Joanna Li sat toward the back of her life science class, staring at candies on her smartphone screen and anticipating the final move that would beat the level. Read more...
Photo: (Vivian Tong/Daily Bruin)
Theater & Fine Arts
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February 23, 12:09 am
Student’s solo art exhibition draws curiosity on fluidity of identity
Ten-year-old Alice Jung didn’t know how to speak Korean when she and her family moved from Tucson, Arizona to Seoul, South Korea so she sketched. She drew bluebirds to prove to her classmates that birds other than pigeons existed in America. Read more...
Photo: MFA student Alice Jung explores the disconnect between her South Korean and American identities in her solo exhibition, “Curiouser2.” The show examines the fluidity of identity through the theme of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll. (Zinnia Moreno/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Arts Columns, Podcasts
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February 23, 12:00 am
That’s a Wrap! Episode 8: And the winner is?
This week on That’s a Wrap, the writers find out about the V-Day movement to end violence against women and Bruin Connections, a dating app designed especially for UCLA students. Read more...
Photo: Kelly Brennan/Daily Bruin
Arts, Behind the Bruin, Lifestyle, The Quad
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February 22, 12:18 am
Q&A: Alum, screenwriter Don Holley discusses memoir and a life of humor
Don Holley wrote a weekly humor column about his college life for the Daily Bruin. Thirty years later, the column became a 114-page memoir. After graduating from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television in 1984, Holley sold his first script which became the cult film “Loaded Weapon 1,” a cop satire with Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Don Holley published “Half Loaded” based on columns he wrote at the Daily Bruin. He reflects on his experience as a Hollywood scriptwriter. (Create Space Independent Publishing Platform)
Arts, Lifestyle
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February 22, 12:14 am
Girl scouts make UCLA students’ walk to campus sweeter
Poppy Miller, a 12-year-old girl scout, held her mother’s oversized iPhone 6 in her small hands, punching in the letters of a UCLA student’s Venmo username. Read more...
Photo: (Rachel Zhu/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Arts Columns, Film & TV
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February 22, 12:08 am
Trailer Talk: ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’
Movie trailers are like free samples at Costco: The good ones excite you and leave you wanting more, while the bad ones make you cringe. Each week, A&E columnist Matthew Fernandez will dissect movie trailers and analyze the Hollywood fare to come. Read more...
Photo: “Alice Through the Looking Glass,” released May 27, will not be directed by Tim Burton like 2010’s “Alice in Wonderland.” (Disney)
Arts, Film & TV
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February 19, 12:26 pm
Q&A: Disney film animator Chad Sellers talks career, working on ‘Zootopia’
Chad Sellers makes magic with Disney. Sellers works at Walt Disney Animation Studios as an animator and has helped craft films like “Tangled,” “Wreck-It Ralph” and “Frozen.” The partially self-taught animator worked for a video game company and Blue Sky Studios, most famous for the “Ice Age” series, before securing a job with Disney. Read more...
Photo: Chad Sellers, an animation supervisor for “Zootopia,” visited a film class at UCLA on Wednesday to give a guest lecture. Sellers said the biggest challenge on “Zootopia” was capturing the movement of many different species, from an elephant to a shrew. (Courtesy of Disney)