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January 13, 11:35 pm

Upcoming YouTube series ‘Wayne’ uses violence thoughtfully based in character

Shawn Simmons watched a child get beat up by about five other children, only to stand back up and throw a rock at his tormentors. Though he was only about eight years old at the time, the memory stayed with him and eventually inspired a scene in his YouTube Originals series, “Wayne.” Simmons said the scene was the first part he wrote for the show a few years ago, with the boy manifesting as the eponymous character, Wayne. Read more...

Photo: Mark McKenna and Ciara Bravo star in “Wayne,” an upcoming YouTube Originals story following the titular character as he searches for his deceased father’s stolen car. (Courtesy of Jacara Jenkins)

Arts, Lifestyle, Theater & Fine Arts

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January 13, 11:32 pm

Art show seeks to highlight diverse roles in the environmental justice movement

Repurposed trash will be the focus of UCLA’s upcoming art show: “Our Ecological Footprint: Expressions of Environmentalism.” The show will kick off the UCLA Renewable Energy Association’s Waste Awareness Week on Monday. Read more...

Photo: Liliana Epps, a third-year gender studies student, Kayli Masuda, a first-year chemical engineering student, and Ariana Mamnoon, a fourth-year geography and environmental systems and society student (left to right), helped organize an environmental art show to kick off the Renewable Energy Association’s Waste Awareness Week. (Axel Lopez/Assistant Photo editor)

Arts, Arts Columns, Film & TV

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January 10, 10:23 pm

Movie review: ‘Ashes in the Snow’ lingers on the surface, failing to evoke sympathy or meaning

“Ashes in the Snow” director Marius Markevicius bites off more than he can chew in his underwhelming debut. Based on the novel “Between Shades of Gray” by Ruta Sepetys, “Ashes in the Snow” follows 16-year-old Lina Vilkas (Bel Powley) and her family after they are exiled to Siberia under Stalin’s rule during World War II. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Vertical Entertainment)

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January 10, 10:21 pm

Documentary uses virtual reality to spotlight women confronting violence in Iraq

A pair of goggles allows audience members to join the Yazidi warriors as they load guns and march through the Iraqi desert in uniform. On Friday and Saturday, UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television will feature creator Maria Bello’s virtual reality and performance piece “The Sun Ladies VR Project.” The show begins with Yazidi women training and sharing their stories of genocide and slavery in a virtual reality documentary, and is followed by UCLA students performing a spoken-word piece on violence against women in the U.S. Read more...

Photo: Ava Lalezarzadeh, a third-year theater student, will participate in a spoken-word segment during the showing of “The Sun Ladies VR Project.” The virtual reality and performance piece, which will be featured Friday and Saturday at UCLA, aims to discourage violence against women. (Xuxin Zhang/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Film & TV

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January 10, 10:18 pm

Q&A: Alumna Carol Burnett reflects on her Golden Globe win for her work in TV

For 11 years, Carol Burnett shared the stage with two guest stars, 12 dancers and a 28-piece live orchestra. On Sunday, she took the stage alone to accept the first annual Carol Burnett Award at the 76th annual Golden Globes. Read more...

Photo: Actress and alumna Carol Burnett went on stage at the 76th annual Golden Globes to accept the first annual Carol Burnett Award which commends special achievement in television. Burnett said the inauguration of the award proves that television is as important a medium as film. (Courtesy of Carol Burnett)

Arts, Lifestyle

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January 10, 10:13 pm

Alum’s photo series portrays Zanzibari women finding empowerment in swimming

This post was updated Jan. 11 at 5:02 p.m. Swimming has become an empowering activity for young women in Zanzibar. Photos of them learning to swim, an activity unprecedented for women in Zanzibar, are the subject of alumna Anna Boyiazis’ series “Finding Freedom in the Water.” Boyiazis will discuss her project Saturday at the Fowler Museum at UCLA. Read more...

Photo: Alumna Anna Boyiazis’ photography series “Finding Freedom in the Water” shows women in Zanzibar learning to swim. Swimming has traditionally been discouraged among women, but the photo series displays empowered women who break cultural norms. (Courtesy of Anna Boyiazis)

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January 9, 10:27 pm

Visiting professor lectures on role of mass print media in Japan’s history

The Meiji Restoration generated not only an industrial boom in late 19th century Japan but also a new wave of mass-produced media. Bard College assistant professor Nathan Shockey will speak about this surge of magazine printing in his colloquium at Royce Hall on Friday, titled “Developing A Paper Empire: Late Meiji Magazines And Modern Japanese Mass Culture.” The lecture, hosted by the Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, will explore the role of photography and oral performance in making typographic print a widespread, mass phenomenon. Read more...

Photo: Bard College assistant professor Nathan Shockey will deliver a colloquium in Royce Hall about changes in mass media production – specifically the rise of oral performance and photography during the Meiji Restoration in Japan. (Courtesy of Nathan Shockey)


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