Friday, May 29

‘Nobody Wants This’ filming location tour has an audience and caters to it

This post was updated May 21 at 8:23 p.m. The “Nobody Wants This” Series Filming Sites Tour by On Location Tours is exactly what it sounds like – it’s great if you love the show and a little offbeat if you don’t. Read more...

Photo: Rachel Feldstein and a passenger stand at the front of the tour bus. The “Nobody Wants This” tour brings passengers around Los Angeles and to significant spots from the television show. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin staff)



Theater review: ‘The Sound of Music’ arrives at Pantages Theatre, brings standout acting, singing

“The Sound of Music” returns to the stage as a faithful representation of the original story with a cast that embodies the essential charm of the Von Trapp family. Read more...

Photo: Cayleigh Capaldi as Maria Rainer (left) and Christiane Noll as Mother Abbess (right), are shown. “The Sound of Music” has returned to Pantages Theater for the 65th anniversary of its theatrical debut. (Courtesy of Jeremy Daniel)


TFT hosts Asian and Pacific Islander Film Night with student, alumni short films

From a Koreatown karaoke bar to Mojave highways, five short films celebrating the Asian and Pacific Islander community arrived at UCLA on May 8. The annual API Film Night returned for its fourth year at the James Bridges Theater, held by the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Read more...

Photo: Panelists are pictured sitting in a row on stage. The annual API Film Night, held by the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, returned for its fourth year at the James Bridges Theater on May 8. (Purvi Singhania/Daily Bruin)


Album review: Drake’s return on ‘ICEMAN,’ ‘MAID OF HONOUR’ and ‘HABIBTI’ is lukewarm

Drake is back with not just one album, but three. The artist had not dropped a solo album since 2023. That changed Friday with the simultaneous release of the previously teased “ICEMAN,” as well as “MAID OF HONOUR” and “HABIBTI.” Collectively, the three LPs include 43 fresh songs across 150 minutes of new music. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is the album cover for one of Drake’s new albums, “ICEMAN.” The Canadian artist dropped three studio albums Friday, after not releasing a solo album since 2023. (Courtesy of OVO, under exclusive license to Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.)



Concert review: Raye claims ‘This Tour May Contain New Music.’ It does, and brings much more.

This post was updated May 20 at 12:22 a.m. Raye’s concert was a form of escapism, allowing audience members to lose themselves in stage design, energy and vocal performance. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is Raye singing while crouching on stage with her arm raised above her head. The Grammy-winning artist performed at the Greek Theatre on Tuesday, for the penultimate stop of her North American leg of the “This Tour May Contain New Music” tour. (Bettina Wu/Daily Bruin senior staff)