Jazz music has fallen by the wayside in modern times, relegated from the quintessential American genre to elevator music. But musicians like John Scofield are stubborn, and they refuse to let the genre die. On Thursday, jazz guitarist Scofield performed music from his Grammy-winning album “Country for Old Men” at the Theatre Raymond Kabbaz. Scofield, […]
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Pop culture recap: ‘SNL’ continues political comedy, ‘The Bachelorette’ attempts at diversity
Many news stories broke in February across the United States. And while most of the national attention has focused on the Trump administration, American pop culture has also stirred up controversy in the past two weeks. Daily Bruin A&E recaps some of the biggest entertainment news of the month so far. “SNL” trolls Trump The […]
Students participate in Dashew Center’s speed dating event
UCLA’s Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars held a speed dating event in Carnasale Commons in anticipation for Valentine’s Day. Daily Bruin Video asked students how they felt about looking for love.
Movie review: ‘The Lego Batman Movie’
The internet is full of comic book forums populated by rabid fans, including myself, who proclaim Batman’s superiority over other superheroes simply because he’s Batman. But despite our favorite billionaire vigilante defying death and defeating monsters on the daily, none of us could have prepared for his one true fear: snake clowns. And also being […]
TV review: ‘Santa Clarita Diet’
I grew up in the suburb of Santa Clarita, California. It’s a quiet town that’s a safe place to raise a family. The only things to do for fun are to hang out at the mall or go to Six Flags Magic Mountain for the billionth time. When my friends and I heard Netflix was […]
Movie review: ‘The Space Between Us’
Most stories of space travel deal with Earth-bound humans who long to visit other worlds, but the new science fiction romance film “The Space Between Us” tells a story from the reverse perspective. Sixteen-year-old Gardner (Asa Butterfield), the first human born on Mars, desperately wants to live with the rest of his species on Earth. […]
Comic Corner: Review of ‘Saga’ series
Comics embody the marriage of art and literature, bridging together two mediums into an engaging storytelling form. In Comic Corner, Daily Bruin A&E will celebrate the literary importance of comic series through stories about comic books, comic shops and comic lovers. Imagine “Romeo and Juliet” set in space. The largest planet in the galaxy and […]