Braces and a budding geeky personality characterized Andrew Sibner’s early teenage years. Unlike most awkward adolescents, however, he also attended auditions in Los Angeles for movies, commercials and television shows. Read more...
Photo: Andrew Sibner uses skills he learned from his past experience as a psychology student at UCLA in his latest role as an associate visual effects designer at Walt Disney Imagineering.(Courtesy of Andrew Sibner)
Angel Blue’s first opera album was a gift from her father. At 5 years old, Blue listened to Leontyne Price’s seasoned vocals on “A Program of Song” over and over, falling more in love with the music with each aria, she said. Read more...
Photo: Alumna Angel Blue graduated from UCLA’s music program in 2008 and has gone on to sing in major opera houses and concert halls around the world. (Courtesy of Angel Blue)
Take a bunch of supervillains and popular actors, add a heaping cup of controversy, garnish with some dazzling marketing and the result is a pretty successful summer blockbuster. Read more...
Photo: The latest Warner Bros. superhero flick “Suicide Squad” released Friday after months of marketing. (Courtesy of Wikimedia)
Winning a ticket to this year’s Bruin Bash will take a little bit of luck. An online lottery opened Friday morning for the annual event that is co-hosted by the Campus Events Commission and the Cultural Affairs Commission. Read more...
Photo: The Campus Events Commission and Cultural Affairs Commission opened an online lottery system Friday for students to enter to win wristbands to Bruin Bash. (Daily Bruin file photo)
“Harry Potter and The Cursed Child: Parts One and Two” opens at the close. Nine years after the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” was published, the newest story in the saga of the Boy Who Lived picks up right where the last book left off. Read more...
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On a dark and miserable January night, guests of Disney California Adventure’s Hollywood Tower Hotel will plummet 13 stories down an elevator shaft and into a dimension of sound, sight and mind for the last time. Read more...
Photo: In January, California Adventure will send riders on the final journey into “The Twilight Zone.” The ride will be replaced with a “Guardians of the Galaxy” attraction. (Courtesy of Wikimedia)
UCLA students have transformed from pupils to Pokemon trainers while searching for Pikachus and Charizards around UCLA’s new virtual Pokestops. Released July 6, the “Pokemon Go” app by Nintendo and Niantic has gained millions of players, earning them over $1 million per day just on iOS. Read more...
Photo: Student Pokemon trainers can find a myriad of Pokemon, gyms and Pokestops across UCLA and Westwood. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo Editor)
