The characters in “Ratched” may be wretched, but their costumes are far from it. The Netflix series’ first episode, “Pilot,” is nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Period Costumes. Read more...
Photo: Alumni and costume designers Allison Agler and Rebecca Guzzi were nominated for Outstanding Period Costumes for their work on the pilot episode of Netflix’s drama mystery, “Ratched”. (Photo courtesy of Allison Agler. Photo Illustration by Katelyn Dang/Illustrations director)
Working together like pieces on a chessboard, the soundtrack of “The Queen’s Gambit” is a resounding checkmate. Sound rerecording mixer, sound editor and alumnus Eric Hoehn received nominations for both Outstanding Sound Editing and Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special for his work on the show’s finale, “End Game.” The limited series follows chess player Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) as she ascends into chess stardom and follows a winding road to personal growth, with the final episode portraying the emotional peak of both journeys. Read more...
Photo: Alumnus Eric Hoehn (center) earned Emmy nominations for his sound mixing and editing work on Netflix miniseries “The Queen’s Gambit,” alongside co-supervising sound editors Eric Hirsch (left) and Gregg Swiatlowski (right). (From left to right: Photo courtesy of Goldcrest, courtesy of Dan Carr, courtesy of Goldcrest. Photo Illustration by Katie Frei/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Aug. 15 at 5:48 p.m. In a world programmed by zeros and ones, “Free Guy” breathes life into NPCs. Starring Ryan Reynolds, “Free Guy” has all the stereotypical elements of a blockbuster film: action-packed violence, punchy one-liners and an unrequited romance. Read more...
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Warning: spoilers ahead. Heads up, the parents of the filthy rich kids are making their landing. The sixth installment of “Gossip Girl” introduces the parents of Obie (Eli Brown) and Aki (Evan Mock) – and they have no intentions of playing nice. Read more...
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Let there be blood – at least three gallons of it. Known for its unabashedly gory visual effects, “The Boys” follows average-Joe archetype Hughie (Jack Quaid) as he navigates the world of Super – shorthand for superheroes – after one inadvertently kills his girlfriend. Read more...
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Warning: spoilers ahead. On the Upper East Side, trickery is the motto. The fifth installment of “Gossip Girl” marks a Halloween celebration that brings together most of Constance Billard’s elite, albeit missing one prominent member. Read more...
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This post was updated Aug. 8 at 7:07 p.m. After helping women discover themselves in the ’70s, “The War Widow” is being broadcast once again. On Thursday, the UCLA Film & Television Archive will host a virtual screening of “The War Widow,” a World War I period piece that tells the story of two women falling in love in an unpredictable world. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Film & Television Archive will be hosting a screening and discussion of the 1976 film “The War Widow.” Following the story of two women falling in love, the film was one of the first to portray a lesbian relationship without harmful stereotypes, said LGBTQ+ historian Jenni Olson. (Courtesy of “The War Widow”)
