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. Read more...
Photo: The HBO show “Big Little Lies” features a cast of award-winning actresses such as Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley and Nicole Kidman (left to right). The mystery show takes place in Monterey, California, and connects elite mothers to a murder investigation. (Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/HBO)
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. Read more...
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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. Read more...
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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. Read more...
Photo: Jayongela Wilder directed the show “Venus,” which will be performed in March using bendable PVC pipes as props. The play focuses on historical tales of black women and the portrayal of power. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)
Ryan Murphy is quick to point out that his career doesn’t make sense on paper. His career as a writer, director, producer and show creator spans multiple genres – he followed his musical comedy “Glee” with the much darker “American Horror Story.” On Thursday, he’ll use his wide-ranging experience to offer students insight into the television industry as a guest lecturer for the “Overview of Network Television Management” class at the James Bridges Theater, which is open to the public. Read more...
Photo: Hit television writer Ryan Murphy will come to campus Thursday as a guest speaker for the film class “Overview of Network Television Management,” which is open to the public. (Creative Commons photo by Gage Skidmore via Flickr)
Reed Van Dyk was writing a film about a mass shooting when he realized he didn’t know how a 911 dispatcher answered the phone. Listening to a real 911 call during an attempted shooting at an Atlanta elementary school, however, gave him the inspiration for a different film. Read more...
Photo: UCLA graduate student Reed Van Dyk based his short film “DeKalb Elementary” on a real 911 phone call made during an attempted mass shooting at an Atlanta elementary school. (Erin Rice/Daily Bruin)
The “we” in “When We Rise” is the most crucial part of the TV show’s title. It speaks to the idea that historically underrepresented groups are strongest when they join together and fight as a united coalition, said Dustin Lance Black, the show’s writer and creator. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus and Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black wrote and directed “When We Rise,” an ABC docu-drama miniseries that follows a group of real-life members of the LGBTQ community from the 1970s onwards. (Eike Schroter/ABC)
