According to the average superhero origin story, tragedy leads to a path of great strength. But what happens when the hero chooses to grieve instead of fight? Read more...
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Arts, Arts Columns, Lifestyle
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March 14, 5:02 pm
Second Take: Don’t place same weight of parents’ college scandal crimes on Olivia Jade
Olivia Jade isn’t actress Lori Loughlin’s only daughter – just her more famous one. Even after a quick skim through the news about the recent “Operation Varsity Blues” scandal, many may be unaware of Jade’s sister, Isabella Rose Giannulli. Read more...
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Arts, Film & TV
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March 13, 10:49 pm
Alumni works featured in exhibition exploring LA film history’s black narratives
A critic in the ’80s told L.A. Rebellion filmmaker Alile Sharon Larkin that her short film was terrible. Years later, the same critic watched the short at a screening of the L.A. Read more...
Photo: The 1979 L.A. Rebellion film “Your Children Come Back to You” is part of The Broad and Art + Practice’s “Time is Running Out of Time: Experimental Film and Video from the L.A. Rebellion and Today.” It was directed by alumna Alile Sharon Larkin, who is part of the wave of L.A. Rebellion films. (Courtesy of Joshua White)
Arts, Music
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March 13, 10:47 pm
Q&A: Conan Gray reflects on transition from YouTube to playing live shows
Conan Gray embraced his self-proclaimed title of “lonely kid” through music. Gaining popularity from his YouTube channel, Gray uploads covers, original songs and vlogs detailing his life experiences. Read more...
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Arts, Film & TV
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March 13, 10:45 pm
Documentary brings in new narratives to spotlight black horror’s rich history
On March 4, 2018, Jordan Peele accepted the Oscar for best original screenplay. Soon after, Shudder, a streaming service dedicated to horror films, gave its own production team the green light to create “Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror.” The documentary is based on the book “Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present” by Robin R. Read more...
Arts, Lifestyle
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March 11, 3:36 pm
Edit-a-thon aims to give recognition to more women, arts on Wikipedia
About 85 percent of Wikipedia’s editors are men, and only around 17 percent of the over 1.5 million biographies on the English Wikipedia are about women. Read more...
Photo: On Sunday, the Hammer Museum held a Wikipedia edit-a-thon in collaboration with the Art+Feminism campaign. The event aimed to educate more women on how to create and edit Wikipedia content, and how to cover topics that are often overlooked. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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March 10, 10:24 pm
Play highlights marginalized experiences of gay men during the Holocaust
An upside-down pink triangle is the driving force of “Bent.” Directed by theater graduate student Mark Anthony Vallejo, the production is an adaptation of the original 1979 play and will premiere Thursday at Macgowan Hall. Read more...
Photo: First-year theater student Nick Rodriguez and third-year theater student Sam Linkowski star in an adaptation of the 1979 play “Bent,” which will premiere Thursday at Macgowan Hall. Set in the 1930s, the play explores the struggles of being gay during the Holocaust, with its protagonist Max coming to terms with his sexual identity. (Niveda Tennety/Daily Bruin)