Karina Silva had no trouble remembering her cues while filming musical numbers for “Beauty and the Beast.” She’s known the songs by heart since she was 5 years old. Read more...
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March 12, 8:59 pm
Q&A: Professor reflects on role of documentaries in guarding civil rights
A UCLA professor’s documentary turned 30 years old this year, but its plot bears eerie parallels to the hate crimes of today. Renee Tajima-Peña, a professor of Asian American studies, helped direct “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” which documents the murder of Chin, a Chinese man beaten to death by two white autoworkers, Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz in Detroit in June 1982 . Read more...
Photo: UCLA Asian American studies professor Renee Tajima-Peña helped direct the documentary film “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” about the 1982 murder of a Chinese man who was beaten to death by two white men. (Courtesy of Claudio Rocha)
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March 10, 7:17 pm
Movie review: ‘Kong: Skull Island’
Even Tom Hiddleston’s brooding blue eyes can’t save “Kong: Skull Island.” The actor spends a surprising amount of screen time gazing off into the distance ponderously, despite the fact that it’s the latest action-packed film about the legendary King Kong. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Vince Valitutti)
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March 9, 11:01 pm
Reel Representation: Marvel, DC struggle to produce diverse, inclusive superhero films
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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March 8, 10:21 pm
UCLA, USC alumni face off in a battle of wits on gameshow ‘Idiotest’
Nada Jawad and Jodi Wofford brought their Bruin spirit to the stage of “Idiotest” as they tested their wits against two USC Trojans. “Finally being on the stage, and finally playing the game … was a real in-the-moment, in-the-zone thing,” Jawad said. Read more...
Photo: The host of television show “Idiotest” Ben Gleib stands next to UCLA alumnae Jodi Wofford and Nada Jawad (left to right). They compete against two USC alumni on an episode of the gameshow airing Thursday. (GSN)
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March 7, 10:58 pm
Alumnus films, shares real-life stories of people with disabilities
Nerris Nassiri walked the streets of Los Angeles from Koreatown to Little Ethiopia, collecting stories of the diverse communities for his senior thesis. Walking the crowded streets of Little India was a woman who had moved from India to Los Angeles with her three children. Read more...
Photo: UCLA film, television and digital media alumnus Nerris Nassiri works as a video producer for The Mighty, an online publication that uses content written by people who have mental and physical disabilities to raise awareness and share their stories. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)
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March 6, 9:23 pm
Alum, producer of ‘Vice World of Sports’ reinterprets rivalry in sports culture
Sports rivalries aren’t just another aspect of the game for Jeremy White. Rivalry has been his work – and his life – for almost a year. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Jeremy White is the series producer of VICELAND’s “VICE World of Sports,” whose second season debuted on Feb. 22 with three of the nine episodes released so far. The show documents stories of local and professional sports teams around the theme of rivals. (Courtesy of Michael Moriatis)