This week on That’s a Wrap, the hosts sit down with the editors of Denizen, a student-run fashion and lifestyle magazine launching this quarter here at UCLA. Read more...
Arts, Music
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February 1, 7:43 am
Album Review: ‘Anti’
Rihanna, Jay Z’s million-dollar pop product, turned trite demos into golden radio hits. The recipe required no lyrical profundity or vocal artistry. She hummed repetitive phrases like “umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh,” sang over EDM-based melodies like Calvin Harris’ “We Found Love,” and profitable radio hits were born. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Westbury Road Entertainment)
Arts, Lifestyle
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February 1, 7:33 am
Student captures passion for portrait photography, helps fellow peers
Andy Wong sat across from his business fraternity mentor in the bustling Westwood ShopHouse last week, asking for career guidance over a steaming bowl of rice. Read more...
Photo: Andy Wong, a second-year political science student, takes complimentary LinkedIn photos for students and friends so he can gain photography experience and offer help in improving portfolios and networking prospects. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Arts Columns, Film & TV
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February 1, 7:33 am
Trailer Talk: ‘The Angry Birds Movie’
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: (Kelly Brennan/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Music
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January 31, 3:04 pm
UCLA graduate student plays the nyckelharpa
UCLA ethnomusicology graduate student Ryan Koons plays the nyckelharpa, which is a traditional Swedish string instrument. He performs “Harppolska,” a song composed by Olov Johansson. Read more...
Arts, Film & TV
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January 29, 6:51 pm
Movie Review: ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’
When the original “Kung Fu Panda” lost the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature to “Wall-E” eight years ago, I felt that film’s heart, humor and action had been cheated by the Pixar name and slightly better animation. Read more...
Photo: (DreamWorks Animation)
Arts, Music
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January 29, 7:22 am
Graduate student musician carries on childhood folk music roots
Ryan Koons removes the nyckelharpa from its case leaning against the wooden wall of his family’s cabin in Maryland. As his fingers climb the small keys along the side of the instrument, his parents join in on the folksy tune and music fills the small, dimly lit room. Read more...
Photo: Ethnomusicology graduate student Ryan Koons plays string instruments like the violin and the Swedish nyckelharpa (above), a cross between a viola and a piano with 16 different strings and around 37 wooden keys. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)