Kevin Hudson was weeding his front lawn when he suddenly felt a burst of empathy for a dandelion. He looked over at his neighbor’s yard, which she kept empty except for some dirt and a few dandelions, and Hudson said he couldn’t help but think that if he were a dandelion, he’d prefer to be in his own well-maintained yard. Read more...
Photo: (Juliette Le Saint/Illustrations director and Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)
Friday the 13th proved to be an unfortunate day for James Corden. The host of “The Late Late Show” came under fire for jokes he made about Harvey Weinstein during a charity gala speech on Oct. Read more...
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Romeo leaped over a fence and climbed onto a balcony to reunite with his Julio in a new short film adaptation of the classic play. In “Romeo and Julio,” Oscar Emmanuel Fabela and two fellow graduate students directed and filmed adaptations of several scenes from Shakespeare’s original play “Romeo and Juliet” to tell an inclusive story featuring the love between a white man, Romeo, and a Latino man, Julio. Read more...
Photo: Lesley Elizondo, Oscar Emmanuel Fabela and Beth Lane created the short film “Romeo and Julio,” an adaptation of Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet” that features a romance between two gay males. The film works to incorporate the experiences of immigrants and members of the LGBTQ community into its plot line. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Mei-Juin Chen and her friend in college were rescued from the side of the road by a tattooed man in a red Cadillac. Twenty-five years later, the pair made a feature film titled “The Gangster’s Daughter,” which was inspired by the encounter and was the first screened movie at the “What Time is it There? Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Film and Television Archive partnered with the Westwood-based Taiwan Academy to create the “What Time is it There? Taiwanese Film Biennial,” which is free to UCLA students. The Taiwanese Film Biennial will feature films such as “Ice Poison” and “Super Citizen Ko.” (Courtesy of UCLA Film & Television Archive)
Brad Hall took his first job in the entertainment industry as a production assistant at Warner Bros. to make ends meet during college. As Hall went on to search for new positions in entertainment, he began to collect resources and make professional connections within the industry. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Brad Hall launched his website, EntertainmentCareers.Net, back in 1998. The website serves as an online recruiting site for people to find jobs in entertainment industries. He said the website helps him share his knowledge with newcomers to the industry. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)
Fictional 37-year-old Amanda is wrapped up in her screenwriting career until she finds out she only has one ovarian egg left. In “37 Problems,” a comedy web series written, directed, starring and produced by Lisa Ebersole, protagonist Amanda focuses on getting her own web series off the ground until she must decide whether or not to make motherhood a priority. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumna Lisa Ebersole created and acted in “37 Problems,” a self-referential comedy web series about a 37-year-old who must choose between her screenwriting career or motherhood. Ebersole will host a premiere screening of “37 Problems” and a live Q&A at James Bridges Theater on Friday at 7 p.m. (Courtesy of Lisa Ebersole)
UCLA lecturer and animation critic Charles Solomon has seen numerous animated films, and this weekend he will add 12 more to the list. Solomon will be one of the judges for the Animation Is Film Festival, which will take place Friday to Sunday at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood. Read more...
Photo: (Juliette Le Saint/Illustrations director)
