Austin Beutner grew up in a small town in the Midwest, where he said food trucks have yet to hit the culinary scene. Unlike in his homeland, the food landscape of sunny Los Angeles has allowed food trucks to flourish due to the efforts of entrepreneurs like Kogi BBQ truck co-founder Roy Choi. Read more...
Photo: Austin Beutner is a self-described avid reader as well as the CEO and publisher of the Los Angeles Times. (Courtesy of Kirk Mckoy)
The only solution that Michael Bay’s film “Armageddon” offers, as an asteroid the size of Texas hurtles towards the Earth, is to send Bruce Willis into space with a massive bomb to split the asteroid and save the world. Read more...
Photo: About 65 UCLA professors contribute to The Science and Entertainment Exchange, an organization aiming to improve scientific accuracy in films. Former UCLA postdoctoral scholar Kevin Hickerson believes that detailed films like “Interstellar” have helped to improve scientific accurary in films. (Paramount Pictures)
To celebrate turning 40, alumna Kellen Hertz applied for The Writers Lab. She decided not to be afraid that her age can often be linked with unemployment in the film industry, she said. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumna Kellen Hertz was chosen from 3,500 writers chosen to participate in The Writers Lab, a program funded by Meryl Steep and designed to help screenwriters over 40 years old improve their skills. (Courtesy of Kellen Hertz)
Chloe Yang and her friends sold customized beanies for a group economics project in high school. When the class was over, none of her friends looked back. Read more...
Photo: Rising second-year pre-human biology and society student Chloe Yang runs a business selling customized beanies with handcrafted designs. (Courtesy of Chloe Yang)
Hoards of zebra print leggings and crimped curls teased to lions’ mane proportions roamed rampant outside the lined gates of the Los Angeles Zoo. But rather than a scene of a mass animal outbreak, the commotion belonged only to ’80s-clad zoo-goers queued up Friday for the zoo’s final event of its annual summer music series: Roaring Nights. Read more...
Photo: The Pac Men, an ’80s cover band, was one of the night’s biggest attractions. Dressing in vibrant ’80s attire and led by their lead singer Sting Ray, The Pac Men gave audiences a nostalgic ’80s dance party and a night to remember. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Alumna Jennifer Glockner studied nutrition and completed a dietetic internship after finishing her studies at UCLA. Glockner then discovered her sister, alumna Dorit Warner, was pregnant and that her grandmother had been diagnosed with multiple cancers. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumna Jennifer Glockner created the “Smartee Plate” series, aiming to promote the importance of eating healthy. The first installment, “Teddy Tries a Veggie,” was released just in time for Kids Eat Right Month in August. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)
From the age of 10, Balbinka Korzeniowska had been practicing her Oscar speech, transforming her bathroom into the plush Dolby Theatre and her shampoo bottle into a microphone. Read more...
Photo: MFA Directing candidate at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television, Balbinka Korzeniowska was nominated at the Student Academy Awards for her short film, “Awaken.” (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)
