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February 26, 3:08 am

Alumna’s documentary ‘Chau, Beyond the Lines’ reaches Academy Awards

The delicate art of drawing is not a simple task for Chau. Within the confines of a small wheelchair, his limbs barely allow him to pick up a marker from the jumble of coloring supplies in front of him, let alone create an entire picture. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumna Courtney Marsh directed “Chau, Beyond the Lines,” a documentary nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short this year. Marsh worked on the film for eight years, filming the artistic pursuits of Agent Orange victim, Chau, in Vietnam. Marsh will be in attendance for Sunday’s award ceremony at the Dolby Theater. (Anisha Joshi/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Film & TV

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February 26, 2:23 am

2016 Oscars predictions

Will “The Revenant” sweep the board at this year’s Academy Awards, or will Leonardo DiCaprio fall prey to another snub? Will Brie Larson and Alicia Vikander emerge victorious from hotly contested Actress categories? Read more...

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February 26, 2:19 am

Q&A: UCLA professor talks diversity and representation in cinema

The nominees in the main acting categories of the 2016 Academy Awards are entirely white. For the second year in a row, the lack of diversity at the Oscars led to big names boycotting the ceremony and the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite trending online. Read more...

Photo: UCLA professor Darnell Hunt compiles the “Hollywood Diversity Report” every year to track the change over time of minority representation in Hollywood productions. (Efren Piñon/Daily Bruin)

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February 24, 11:16 pm

Let’s Animate: Bruin Animated Filmmakers heads first project on vegetarian zombie

Daily Bruin A&E is following the Bruin Animated Filmmakers, a new club on campus, as they create a short animated film. In this week’s installment: an introduction to the club, the premise of their film and their storyboarding process. Read more...

Photo: Bruin Animated Filmmakers was founded by fourth-year student computer science student Joey Gomez-Benito (center right) and fourth-year theater student Nick Brunner (second from left). (Julie Hanash/Daily Bruin)

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February 22, 12:08 am

Trailer Talk: ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’

Movie trailers are like free samples at Costco: The good ones excite you and leave you wanting more, while the bad ones make you cringe. Each week, A&E columnist Matthew Fernandez will dissect movie trailers and analyze the Hollywood fare to come. Read more...

Photo: “Alice Through the Looking Glass,” released May 27, will not be directed by Tim Burton like 2010’s “Alice in Wonderland.” (Disney)

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February 19, 12:26 pm

Q&A: Disney film animator Chad Sellers talks career, working on ‘Zootopia’

Chad Sellers makes magic with Disney. Sellers works at Walt Disney Animation Studios as an animator and has helped craft films like “Tangled,” “Wreck-It Ralph” and “Frozen.” The partially self-taught animator worked for a video game company and Blue Sky Studios, most famous for the “Ice Age” series, before securing a job with Disney. Read more...

Photo: Chad Sellers, an animation supervisor for “Zootopia,” visited a film class at UCLA on Wednesday to give a guest lecture. Sellers said the biggest challenge on “Zootopia” was capturing the movement of many different species, from an elephant to a shrew. (Courtesy of Disney)


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