Smosh, Tobuscus and PewDiePie may read as obscure, odd names for some, but for millions, these names represent some of today’s most popular online video creators. Read more...
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August 5, 2:56 am
VidCon gives fans a chance to make virtual interactions real
Arts, Film & TV
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August 5, 12:13 am
Movie Review: ‘2 Guns’
Look back on all the buddy cop movies through the years. Go ahead. There’s quite a long list of great ones: “Beverly Hills Cop,” “48 Hrs.,” “Lethal Weapon,” “Bad Boys” and (who could forget) “Rush Hour.” Well, “2 Guns” is the antithesis of all of them, taking the typical Laurel and Hardy odd-couple relationship that normally holds true in the buddy cop genre and turning it on its head. Read more...
Arts, Arts Columns, Film & TV
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August 5, 12:08 am
Love or Hate: Are Avatar sequels money machines or cinematic adventures?
James Cameron has accomplished an amazing feat, having made not only the top, but the top two highest grossing films of all time – “Avatar” and “Titanic.” Read more...
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August 5, 12:03 am
Mix of styles influence Noah and the MegaFauna
As a Los Angeles-based swing big band, Noah and the MegaFauna incorporates sounds ranging from acoustic gypsy jazz to indie rock and folk. Read more...
Photo: Noah Lit has come a long way since first playing with his former band, Oliver Future. Now in the process of recording a second album as frontman of Noah and the MegaFauna, he reflects on the path of his career thus far.
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August 5, 12:01 am
Young student fiddles with old music styles of bluegrass, jazz
Connor Vance is a young man who speaks an old language. Read more...
Photo: Connor Vance, fiddler for The Dustbowl Revival, juggles studying musicology at UCLA and touring with his band. Interested in music since an early age, the bluegrass and jazz band gives Vance a satisfying outlet for his musical ideas and helps him apply his studies as he works through college.
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July 29, 12:29 am
UCLA student discusses role in ‘The Conjuring’
Moviegoers nationwide are being terrorized by “The Conjuring,” this summer’s latest horror blockbuster. Based on the accounts of two real-life families, “The Conjuring” recounts the tale of the Perrons as they move into their new Rhode Island farmhouse plagued with paranormal activity, and the Warrens, a pair of demonologists who move in to help the terrorized family. Read more...
Photo: Shanley Caswell plays Andrea Perron, the family’s eldest daughter, in “The Conjuring,” a horror film by James Wan.
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July 29, 12:23 am
Graduate student strives to save Kichwa flute tradition
In some ways, the whistling, chanting and atonal flute melodies that pervade the Ecuadorian village of Kotama sound like tangled webs of rhythm that are difficult to understand. Read more...
Photo: Jessie Vallejo, a Ph.D. student who did fieldwork in Ecuador for her dissertation, found inspiration in the flute traditions of the people of Kotoma, a small village in Otavalo, Ecuador. The rich culture behind the music inspired her to produce a CD with the indigenous people, “¡Así Kotama! The Flutes of Otavalo, Ecuador.”