New thriller “Prisoners” keeps its audience alert and anxious while spinning every parent’s worst fear: a child gone missing. The film keeps an intense tone while presenting a carefully crafted plot that grips viewers with both its intelligence and terror. Directed by Denis Villeneuve and produced by Mark Wahlberg, “Prisoners” is adapted from a screenplay written by […]
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UCLA screenwriting students, professionals produce first-ever graduate pilot
When a group of graduate students are brought together for a social experiment, it’s not long before they realize their participation is not their only commonality. This is the story line of “doubleblind,” a television sci-fi pilot created within the graduate program at UCLA. Written by graduate screenwriting students A.J. Marchisello and Teresa Sullivan, the […]
Soloist to live dream on Spring Sing stage
As a kid, fourth-year history student Suze Papazyan envisioned herself performing on a massive stage in front of an even bigger audience.
Attorney UCLA alum to show his folk-rock side in concert
For attorney Adam Walker, law is his vocation, but music is his passion. Walker studied political science as a UCLA undergraduate and later attended law school at the University of San Diego, but music has always been a constant outside of his education. As a UCLA alumnus, things have seemed to come full circle for […]
“Transmedia, Hollywood” to explore media’s potential for social change
Between Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, the young adult generation has acquired a language of its own, spoken in status updates and digital visuals.
Students release creative energy in Art Shaped Box club
A couple weeks ago, members of the Art Shaped Box club found their hands covered in clay after a sculpture tutorial.
Whitney Port holds Q&A session at UCLA
The beginning of Whitney Port’s fashion career was chronicled as a part of MTV’s reality show “The Hills” and later in her own spin-off show “The City.” After starting out at “Teen Vogue” and then working in other avenues of the fashion industry, Port, still in her twenties, is now a designer and dedicated to furthering the progress of her business and clothing line.