Don’t put dirt on “Nashville’s” grave just yet. ABC announced in May 2016 that the country music show, which follows the daily highs and lows of Nashville’s singer-songwriter community, would not be renewed for a fifth season. Reactions from viewers who stuck with the program through its increasingly laughable writing and desperate plot lines ranged […]
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Student explores whitewashing through horror movie ‘The Chase’
Ivy Liao had written about whitewashing in the form of short stories. After hearing of a white man headlining a movie based around the Great Wall of China and other questionable Hollywood casting choices, however, she decided to explore whitewashing through a more intense lens: a horror movie. This film marked Liao’s first time making […]
Dorm Dining: Whipping up a vanilla cheesecake using an unlikely oven
Life on the Hill doesn’t exactly allow ample opportunity for experimentation with cooking, leading to a routine diet at the dining halls. Over the next 10 weeks, columnist Andrew Warner sets out to break the culinary monotony of dorm life, armed with a rice cooker and a few pantry staples. The name “rice cooker” is […]
Video: TFT professor discusses animating for ‘The Simpsons’
Chuck Sheetz, professor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, speaks about his experience as a TFT alumnus and how it led to him becoming an Emmy Award-winning animation director on “The Simpsons.”
LA music venues offer variety and respite from routine student life
Nothing breaks up the monotony of classes, work and endless reading assignments quite like an uninhibited night out. With winter quarter just beginning, local concerts offer an escape from impending weeks of studying and procrastinating. Daily Bruin A&E reviews concert locales around Los Angeles to help students choose a music venue. Hollywood Palladium 6215 Sunset […]
Alumna brings flexibility as Disney Channel choreographer
Lilian Manansala choreographed the Disney Channel show “So Random!”, and the show’s title could also describe Manansala’s dance repertoire. The world arts and cultures alumna creates dance pieces concerning ketchup, zombies, dogs and puppets as a guest choreographer on sitcoms for the television networks Nickelodeon and Disney Channel. Manansala caters her choreography to diverse clients, […]
Q&A: Benjamin Scheuer talks candid emotions of one-man musical ‘The Lion’
Two-year-old Benjamin Scheuer received a banjo that was constructed by his father using a cookie tin, rubber bands and a red necktie – his first exposure to music. The story of Scheuer’s late father introducing him to music is the inspiration behind the first number in Scheuer’s autobiographical musical, “The Lion.” New Yorker Scheuer premiered […]