This post was updated June 12 at 5:11 p.m. Keke Palmer is taking on a new role in Westwood. The Emmy Award winner announced Thursday morning that she will begin a five-year Artist in Residency program with UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television, titled “From Blocking to Broadcast.” The program will go into effect during the 2026-27 academic year and is in collaboration with KeyTV, which Palmer co-founded in 2021. Read more...
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June 7, 3:31 pm
Matthew Smith prepares for his next stage as his UCLA curtain closes
Matthew Smith is ready to take on the world’s main stage. From music to theater, fourth-year musical theater student Matthew Smith said he had always been drawn to the arts. Read more...
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June 7, 3:02 pm
Actor, director, producer Keara Hedican exits UCLA stage ready for her next act
Keara Hedican’s final bow as a Bruin has arrived as the actor-director-producer prepares for future projects. The fourth-year theater student with an acting emphasis said she hopes to continue all three facets of entertainment production after graduation. Read more...
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June 7, 12:57 am
Mahek Jindani brings international influence to the Bruin dance world
Artist Mahek Jindani has brought a global perspective to dance at UCLA. The fourth-year applied linguistics and dance student – who is of Indian heritage – was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and spent the first 15 years of her life in the nation’s capital of Kinshasa. Read more...
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June 6, 2:01 pm
Ryan Bucu leaps from being 2nd male UCLA Dance Team member to LA Rams Cheerleader
Ryan Bucu knows how to make it pop. The fourth-year sociology student made history as the second male member of the UCLA Dance Team at the start of his junior year. Read more...
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May 31, 3:38 pm
Theater review: ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ brings viewers to ’90s New York for a coming-of-age story
To Alicia Keys, “Hell’s Kitchen” is still a concrete jungle where dreams are made of. Featuring music and lyrics by Keys, inspiration from a book by Kristoffer Diaz and direction by Michael Greif, “Hell’s Kitchen” is a coming-of-age musical about a biracial teenager growing up in the city of dreams. Read more...
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May 26, 2:23 pm
Hanlin Su’s story-driven animation brings Alan Walker’s song ‘Faded’ to life
This post was updated May 27 at 8:57 p.m. Hanlin Su has been telling stories since before he knew what he was doing. Su, a first-year psychology student, runs Retrever Entertainment, a boutique animation studio he launched after enrolling at UCLA last fall. Read more...