Electronic musician Josh Legg and his friends frequented the Gold Room, a bar in Echo Park, during their days as USC students. They ordered the bar’s special as they agonized over life’s problems; once they left, they had the answers to their questions. Read more...
Photo: Electronic musician Josh Legg, known on stage as Goldroom, will perform his California-influenced music at FYF Fest Saturday. (Shore Fire Media)
In some ways, “Straight Outta Compton” is what its titular album was almost 30 years ago. The film is loud, raw and uncompromising; a street epic weaving together a dramatic, violent fantasy from what many South Central Angelinos knew to be a harsh reality. Read more...
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Strangers met Chris Reinacher with friendly smiles and handshakes on the streets of New York. They recognized the BuzzFeed video producer from their social media newsfeeds. Read more...
Photo: In addition to performing at The Improv Space, UCLA alumnus Chris Reinacher works as a video producer at BuzzFeed Video. (Courtesy of Mark Santana)
Ed Asner has molded himself and his voice into characters of over 330 productions, such as the jolly Santa Claus in “Elf” and the grumpy yet lovable Mr. Read more...
Photo: Actor Ed Asner has acted in over 330 productions, including Disney Pixar’s “Up,” in his five-decade-long acting career. He will speak at an outdoor screening of the film in Westwood. (Charles Sherman Public Relations)
UCLA plans to centralize the departments of ethnomusicology, musicology and music and grant autonomy to the Herb Alpert School of Music, the university announced Wednesday. The final proposal, which was initially approved by the UCLA Academic Senate’s Legislative Assembly in June, aims to establish the independent School of Music as the first of its kind in the UC. Read more...
Photo: Chair of Musicology Raymond Knapp (left) and Chair of Ethnomusicology Steven Loza (right) are two of the three co-directors that, along with executive director Judith Smith, are helping the Herb Alpert School of Music transition to an independent music school pending University of California approval. (Kristen Payne/Daily Bruin)
In 2004, Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino emerged from Brooklyn, New York, as Matt and Kim, an indie dance rock duo they formed after a few months of dating. Read more...
Photo: Indie dance rock duo Matt and Kim will be performing at the Santa Monica Pier Saturday as part of radio station ALT 98.7’s Summer Camp concert line-up. (Courtesy of Matt Miller)
Out of every A-list movie star, Tom Cruise is probably among the most divisive. At face value, he’s a man past his prime: every movie he’s made since the early 2000s – from the less-than-pleasurable “Vanilla Sky” to the less-than-less-than-pleasurable “Rock of Ages” – seems to have slowed his career to a crawl, both critically and financially. Read more...
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