It’s difficult to make a movie unpredictable and authentic when it’s a foreign biopic in English — especially when the plot follows a girl from a developing country with dreams too big for her village. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Gage Skidmore)
Arts, Lifestyle
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September 25, 10:21 pm
Student nails it with affordable, on-campus manicure business
Courtney Scott hauled a black suitcase of nail polish into her dorm lounge. On the eighth floor of Hedrick Summit, the second-year mathematics for teaching student provides professional manicures to UCLA students under the company name Court’s Nail Army. Read more...
Photo: Second-year mathematics for teaching student Courtney Scott runs a manicure business, called Court’s Nail Army, from her dorm room. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Music
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September 23, 10:22 am
Esteemed violin professor to perform with chamber orchestra at Royce Hall
Violin professor Movses Pogossian lives for the moments of silence at the end of a concert, the collective hush of thousands of people holding their breaths at the final bow of his string. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music violin professor Movses Pogossian will perform with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra on Sunday at UCLA Royce Hall. He will play Violin Concerto No. 2, “Four Serious Songs,” by Armenian composer Tigran Mansurian. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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September 23, 12:00 am
Alumnae take the stage in ‘Frozen’ production at California Adventure
Nine UCLA alumni joined the cast of “Frozen – Live at the Hyperion,” performing as Elsa, Olaf, Hans, Kristoff or the ensemble. The live adaptation of the 2013 Disney animated film “Frozen” currently plays three times a day at Disney California Adventure after opening in May. Read more...
Photo: Katheryne Penny is one of three UCLA Theater, Film and Television alumni that perform in the ensemble of “Frozen – Live at the Hyperion,” a new live entertainment show at Disney California Adventure. (Miriam Bribiesca and Harish Balasubramani/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Arts, Film & TV
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September 23, 12:00 am
Movie review: ‘Storks’
For many parents, the standby answers for the awkward question kids invariably ask “Where do babies come from?” is that storks deliver them. In Warner Bros.’ newest animated movie “Storks,” the birds are no longer able to deliver babies because profits have dwindled in the baby industry and running an online package delivery service is a much more lucrative business model. Read more...
Photo: Warner Bros. latest animated film “Storks” brings a modern animated update to the classic folklore of birds as baby deliverers. The family-friendly feature depicts the storks as comedic couriers for a new package delivery service. (Warner Bros.)
Arts, Music
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September 23, 12:00 am
Graphic: Fall quarter a cappella audition locations
Photo: (William Zou/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Film & TV
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September 23, 12:00 am
TFT alum creates comedy web series based on time working as telemarketer
The scribbled notes in Adam Carr’s 6-by-4 inch blue moleskin journal read like a string of nonsense ramblings. His entries span from jokes about prank voicemails to memories of making calls while sipping wine from his coffee mug. Read more...
Photo: Alumni Adam Carr and Nathaniel Meek created a comedic web series based on working as telemarketers at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood. One television-worthy moment was when Carr found out his workplace crush was a sex addict and already dating another worker of the call room. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)