2016 was the year of the celebrity-endorsed Super Bowl commercial. On Sunday, everyone from Christopher Walken to Helen Mirren to Jeff Goldblum and Lil Wayne made their best, most random pitches to the 111.9 million viewers at home. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Heinz Ketchup via YouTube)
The tech crew lacked the time, money and supplies to construct the barricade for the “Les Misérables” set design, so the crew members formed one made up of people. Read more...
Photo: Third-year political science student Ariana Garcia (left) and second-year theater student Julia Nelson (right) are producers for “24-Hour Musical.” (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
Dominique Mashburn encountered a photo of a gray shih tzu in need of an owner. Mashburn, who was originally browsing for furniture, saw the post as a sign. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year earth and environmental science student Dominique Mashburn adopted Princess, a gray shih tzu, after seeing a post on the “Free & For Sale” Facebook page. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)
Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumna Supeena Adler, who will be a lecturer in spring quarter, traveled back to the northeastern and central regions of Thailand to find materials to restore Thai instruments. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)
In 2012, Bill Hader told Mindy Kaling he was involved in a secret Pixar project involving emotions when they were shooting the pilot episode of “The Mindy Project.” Initially jealous, Kaling said she later gleefully told Hader he wasn’t so special anymore when she too was added to the cast of “Inside Out” a year later. Read more...
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Daily Bruin Video breaks down three easy DIY gifts just in case you haven’t figured out what you are going to give that special someone on that special day. Read more...
Photo: (Shai Garrett, Ruth Murai, Melody Ho/Daily Bruin)
The party food landscape has become increasingly homogeneous, with its ubiquitous bag of Doritos rather than homemade fudge or stuffed mushrooms. Columnist Erin Nyren would like to bring back the house parties of yore, in which everyone cooked or baked something to share. Read more...
Photo: Meatball sliders, an ideal snack for a sports viewing party, use few ingredients and take less than an hour to make. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)
