Video: UCLA alum brings ‘Moana’ ocean to life

Holding a Ph.D. in mathematics from UCLA, Alexey Stomakhin now spends his days working at Walt Disney Animation Studios as a senior software engineer. His research helped bring to life the water from this year’s Oscar-nominated animation feature “Moana”. Watch as Stomakhin describes his experience with Disney, both on and behind the screens.

Daily Bruin writers try ‘La La Land’

A week before the Oscars, the 3rd Street Dance Studio hosts a La La Land choreography workshop to learn the steps of “A Lovely Night,” a dance sequence featured in the Oscar-nominated movie. Watch as Daily Bruin writers Roberto Luna Jr. and Alexandra Del Rosario get out of the newsroom and attempt to follow in […]