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April 19, 11:37 pm

Q&A: Comedian Quincy Jones talks performing at UCLA, terminal illness

After a doctor told him he had one year to live, stand-up comic and terminal cancer patient Quincy Jones said his one wish was to air his own comedy special. Read more...

Photo: Comedian Quincy Jones, who was diagnosed with stage 4 mesothelioma, hoped to air his own comedy special after a doctor told him he only had a year to live. Jones now has his own HBO special, funded by Kickstarter and supported by Ellen DeGeneres, and will perform at UCLA Wednesday for the local comedy scene. (Courtesy of Cassie Winett)

Arts Columns

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April 19, 11:35 pm

Love | Hate: Is the resurgence of vinyl fueled by love for music or capitalism?

Record Store Day, celebrated Saturday, drew music fans from all over the country to their local record stores to promote vinyl records and cassette tapes. Collecting and listening to vinyl records has been a long-standing tradition for music fans and the cultural aesthetics have seen an increase in popularity over the last decade among younger listeners. Read more...

Photo: Collecting and listening to vinyl records has seen a recent increase in popularity among young listeners. Urban Outfitters in Westwood has an entire section dedicated to vinyl records. (Creative Commons via publicdomainpictures.net by Petr Kratochvil)

Arts, Lifestyle

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April 19, 11:32 pm

Adidas sneakers provide UCLA population with a blast from the past

The retro footwear of famous athletes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and “Pistol Pete” Maravich has stepped back into fashion on UCLA’s campus. Students have been wearing both the Superstar and Stan Smith Adidas models, which were released in 1969 and 1971, respectively. Read more...

Photo: Wearing retro models of Adidas shoes, such as those worn by first-year human biology and society student Jessica Quach, has recently come back into fashion at UCLA. Students have turned to the Superstar and Stan Smith models, released in 1969 and 1971 respectively, to compliment their athleisure style. (Pinkie Su/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Film & TV

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April 19, 12:00 am

First-year gives mischievous voice to ‘Despicable Me’ character

Eleven-year-old Dana Gaier fiddled with the hem of her shirt on her first day in the recording studio as rough sketches of evil Gru’s innocent daughters hung behind her. Read more...

Photo: First-year undeclared student Dana Gaier voiced nine-year-old Edith, one of Gru’s adopted daughters, in the “Despicable Me” film series. (Julie Hanash/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Film & TV

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April 19, 12:00 am

‘Jane the Virgin’ writer-producer duo to accent cultural diversity in panel

Amy Rardin and Jessica O’Toole prioritize creating relatable, female-driven storylines for the TV show “Jane the Virgin.” The storylines unfold from the show’s female-dominated production team. Read more...

Photo: UCLA housing will host a panel discussion and Q&A with Jessica O’Toole (left) and Amy Rardin, executive producers and writers for The CW’s “Jane the Virgin” Tuesday in the De Neve auditorium.The discussion will be moderated by UCLA TFT professors Sean Metzger and Kristy Guevara-Flanagan. (Courtesy of Megan O’Toole)

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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April 19, 12:00 am

Q&A: Director of opera studies wants students to see opera as accessible

Peter Kazaras found solace in theater and opera amid Vietnam War demonstrations, protests and clouds of tear gas. For Kazaras, the director of opera studies at UCLA, music and theater provided a haven away from the chaos of the outside world to retreat to throughout his undergraduate years. Read more...

Photo: Peter Kazaras, the director of opera studies at UCLA, will direct the LA Opera’s performance of Giacomo Puccini’s “La Bohème” starting May 14. (Courtesy of Jonathan Vanderweit)

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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April 18, 12:31 am

Feminist collective voidLab held poster exhibition at Broad

A casual party conversation caught Kate Hollenbach off guard. “So what are you doing at this party? You obviously aren’t in computer science.” Hollenbach not only hosted the party but also has a computer science degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology – but that’s not the point. Read more...

Photo: Design | Media Arts graduate students Alice Jung, Yuehao Jiang, Amanda Stojanov and hsinyu lin (left to right) are four of six voidLab members that created a poster exhibition in Broad. (Lindsay Weinberg/Daily Bruin senior staff)


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