Will “The Revenant” sweep the board at this year’s Academy Awards, or will Leonardo DiCaprio fall prey to another snub? Will Brie Larson and Alicia Vikander emerge victorious from hotly contested Actress categories? Read more...
Arts, Film & TV
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February 26, 2:23 am
2016 Oscars predictions
Arts, Film & TV
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February 26, 2:21 am
Will 2016 bring an end to Leonardo DiCaprio’s history of Oscar snubs?
When the average moviegoer today thinks of unrewarded talent, Leonardo DiCaprio springs to mind with his zero-for-four win rate at the Academy Awards. DiCaprio’s association with being snubbed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has become so popular it has reached meme status. Read more...
Arts, Film & TV
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February 26, 2:19 am
Q&A: UCLA professor talks diversity and representation in cinema
The nominees in the main acting categories of the 2016 Academy Awards are entirely white. For the second year in a row, the lack of diversity at the Oscars led to big names boycotting the ceremony and the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite trending online. Read more...
Photo: UCLA professor Darnell Hunt compiles the “Hollywood Diversity Report” every year to track the change over time of minority representation in Hollywood productions. (Efren Piñon/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Arts Columns, Music
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February 26, 2:11 am
Love | Hate: Do DJ shoutouts build hype or are they a tired stereotype?
It seems as if every song flooding radio airwaves and streaming services has an air horn intro and a DJ name drop. Though the act was once synonymous with hip-hop mixtapes, the prevalence of DJ shoutouts seems to grow with each new album release. Read more...
Photo: DJ Khaled marks his song with “We The Best!” (Flowzyt/YouTube)
Arts, Lifestyle, Theater & Fine Arts
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February 26, 2:10 am
Alumna showcases art worldwide, stays in LA for dynamic environment
The sights and sounds of Whitney Bedford’s studio disappear. With her first brush strokes, the UCLA alumna is transported into the world of her artwork, where she said paint and her inner emotions intertwine and manifest themselves as one on a blank canvas. Read more...
Photo: The art of UCLA alumna Whitney Bedford featured in exhibitions in cities like Paris, Berlin, Prague and Milan. She currently teaches an art class called “Drawing the Subject” at the University of California, San Diego. (Courtesy of Evan Bedford)
Arts, Music
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February 26, 2:06 am
Hip Hop Explosion concert backfires with technical difficulties
Hip Hop Explosion would have been a medley of incomprehensible noise without Isaiah Rashad. Students bounded up the steep, low-lit staircase leading to Ackerman Grand Ballroom, chatting about how excited they were to hear hip-hop performers Rashad and Casey Veggies at the Cultural Affairs Commission’s Hip Hop Explosion concert event Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Rapper Isaiah Rashad transformed the Hip Hop Explosion stage into a melodic, neo-soul space where the audience grooved along to soft beats. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Arts, Music
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February 26, 2:04 am
Sounds of Schoenberg: The Levantine buzuq
Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Read more...
Photo: UCLA ethnomusicology graduate student Ryan Vig plays the Levantine buzuq, a long-necked fretted lute and folk instrument, with roots in Arab communities across Lebanon and Syria. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)