The scribbled notes in Adam Carr’s 6-by-4 inch blue moleskin journal read like a string of nonsense ramblings. His entries span from jokes about prank voicemails to memories of making calls while sipping wine from his coffee mug. Carr, a UCLA film, television and digital media alumnus, took time before bed a few times a […]
Author Archives: Alexa Gonzales
Hip-hop musical confronts gang violence and racism
Brandon Rainey attended three funerals last summer. Two of his former students and a brother of one of his students had been shot and killed during the 100 days and 100 nights of violence declared by two feuding gangs in South Los Angeles in late summer of 2015. They had been shot standing in front […]
Inspired by mother, student models career around independence
CoryAnne Roberts was sitting in her seventh grade religion class when her friend came across pictures of her mom on Tumblr. Her friend’s discovery sparked a frenzied Internet search that led classmates and her teacher to hover around the laptop to view an old video of her mother on YouTube. In the video, her mother […]
‘Jane the Virgin’ writer-producer duo to accent cultural diversity in panel
Amy Rardin and Jessica O’Toole prioritize creating relatable, female-driven storylines for the TV show “Jane the Virgin.” The storylines unfold from the show’s female-dominated production team. “It’s a majority female (writer’s) room with one token, straight white male,” O’Toole said. “It’s like the opposite of every other writer’s room in television.” UCLA Housing will host […]
Alumni group hooks up fans with satirical, Tinder-inspired music video
Michael Yanoska entered an unfamiliar world when he graduated in 2013, where online “dating” had taken a modern turn. In this dating world, rejecting a match could be done with just an easy swipe. When Tinder started to gain popularity in late 2013, several of Yanoska’s friends downloaded the app to look for short-term romance. […]
Sounds of Schoenberg: The Chinese dizi
Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. This week, we highlight the Chinese “dizi,” a bamboo flute. Rose Boomsma sat in a music room in Schoenberg Hall with her […]
Second Take: Best and worst performances of the 58th annual Grammy Awards
When Grammy performances turn out to be unprecedented spectacles, they are more likely to be remembered. Among top moments of Grammy’s past are P!nk flying over the audience, twirling in giant ribbons hanging from the ceiling as she sang “Glitter in the Air” in 2010 and Kanye West marching on stage dressed as a bandleader […]