UCLA’s very own Rapid Fire Improv team introduced their five new members during their show at the Improv Space on Saturday night. The “newbies,” Sarah Crosthwaite, Amanda Faucher, Maggie Jorgenson, Luke Moran and Brandon Root evoked many laughs and a general atmosphere of hilarity along with the rest of the team members. Read more...
Arts, Video
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November 10, 12:00 am
Rapid Fire Improv team introduces five new members
Arts, Lifestyle, Theater & Fine Arts
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November 9, 7:00 pm
Theater & More: ‘How I Learned the Business of Creativity’
In the anticipation of witnessing “Parks and Recreation” star Amy Poehler in “How I Learned the Business of Creativity,” I expected a night of comedy; the idea that a comedian such as Poehler could buckle down and talk business evaded me. Read more...
Photo: To celebrate the 25th anniversary of “Marketplace,” the radio show has been touring and hosting discussions across the country and wrapped up with their panel Saturday in Royce Hall. Exploring the divergence of two worlds in “How I Learned the Business of Creativity,” the event featured star of NBC’s Parks and Recreation Amy Poehler. (Courtesy of Mary Ellen Matthews)
Arts, Film & TV
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November 9, 4:52 pm
AFI Fest 2014: Day two
AFI Fest, the longest-running international film festival in Los Angeles, has taken off at Hollywood Boulevard. Over the next week, directors from around the world, including new auteurs and renowned award-winners, will be making appearances at the TCL Chinese Theater, the Egyptian Theater and the Dolby Theatre to support their newest projects, with numerous awaiting fans in tow. Read more...
Photo: (American Film Institute)
Arts, Film & TV
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November 8, 3:49 pm
AFI Fest 2014: Day one
AFI Fest, the longest-running international film festival in Los Angeles, has taken off at Hollywood Boulevard. From Thursday through the next week, directors from around the world, including new auteurs and renowned award-winners, will be making appearances at the TCL Chinese Theater, the Egyptian Theater and the Dolby Theatre to support their newest projects, with numerous awaiting fans in tow. Read more...
Photo: (American Film Institute)
Arts, Arts Columns, Lifestyle, Theater & Fine Arts
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November 7, 1:18 am
The pLAces you’ll go: The Museum of Jurassic Technology
There are more than 500 square miles of city surrounding UCLA’s campus, which takes up a minuscule fraction of that mileage. For such a big place, Los Angeles at times seems impossible to navigate. Read more...
Photo: The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City includes strange scientific discoveries and intricate artwork. (Maryrose Kulick/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Film & TV
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November 7, 12:07 am
TFT alumna’s film seeks to shed light on child sex trafficking
Melody Miller wants to teach children about a subject matter that she can’t show them. It’s a subject that Miller said she has to hide behind imagery and vignettes – one that the children she reaches out to don’t often understand exists in their world. Read more...
Photo: UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television alumna Melody Miller is fundraising for her documentary “California’s Forgotten Children” on Kickstarter. In the film, Miller interviews multiple survivors of child sex trafficking, activists and government officials. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Podcasts
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November 7, 12:00 am
Paws, Play, Rewind! – Episode 18: Twigs & Stones
Daily Bruin’s very own Arts & Entertainment podcast, Paws, Play, Rewind! returns for episode 18 with the latest and greatest in pop culture and campus happenings.This week, radio director Stephen Phan is joined by A&E senior staffer Sebastian Torrelio on the big movies of the winter season as well as Oscar predictions.Then, A&E editor Brendan Hornbostel and A&E columnist Ishan Rampuria discuss the rise and influence of British performers on the L.A. Read more...
Photo: Madeleine Isaacs