This post was updated Aug. 11 at 6:55 p.m. Jazz music flows through Joshua Wellington Wong in every performance. The rising third-year global jazz studies student has been making a name for himself by performing original compositions as a pianist in jazz clubs across Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: Joshua Wong sits at a piano while wearing a black suit. The rising third-year global jazz studies student said he has played jazz music since he was six years old. (Courtesy of Tauran Woo)
This post was updated Aug. 4 at 8:33 p.m. “Trap” hopes to ensnare audiences in a tightly wound thriller but releases all of its tension – and the audience’s attention – well before the finish line. Read more...
Photo: Glazed by unsettling red light, Cooper (left), played by Josh Hartnett, scans the crammed concert for an escape, accompanying his distracted daughter Riley (right), played by Ariel Donoghue. The fresh thriller “Trap,” released Aug. 2, shines the spotlight on an unrecoverable night of high-stakes investigation. (Courtesy of IMDb)
Niall Horan sure knows how to put on a show. The singer-songwriter and former One Direction member played the second of two shows at Inglewood’s Kia Forum on Sunday as part of “’THE SHOW’ LIVE ON TOUR 2024.” The arena tour launched in February in support of his third solo album “The Show,” which was released last year. Read more...
Photo: Niall Horan looks upward while wearing a pale blue suit and sitting at a piano. The Irish singer-songwriter and former One Direction member played two concerts at Inglewood’s Kia Forum on July 27 and 28 as part of “‘THE SHOW’ LIVE ON TOUR 2024.” (Courtesy of Kai Cranmore/Universal Music Group)
“Deadpool & Wolverine” is honoring the days of Marvel’s future past. Released on Friday, “Deadpool & Wolverine,” directed by Shawn Levy, is not only a great Deadpool movie, but the “Spider-Man: No Way Home” of Fox Studios’ Marvel Universe. Read more...
Photo: Wedged in the center seat of the beige-interior car sits Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool. The finale of Marvel’s “Deadpool & Wolverine” film series released nationwide July 26. (Courtesy of Disney)
This post was updated Aug. 4 at 8:22 p.m. UCLA alumni are proving that even in the digital age, art can be sublime. At Los Angeles’ Fellows of Contemporary Art, the summer exhibition “Hyperobject: Art in the Age of YOLO*” is featuring the work of seven artists born between 1991 and 2003 through Aug. Read more...
Photo: “Hyperobject: Art in the Age of YOLO*” is on show at the Fellows of Contemporary Art through Aug. 17 and features the work of seven artists, including UCLA alumni Mae Noland and Violet Treadwell Hull. The exhibit’s curator, Emma Diffley, said the goal of the collection is to portray the influence of digital media on contemporary painting. (Courtesy of Angel Xotlanihua, Emma Diffley and the Fellows of Contemporary Art)
With the film series Queer Rhapsody, there’s no competition – just community. Organized by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, the series is showcasing over 50 queer-centered feature films, documentaries and short films through Sunday. Read more...
Photo: Laying atop the green vehicle, grad student Azra (left) seeks balance in her life after the unexpected death of her father and coming out as queer to her conservative Muslim mother. Directed by Fawzia Mirza, “The Queen Of My Dreams” will air on the final night of the Queer Rhapsody film series. (Courtesy of Baby Daal Productions)
This post was updated Aug. 4 at 8:47 p.m. The heat of summer can sometimes bring a change of perspective. In many ways, interacting with fine art has the same effect. Read more...
Photo: (Helen Juwon Park/Illustrations director)
