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)
A crowd of about 1,300 people listened to Max Amini’s stand-up comedy routine at a concert hall in Toronto. “Why is your husband not here with you? Read more...
Photo: Max Amini, a Persian-American comedian and UCLA alumnus, will perform special Valentine’s Day-themed comedy segments under the theme of “Night of Love” at Royce Hall Friday. (Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
A heavy bass beat emanating from pieces of recording equipment strewn across the floor vibrated the Sproul Landing dorm room walls Second-year mechanical engineering student Miles Gibson stepped up to the sole microphone stand, inhaling and exhaling loudly to still his nerves, and began to rap to a beat engineered by his friend, second-year ethnomusicology student Nicholas Henry. Read more...
Photo: Miles Gibson (front), a second-year mechanical engineering student, sings into a microphone while Nicholas Henry (back), a second-year ethnomusicology student, records the vocals on his computer. The two created hip-hop and R&B label Landing 8, based on the eighth floor of Sproul Landing, with four other friends. (Tehya Faulk/Daily Bruin)
When Grace Helbig, Connor Franta and several other Internet stars checked into hotel rooms two years ago while attending the world’s largest online video conference, VidCon, something caught their attention. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Extension alumna Natalie Novak helped plan VidCon, the world’s largest online video conference. As a digital media agent, her clients include iJustine, Joey Graceffa and jiffpom. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Five-year-old Jackie Oka discovered the secret to achieving elementary school fame. Stepping on the talent show stage to perform for the first time, Oka broke out into dance to Britney Spears’ “Oops!… I Did it Again,” imitating hip shaking and twirls straight from the choreography in the music video. Read more...
Photo: Alumna Jackie Oka is a principal dancer and school programs coordinator for the hip-hop dance company Versa-Style. (Diana Chen/Daily Bruin)
