Saturday, April 4

Second Take: ‘Game of Thrones’ diverges plotlines from original books

Warning: This article contains plot spoilers. The season is dark and full of cliffhangers. Only three episodes in, season six of HBO’s popular show “Game of Thrones” has already overhauled much of its plot from previous seasons. Read more...

Photo: Season six of HBO’s popular television show “Game of Thrones” features the return of the character plot of Bran Stark (left), played by Isaac Hempstead Wright. (HBO)


Album Review: ‘Spring’

Springtime is here and with the flowers blossoms the angelic voice of Lee Su-hyun. Lee Su-hyun and her older brother Lee Chan-hyuk – together, the brother-sister folk duo Akdong Musician – last graced the K-pop scene with the group’s 2014 debut studio album, “Play.” “Play” was also released in the spring – Lee Su-hyun’s airy falsetto and strong vibrato conjure images of soft rain and vivid flora, while Lee Chan-hyuk’s mellow guitar chords and effortless harmonies support his sister’s voice without skipping a beat. Read more...

Photo: (YG Entertainment)


‘An Evening of Magic’ to fuse magicians’ personalities with performance

Alan Chien remembers being astonished by magic. Out on the schoolyard in 2007, he stood among a crowd of excited elementary school students. He witnessed one of his classmates transform four different playing cards into the same card: the king of spades. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year psychology and economics student Mike Li (left), first-year economics student Carlos Suarez (middle) and first-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student Alan Chien (right) are members of the Magic and Illusion Student Team, which will perform its second annual “An Evening of Magic” on May 18 at the UCLA Northwest Auditorium. For Chien, performing magic became a way to let his personality shine. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)


Vegan Ventures: The Vegan Joint

To highlight the delicious perks of her vegan lifestyle, Daily Bruin staffer Alejandra Reyes-Velarde showcases 10 diverse vegan restaurants in the West Los Angeles area. She will be joined by Daily Bruin staffer William Thorne to bring a meat-eating perspective to vegan cuisine. Read more...

Photo: (Alejandra Reyes-Velarde/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Book Review: ‘The Raven King’

In the small magical town of Henrietta, Virginia, a girl named Blue Sargent befriends four boys: a rebel, a prince, a shadow and a ghost. The four boys were known as the Raven Boys from the nearby private academy Blue swore to never step foot on, but throughout the course of Maggie Stiefvater’s “The Raven Cycle” series, Blue falls in love with them. Read more...

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Movie Review: ‘Captain America: Civil War’

If you type in the words “civil war” into Google, only one of the first five results has to do with the American Civil War. The other four are about Captain America and the hype surrounding his latest outing that was heightened by first-rate early reviews. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)