The easiest path to the past is through the radio, where current hits sound more like 1940s doo-wop, 1950s funk and 1980s dance music than the EDM and rap sounds that people have become accustomed to. Read more...
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Arts, Lifestyle, Theater & Fine Arts
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February 5, 12:00 am
UCLA Game Lab dispels stereotypes through female representation
A common stereotype exists when it comes to “the gamer.” “The angry middle schooler or high schooler in his basement who just plays video games all day and eats Cheetos and doesn’t have any social skills,” said Adeline Ducker, a UCLA Design | Media Arts alumna. Read more...
Photo: Third-year English student Sophia Staab-Gulbenklan, Design | Media Arts alumna Adeline Ducker and Santa Monica College student Lilyan Kris share ideas about their games. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Film & TV
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February 5, 12:00 am
Movie Review: ‘Jupiter Ascending’
“Jupiter Ascending”Directed by Andy Wachowski and Lana WachowskiWarner Bros.2.0 / 5.0 paws Ever since their peak with 1999’s “The Matrix,” a film that fits the idea of “cultural touchstone” to a T, the Wachowskis have fallen further and further down the rabbit hole. Read more...
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Arts, Video
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February 4, 11:57 pm
Beyond Mexican Mural: Scenes of LA
Daily Bruin Video followed several UCLA students to Venice as they crafted a mural showcasing Los Angeles’ history and colorful heritage. Read more...
Photo: (Barry Yang/Daily Bruin)
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February 4, 4:56 pm
Second Take: Questions surround release of Harper Lee’s second novel
Make way Mary Higgins Clark, there’s a new queen of suspense in town and her name is Harper Lee. While 88-year-old Lee doesn’t write suspense-thriller mysteries, she still managed the plot twist of her career with the announcement of her second book release 55 years after her first, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Before there were TLC television shows like “Here Comes Honey Boo,” “Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta” and “Welcome to Myrtle Manor” Americans got a glimpse of Southern life in Lee’s beloved 1960 Pulitzer-Prize-winning classic “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Yet, before she published her famed novel, she wrote a sequel to “To Kill a Mocking Bird” titled “Go Set a Watchman” in the 1950s, which remained unpublished until now. Read more...
Photo: Amid concerns of author Harper Lee’s involvement in its publishing, “Go Set a Watchman,” the sequel to “To Kill a Mockingbird,” will be released in July. (Harper Collins Publishers)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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February 4, 2:11 am
Course gives students opportunity to design, install mural of LA
A young man bows to a woman, his height complementing her graceful posture as her skirt swings to the beat of salsa. Another pair joins them, moving delicately up the ramp of a bus filled with monarch butterflies. Read more...
Photo: Students from the world arts and cultures/dance and and Chicana/o Studies course “Beyond Mexican Mural: Beginning Muralism and Community Laboratory” use a multimedia approach to depict important elements of Los Angeles history and culture near UCLA@SPARC’s lab in Venice, Ca. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Film & TV
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February 4, 12:00 am
Q&A: Filmmaker discusses documentary on Jewish identity
Kathy Wazana left her home country of Morocco at the age of 10. Growing up in Canada, Wazana said she was taught that Morocco was a hostile place for Jewish people. Read more...
Photo: In Kathy Wazana’s documentary “They Were Promised the Sea,” Wazana explores the meaning of Muslim and Jewish identities, spurring from her own background as a Jewish person born in Morocco. On Wednesday, the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies will be screening the film followed by a discussion with Wazana. (Courtesy of Kathy Wazana)