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January 31, 10:23 pm

Q&A: Alumnus brings son’s childhood obsession with space to new film

When producer Richard Barton Lewis saw actor Asa Butterfield in “Hugo,” he knew that the young actor was perfect for the lead in his next project, “The Space Between Us.” Lewis met Butterfield over a Skype call, and the experience reminded him of the very movie he was making. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumnus Richard Barton Lewis drew upon his relationship with his 19-year-old son when writing the story for the upcoming film “The Space Between Us” about a Martian boy who travels to Earth. (Courtesy of Catherine Coleman)

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January 30, 9:30 pm

Actress Diane Guerrero to speak on undocumented immigrants, new memoir

Diane Guerrero was 14 when her family was taken from her. She came home from a day of high school to find her house empty, her undocumented family members having been taken by immigration services. Read more...

Photo: First-year environmental science student Chris Perez said he is looking forward to the event as his family has also experienced fears of deportation since two of his aunts are undocumented. (Eileen Lising/Daily Bruin)

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January 29, 7:56 pm

Grad student redirects passion toward film after finishing med school

Myra Aquino traded doctors’ scrubs for a director’s chair. During her four years at the University of Miami, Aquino doubted her passion for medicine. Her mind wandered in class, imagining her family medicine lecture turning into a martial arts movie. Read more...

Photo: Film graduate student Myra Aquino is working on on a short film about Southeast Asian breakfast foods. Facebook connections from the region sent Aquino clips of their countrys’ local dishes for her project, “The Southeast Asia Conversation.” (Marley Maron/Daily Bruin)

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January 26, 1:00 am

Q&A: UCLA professor talks inspiring a character in a 1980 Italian novel

Italian professor Massimo Ciavolella and the late Italian author Umberto Eco were good acquaintances. Ciavolella invited Eco to lecture during the professor’s classes at UCLA. Eco made Ciavolella a character in his book “Il nome della rosa,” or “The Name of the Rose.” The novel details a series of murders that take place at a Benedictine monastery in 1327. Read more...

Photo: Italian and comparative literature professor Massimo Ciavolella inspired a character in Umberto Eco’s book. The 1986 movie adaptation of the book will be screened at UCLA. (Courtesy of Brett Landenberger)

Arts, Arts Columns, Film & TV

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January 22, 9:19 pm

Second Take: Celebrities’ anti-Trump protests reflect many Americans’ concerns

The next time your friend drags you to a concert you never wanted to attend, just be grateful you didn’t have to sit through Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration. Read more...

Photo: Sixteen-year-old Jackie Evancho from “America’s Got Talent” was one of the celebrity performances at President Trump’s inauguration. (Creative Commons photo by Joan Hall via Wikimedia Commons)

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January 20, 12:45 am

UCLA alumni to present horror-comedy series at Sundance 2017

Girl meets boy, girl loses her virginity to said boy – and then girl wakes up the next day suddenly nine months pregnant with an alien? Read more...

Photo: Three UCLA alumni, Scott Yacyshyn, Benji Kleiman, and Stephen Cedars banded together to create the TV show “Snatchers,” which will premiere Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Hanna Bolte)


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