Unlike the Academy Award for best picture, which usually prides the biggest achievements in American and English cinema over the last year, the Oscar for best live-action short film is a more international accomplishment. This year’s entries hail from Switzerland and Israel, France and China, and they are as diverse and creative as any crop […]
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2015 Oscars Nominations: Short Film (Animated)
BY SEBASTIAN TORRELIOA&E; senior staffstorrelio@media.ucla.edu Every year, the Academy Award nominations for best animated short film can be pared down to a few types: the one with the name brand, the one with the witty premise, the one nostalgically targeted toward children, the one filled with sincere emotion and the one that pushes animation’s technical […]
Hammer Museum, PBS SoCal event to speak up for endangered languages
For one night, the hum of an Aboriginal didgeridoo, the Hawaiian chants of hula dancers and poetry ranging from Wales to Mexico will join together and render an array of culture, heritage and knowledge housed within the fading edifice of the endangered tongue. On Tuesday, the Hammer Museum will host “Endangered Languages: The Mother Tongue […]
Man bun trend grows across UCLA campus
Now that the weather is warming up and studying for midterms helps keep showers few and far between, many students have begun pulling up that pesky long hair into a bun. Typically, buns – a coiled-up hairdo at the back of the head – are associated with women boasting longer locks that are easier to […]
CoCo Fresh Tea and Juice boba shop causes stir in Westwood
CoCo Fresh Tea and Juice, a boba shop brand with locations across Southern California, held its Westwood soft opening Wednesday, creating lines of thirsty customers out the door. “It was really crowded. To be honest, we didn’t expect that many people,” said the shop’s owner, Ezikyel Yu. “We had to close 30 minutes before we […]
Q&A: Timothy DeLaGhetto talks becoming YouTube sensation, mainstream star
Tim Chantarangsu – better known by his moniker Timothy DeLaGhetto – began his career by making videos for his friends and posting them online.
UCLA singer-songwriter jazzes up Irish folk at Fowler debut
Elena Loper said her family first introduced her to Irish folk music when she was just a little girl, and she hasn’t stopped listening since. Irish music has played an integral role in the fourth-year ethnomusicology student’s time at UCLA: Loper studied abroad in Ireland, focused her ethnomusicology thesis on Irish-American music and emigration, and […]