“Begin Again” opens with Gretta, played by Keira Knightley, in a dark pub forced by a friend to get on stage and sing “A Step You Can’t Take Back,” a thoroughly melancholy song, an ode to being alone. Read more...
Photo: (The Weinstein Company)
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July 16, 3:29 pm
Three TFT alum nominated for 66th Primetime Emmy Awards
Three UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television alumni earned nominations for the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, as announced by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences on July 10. Read more...
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July 10, 2:15 pm
Second Take: ‘Seinfeld’ turns art of nothing into 25-year legacy
This weekend, aside from the usual July Fourth festivities, I was busy celebrating another great American tradition, at least one for the millennials: binge-watching my favorite TV show on my laptop. Read more...
Photo: Twenty-five years after its debut, “Seinfeld,” a sitcom following a fictionalization of comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his three close friends, is still one of television’s biggest commercial and critical successes. (Sony Pictures Television)
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July 7, 12:00 am
Q&A: Sprite Films contest winner shares experience, advice
A few months ago, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television graduate students Merlin Camozzi and Rick Perry were announced as the 2014 Green Ribbon Panel Award winners, the highest award for the Sprite Films competition, for their short film “What We Need.” The minute-long short follows a group of musicians and their journey from jam sessions to commercial success and will be screened in select theaters nationwide. Read more...
Photo: UCLA graduate film student Merlin Camozzi recently won first place at the Sprite Films contest for his minute-long short “What We Need.” (Courtesy of Kandis Gordon)
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June 30, 12:16 am
‘Keeping Up With the Guptas’ creator makes deal with 20th Century Fox
UCLA alumnus Sunny Tripathy entered a general meeting at 20th Century Fox hoping to work as a staffer for one of the network’s television shows. He walked out of the meeting with his own TV development deal. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Sunny Tripathy recently reached a television deal with 20th Century Fox. While most of the show’s details are undisclosed, Tripathy’s series will be based on his personal and family experiences. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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June 23, 12:00 am
Q&A: Bruin lends voice to Disney’s ‘Million Dollar Arm’
Walt Disney Pictures’ “Million Dollar Arm” is a showcase of Indian national pride – the true story of two young men from the Indian countryside who get the chance to train for a Major League Baseball tryout. Read more...
Photo: The soundtrack to Walt Disney Pictures’ “Million Dollar Arm” features Gaayatri Kaundinya, who recently graduated from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in ethnomusicology. Kaundinya’s opportunity to sing for the soundtrack came from an internship with film composer A.R. Rahman. (Walt Disney Pictures)
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June 9, 12:00 am
Acting, scriptwriting on the horizon for UCLA student
First, she was Bellatrix Lestrange. Then she rap battled USC, went to “The Great Fratsby” and most recently serenaded UCLA students with her rendition of “I’m a Bro.” Now, as her fourth year draws to a close, Spring Sing Company member and fourth-year theater student Kimia Behpoornia is creating her own variety comedy show for the online television network Pivot. Read more...
Photo: A member of Spring Sing’s Company, Rapid Fire Improv, ComedySportz Los Angeles and all things funny, graduating fourth-year theater student Kimia Behpoornia is working on the all-new online comedy show “2KSLAM!” (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin Senior Staff)