Last year, Chris Martin bared listeners his broken heart with Coldplay’s album “Ghost Stories,” a sad eulogy to his split from longtime wife Gwyneth Paltrow. This year, with “A Head Full of Dreams,” he is attempting to convince his audience he’s ready to move on. Read more...
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Flip on a news channel and you’re likely to see characters with perfectly coiffed hair making fantastical claims directly at the camera. But how far does this connection between political figures and entertainment go? Read more...
Women are not allowed to own a car, let alone travel, in Saudi Arabia. Traveling is a revolutionary act for women, wrote Gloria Steinem in her autobiography “My Life on the Road.” It’s no wonder, then, that the famous feminist has led a nomadic life. Read more...
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There’s no better place to keep a finger on the pulse of arts and entertainment happenings than Los Angeles. The A&E world is alive – it’s always buzzing, sometimes ready to implode with a hint of a surprise album or a celebrity’s controversial statement. Read more...
Kathleen Yap had just arrived at Katmai National Park, Alaska when a grizzly bear appeared from across the campground. It began to make its way toward Yap and her group of backpackers, causing them to backtrack. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year environmental science student Kathleen Yap (above) uses photography to share her experiences traveling in places like Namibia and Katmai National Park in Alaska. Yap submitted a photo taken at the Katmai National Park to National Geographic’s annual photo contest. (Efren Pinon/Daily Bruin)
As winter creeps onto the UCLA campus and finals come to an end, students seek activities around the city to embrace the upcoming holiday spirit. Daily Bruin A&E suggests December events that will help students celebrate and experience new pockets of Los Angeles. Read more...
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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: As a child, adjunct associate ethnomusicology professor Ivan Varimezov listened to Bulgarian folk music on the radio and became interested in the gaida, a bagpipe of the Balkans and Southeast Europe. He now teaches Balkan music at UCLA and performs with his two daughters and wife at family gatherings. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin)
