Category Archives: Arts

By Barbara McGuire Daily Bruin Senior Staff Los Angeles is notorious for its lackadaisical lifestyle, its surfers, stars and wannabes. For its women (most of whom have had at least one thing changed on them by a plastic surgeon), its beautiful weather, and most of all, for its scandals with the rich and famous. Yes, […]

By Michael Rosen-Molina Daily Bruin Senior Staff A new crop of freshmen are arriving in the hallowed halls of UCLA and, like innumerable generations of their predecessors, one question no doubt looms large in their minds: Where do hip, happenin’ college kids spend their time? Even worse, if you don’t have a car, questions of […]

By Brent Hopkins Daily Bruin Senior Staff When audiences sit down to watch “Friends,” they instantly recognize Matthew Perry and Jennifer Aniston. They certainly aren’t the only actors on the show, however. The guy walking his dog, the woman ordering a latté and the kid running through the park ““ they make up the majority […]

By Terry Tang Daily Bruin Senior Staff Before, if Gregory Poirier wanted to film a movie in the College Library in Powell Hall, he couldn’t make it past the double doors. Of course, that was back in the late ’80s when he was a graduate student in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, […]

By Terry Tang Daily Bruin Senior Staff At first glance, inflation is the only thing that seems to have evolved during the past five years in the world of cinema. With the budgets of studio films, especially summer and holiday flicks, rising, even a total domestic gross of $100 million may sound shabby to industry […]

UCLA alumni are everywhere in entertainment ““ from books to movies, to theater to music. Behind the scenes and in front of the camera, their talents have made an impact and paved the way for future Bruins. Carol Burnett: actor – The Carol Burnett Show, Annie James Dean: actor – Rebel Without A Cause, East […]

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