BY ANNA SAVISAAR A&E contributor [email protected] Alumnus Josh Scherer received a Chipotle gift card and, jokingly, an acorn squash during a Secret Santa dinner with the UCLA track and field team. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Josh Scherer is the associate dine editor at Los Angeles Magazine and author of the food blog Culinary Bro-Down. He recently finalized the contract for a cookbook based on his blog’s recipes. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
“Finish him!” – with two words, “Mortal Kombat” forever changed the landscape of video games and popular culture. Centered around a series of fight-to-the-death tournaments where the best fighters from the world’s multiple realms battle for supremacy, “Mortal Kombat” set a new standard for video game violence and even caused the congressional hearings that created the video game rating system. Read more...
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Josh Scherer, a UCLA alumnus, shares with us his journey from political science to culinary arts while cooking pork and Brussels sprouts tacos. Read more...
The Neighbourhood’s arrival onto the Los Angeles music scene in 2011 was marked with teenage angst supported by a motley mixture of synths and a little too much echoey reverb. Read more...
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The costume designer pulls the corset strings as tight as they will go around the actor’s torso, restricting his breathing but allowing him to catch a glimpse of being a 19th-century woman for a moment. Read more...
Photo: Actor Jack Shulruff stars in “Cloud 9,” a play which features gender swapping among the characters and actors. The two-act play begins in 1880 colonial Africa in the first act, then transitions to 1979 London in the second. Even though nearly 100 years pass in the play, the characters themselves only age 25 years, allowing for a comparison of societal norms in the two time periods. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
In the war zone that is the fall TV season, it’s important to pick out the gems hidden in the media mesh. Each week, A&E columnist Sebastian Torrelio will profile one new show and one returning show that share a connection, detailing how they may make those after-school hours more meaningful. Read more...
Photo: “Please Like Me” is an Australian show currently in its third season on the Pivot Network. (Courtesy of Pivot)
Eldrin Masangkay and Francesca Manto are back for Episode 5 of Hash it Out! This week they dish on Republicans and Halloween. But wait, there’s more! Read more...
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