Wednesday, February 25

Alumnae take the stage in ‘Frozen’ production at California Adventure

Nine UCLA alumni joined the cast of “Frozen – Live at the Hyperion,” performing as Elsa, Olaf, Hans, Kristoff or the ensemble. The live adaptation of the 2013 Disney animated film “Frozen” currently plays three times a day at Disney California Adventure after opening in May. Read more...

Photo: Katheryne Penny is one of three UCLA Theater, Film and Television alumni that perform in the ensemble of “Frozen – Live at the Hyperion,” a new live entertainment show at Disney California Adventure. (Miriam Bribiesca and Harish Balasubramani/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Movie review: ‘Storks’

For many parents, the standby answers for the awkward question kids invariably ask “Where do babies come from?” is that storks deliver them. In Warner Bros.’ newest animated movie “Storks,” the birds are no longer able to deliver babies because profits have dwindled in the baby industry and running an online package delivery service is a much more lucrative business model. Read more...

Photo: Warner Bros. latest animated film “Storks” brings a modern animated update to the classic folklore of birds as baby deliverers. The family-friendly feature depicts the storks as comedic couriers for a new package delivery service. (Warner Bros.)




Q&A: Artist Aaron Koblin discusses technology, meaning of time in art

Aaron Koblin boarded a train so he could shine a laser onto the landscape, creating a work of art of colorful moving images as he traveled through the country. Read more...

Photo: Design | Media Arts alumnus Aaron Koblin first developed his art piece “Flight Patterns” while he was a graduate student at UCLA. Both “Flight Patterns” and his 2013 project “Light Echoes” use technology to create art. (Courtesy of Aaron Koblin)


Q&A: Michael Emerson discusses acting as jealous composer in play ‘Amadeus’

The name Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is familiar to many. That of Antonio Salieri is not always as easily recognizable. But many people can identify the actor playing Salieri in L.A. Read more...

Photo: Television and theater actor Michael Emerson, who first portrayed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart two decades ago, will now act as Antonio Salieri for the same play “Amadeus” this weekend at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater. (Courtesy of Jean-Claude Vorgeack)


Students bring pancake delivery service to the Hill

Sachi Ogan and Taylor Fischer strongly believe in the idea that almost everyone loves breakfast for dinner. They are so confident in their belief that the two UCLA students are building an entire business around the principle. Read more...

Photo: Students Sachi Ogan and Taylor Fischer created homemade pancake delivery business TACH to provide inexpensive comfort food to hungry students. (Mackenzie Possee/Assistant photo editor)