When Grace Helbig, Connor Franta and several other Internet stars checked into hotel rooms two years ago while attending the world’s largest online video conference, VidCon, something caught their attention. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Extension alumna Natalie Novak helped plan VidCon, the world’s largest online video conference. As a digital media agent, her clients include iJustine, Joey Graceffa and jiffpom. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Five-year-old Jackie Oka discovered the secret to achieving elementary school fame. Stepping on the talent show stage to perform for the first time, Oka broke out into dance to Britney Spears’ “Oops!… I Did it Again,” imitating hip shaking and twirls straight from the choreography in the music video. Read more...
Photo: Alumna Jackie Oka is a principal dancer and school programs coordinator for the hip-hop dance company Versa-Style. (Diana Chen/Daily Bruin)
Sand clogs up everything; it’s gritty and coarse. “Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak” might just be the sandiest game ever. It’s a distant prequel to the decade-old “Homeworld” and “Homeworld 2,” and transplants the series from space to the vast expanse of the desert. Read more...
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In the Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz, where there is hope for neither survival nor redemption, a Sonderkommando becomes obsessed with giving one boy a proper burial. Read more...
Photo: Hungarian actor Géza Röhrig stars as Saul in the Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Film, “Son of Saul.” The film, directed by László Nemes, will be screened at the James E. Bridges Theater on Tuesday, followed by a Q&A with Nemes and Röhrig. (Courtesy of Hungarian National Film Fund)
The glittery masquerade balls, spicy cajun food and rollicking jazz music of Mardi Gras have been absent from the UCLA Intramural Field. But it was not always this way. Read more...
Photo: From 1945 to 1995, Mardi Gras was celebrated with a festival featuring food and club booths, a ferris wheel and carousel on the UCLA Intramural Field. The festival was organized by a committee formed by students who took a two-quarter long class. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)
The lion costume, with its enormous beady eyes, large flapping face and writhing body, terrified Trixie Le when she was younger. It moved to the thumping of the drums and towered over the 5-year-old, who remembers bursting into tears. Read more...
Photo: First-year mathematics of computation student Henry Jian misses the Lunar New Year celebrations in his hometown of Hangzhou, China. Back home, he played with his cousins and lit fireworks for the New Year while his mother and other relatives made dumplings in their kitchen. Now, Jian celebrates with friends to keep the festive mood alive in college. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
The Super Bowl was on the country’s mind last weekend, and the A&E staff is no exception. Panthers, Broncos… We’ll leave the game analysis to Sports and instead dissect the game’s entertainment value, including Beyonce’s halftime show. Read more...
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