‘How to Begin Again’ in debut album

This post was updated Feb. 18 at 8:50 p.m. For Dakota Dry, “The Edge of Our Never Ending Universe” is a place she knows. The singer-songwriter and alumnus graduated in 2024 with a degree in ethnomusicology and released her debut studio album, “The Edge of Our Never Ending Universe,” in November 2025. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is UCLA alumnus Dakota Dry, sitting down on a bench while wearing a blue dress. Dry released her debut album, “The Edge of Our Never Ending Universe,” in November 2025. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Arts Columns, Music

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February 16, 3:14 pm

Album review: Charli xcx’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ reaches peaks in production, falls in songwriting

This post was updated Feb. 16 at 9:08 p.m. Pop’s reigning party girl reemerges as a restless poet, trading club classics for confined collapse. Charli xcx’s second soundtrack album “Wuthering Heights” transpires like a descent into the shadows. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is the album cover for Charli xcx’s LP, “Wuthering Heights.” The artist’s second soundtrack album was released Feb. 13 and was written for Emerald Fennell’s film adaptation of the same name. (Courtesy of Charli XCX, Inc., under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation)

Arts, Arts Columns, Theater & Fine Arts

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February 16, 2:54 pm

Modern-spin Macbeth crafts Shakespeare to 1970s context with feminist tones

This post was updated Feb. 18 at 8:35 p.m. Peyton Whiteside designs a “Macbeth” where the witches wear knee-high boots. The 2024 UCLA alumnus serves as assistant scenic designer for the world premiere of Migdalia Cruz’s adaptation of “Macbeth.” The production opens Mar. Read more...

Photo: Peyton Whiteside is pictured wearing a bright yellow coat with a hood set against a blue sky. The UCLA alumnus is the assistant scenic designer for the world premiere of Migdalia Cruz’s adaptation of “Macbeth,” which opens Mar. 18 at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco. (Courtesy of Peyton Whiteside)

Arts, Arts Columns, Film & TV

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February 10, 1:43 pm

Film review: ‘The Strangers: Chapter 3’ sabotages suspense with excessive exposition

This post was updated Feb. 10 at 8:31 p.m. Warning: Spoilers ahead. “The Strangers: Chapter 3” arrives with the promise of finality but collapses under the weight of a franchise too eager to explain itself. Read more...

Photo: Three masked individuals are pictured sitting inside of a car, shoulder to shoulder. “The Strangers: Chapter 3” marks the third and concluding installment in the franchise. (Courtesy of Lionsgate)


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