Albert Einstein and F. Scott Fitzgerald come together in the pages of David Kipen’s book. The two icons were among the many whose letters and diary entries appear in “Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018.” Published on Tuesday, Kipen’s book assembles personal accounts from dwellers or passersby who traversed […]
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Beauty pageants to take center stage and shed light on self-image in ‘Dumplin”
Drag queens performing to Dolly Parton help a girl who is plus-sized navigate a local beauty pageant in an upcoming Netflix film. “Dumplin’,” releasing Friday on Netflix, follows Willowdean (Danielle Macdonald), a high school girl who signs up for a pageant to prove to her mom, Rosie (Jennifer Aniston), that the institution is shallow. Alumnus […]
Authors Elizabeth Gilbert and Cheryl Strayed discuss writing motivations at panel
Personal journeys lie behind the Hollywood hype for memoirs “Eat, Pray, Love” and “Wild.” Before their major motion picture adaptations came the life stories of authors Elizabeth Gilbert and Cheryl Strayed. These stories were explored Sunday evening at Royce Hall during a panel discussion organized by UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance as a […]
Chicano musician to discuss issues of identity and inclusivity in LA at book talk
In 1974, Rubén Guevara found himself climbing the steps of centuries-old Mayan pyramids in Palenque, Mexico. The Los Angeles native did not know then that the trip to connect with his ancestral roots would help him embrace his Chicano identity, which later became a monumental influence on his musical career, he said. Guevara, a Chicano […]
UCLA Sex Squad’s performance aims to spread sexual health awareness through humor
This post was updated Nov. 29 at 2:20 p.m. A crowded room in Glorya Kaufman Hall will erupt into an improvised chorus during UCLA Sex Squad’s show, singing about the six bodily fluids that transmit AIDS. UCLA Sex Squad’s 10th anniversary, which coincides with the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day, will culminate Thursday night in […]
Q&A: ‘Wildland’ documentary kindles humanization of firefighters
They say the hottest fire forges the strongest steel. Alex Jablonski’s “Wildland” is proof. The documentary film follows members of a firefighting crew over a summer as they battle both personal struggles and physical calamities, including the 2016 Soberanes fire – one of the most costly wildfires in California’s history. The TV version of “Wildland” […]
TFT production of Shakespeare play comments on society’s attitude toward women
Morality and law are questioned against the backdrop of Viennese brothels in William Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure.” UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television will put on a production of the play opening Thursday at the Little Theater in Mcgowan Hall. The Shakespeare play was first performed in 1604 and follows the merciless Lord Angelo, […]