With the new series “arTistic Attention,” A&E will feature the very people whose office hours we really should go to more and explore their arts and entertainment-geared interests to find out what really makes them tick. If you know an artsy teaching assistant who deserves to be featured, email us at ae@media.ucla.edu. As he performs […]
Author Archives: Sam Bozoukov
Alum’s film ‘The Red Thunder’ finalist in Make Your Mark competition
When the Producers Guild of America asked him to write a story with a car in it, Alvaro Ron thought of his grandfather. Ron’s grandfather drove actors and actresses in the ’50s, such as Ava Gardner and Charlton Heston, while they filmed in Spain. He thought of his grandfather as an unsung hero, a major […]
Q&A: Alum Randall Park talks acting career, role in ‘Fresh Off the Boat’
UCLA alumnus Randall Park said he’d never thought acting would be anything more than a hobby. It wasn’t until later that he would drop everything to pursue acting as a full-time career. Park will play Louis Huang in ABC’s “Fresh Off the Boat,” premiering Wednesday. The show was inspired by a novel of the same […]
Second Take: ‘American Sniper’ proves movies in beginning of year have merit
Production studios, Let me let you in on a little secret. I, and many other people, like to spend money. I personally like it a lot, especially on movies. I really liked spending my money on “American Sniper” last weekend. It was well worth it, and many other people seemed to enjoy spending their money […]
English student balances fashion and writing interests
Sitting by the Public Affairs building, second-year English student Jenna Gulick surveys the crowds that pass by. Gulick said the Public Affairs building is her favorite spot to find what she’s looking for: an outfit. It has to be creative and use simple articles of clothing to build a style that is complex, but not […]
TFT undergrad students to present ‘The Laramie Project’
Standing on the wooden platforms in The Little Theater, Brette O’Brien, a third-year theater student, runs through the library of characters she has accumulated. She mentally flips between Catherine Connelly, Zackie Salmon, Alison Mears, Juror No. 1 and Judy Shepard. After weeks of rehearsals, O’Brien can finally speak as Connolly without accidentally talking like any […]
Alum Jason Hong follows passion for music, orchestral conducting
Classical KUSC-FM (91.5) plays Antonin Dvorak’s “Carnival Overture,” performed by Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, amidst the traffic of the 405 freeway. UCLA alumnus Jason Hong listened to Dvorak’s song every day on his way to UCLA. Hong said he loved the way sounds in the song came from all different directions like […]