The myth goes that once a movie star starts doing television, she’s no longer in her prime. HBO’s “Big Little Lies” shows that may not necessarily be true. “Big Little Lies,” which premiered Feb. 19 with new episodes on Sundays, follows A-list, Golden Globe- and Academy Award-nominated actresses Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley and […]
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Album review: ‘Divide’
Ed Sheeran’s latest album shows he is more than a simple red-haired musician with an acoustic guitar. Sheeran announced a social media hiatus in December 2015: He said he wanted to experience the world outside the confines of social media, but promised his fans a return with a third album. A year later in December […]
Movie review: ‘Logan’
The worst part about looking up to heroes is watching them fall. Inspired by the 2008 comic “Old Man Logan,” the latest Wolverine film “Logan” features an older, slowly dying Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) whose powers are failing. Unlike the flashy and often convoluted films in the “X-Men” franchise, “Logan” is a highly focused exploration of […]
Reel Representation: ‘Get Out’ and ‘Zootopia’ successfully tackle racial issues
Diversity in film and television came into the spotlight in 2016 with #OscarsSoWhite. A USC study in 2016 found only about a quarter of speaking characters belonged to nonwhite racial groups. In “Reel Representation,” columnist Olivia Mazzucato discusses different issues of race and representation in media as they relate to new movies and TV shows. […]
UCLA professor curates African art exhibit at LACMA
Polly Nooter Roberts woke up before dawn to drive with her parents to see African villages’ masquerades during the three years she spent growing up in Liberia. Her parents’ growing interest in African arts and culture would eventually rub off onto Roberts herself. A world arts and cultures professor at UCLA, Roberts brought her appreciation […]
TFT graduate students stage four-play event ‘Project III’
Tales of emigration, existentialism and blind ambition share the stage for UCLA’s theatrical event “Project III.” Four plays by graduate students of UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television comprise “Project III,” a production project for their theater directing course. The four pieces – “The Emigrants,” “I Am The Wind,” “The Chairs” and “Venus” – […]
VoidLab event aims to edit important female artists into Wikipedia articles
Less than 15 percent of Wikipedia editors are women, according to a 2011 survey. The lack of female editors is a problem because it leads to more inherent gender bias in Wikipedia articles, said graduate Design | Media Arts student Christina Yglesias. An intersectional feminist collective on campus is trying to increase female perspectives on […]