Sunday, August 18th marked the Inaugural Geekie Awards at the Avalon in Hollywood, a new awards show organized in order to celebrate the geek genre and its most talented independent creators, artists and filmmakers. Read more...
Arts, Lifestyle
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August 26, 3:01 am
Nerds reign proud at first annual Geekie Awards
Arts, Lifestyle
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August 26, 2:59 am
Q&A: Have You Nerd about Terra Olsen?
In the last five years or so, the media has become fascinated with geeks. From CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory” to superhero-movie domination of the box office, Hollywood has decided that geek-oriented products are marketable and worth developing. Read more...
Arts, Film & TV
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August 26, 12:00 am
Movie Review: ‘The World’s End’
“The World’s End” has the most fitting movie title of the summer. After an apocalyptic “World War Z,” abysmal adventure flick “After Earth” and so many more of the same fictionally destructive caliber, a blatantly world-ending comedy seems like the kind of film to place squarely at the butt of it all. Read more...
Arts, Film & TV
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August 26, 12:00 am
‘No Doubt About It’ TFT students are finalists in Sprite Films contest
In one jam-packed day of filming, director Manhea Joey Kim got the opportunity to experience the real world of directing firsthand. Read more...
Photo: UCLA graduate producer Wesley Ambrecht helped Kim produce his short “No Doubt About It.”
Arts, Lifestyle, Theater & Fine Arts
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August 26, 12:00 am
TFT alum Jolie Oliver juggles theater, football careers
She made her debut in the spotlight as Queen Isabella in her elementary school’s Columbus Day pageant. Read more...
Photo: Jolie Oliver, executive assistant for UCLA football and an alumna of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, will be starring in a Pico Playhouse production of “The Old Settler.”
Arts, Music
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August 25, 10:36 pm
Music fans flock to Los Angeles State Historic Park for FYF Fest
The past Saturday saw hordes of indie, electronic and rock fans flood the Los Angeles State Historic Park for the 10th annual FYF Fest. Read more...
Photo: Psychedelic rock band MGMT, led by leadsinger Andrew VanWyngarden, was one of fifty-eight bands that performed in this year’s FYF Fest, that saw 20,000 music lovers crowd 4 stages of fusing genres of music.
Arts, Music
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August 21, 1:27 am
Album Review: ‘Doris’ by Earl Sweatshirt
After braving the storm of misguided “Free Earl” campaigns and absentee fathers, 19-year-old Earl Sweatshirt is back with his debut album “Doris.” A member of the Los Angeles-based hip-hop collective Odd Future, Earl Sweatshirt was first introduced to the hip-hop scene as a 16-year-old featured on the 2010 mixtape “Earl,” which casually throws around images of murder, rape and drugs in vivid and sickening detail. Read more...