Sahirr Sethhi and his film crew prepared for a scene in India’s Kanha National Park, utilizing the sunset’s tint on the green environment as the backdrop for a shot. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Sahirr Sethhi won a College Television Award – a student Emmy Award – for his thesis film “Zoya,” which was filmed in the forests of Kanha National Park in India. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
Viewers of “Finding Dory” can be as forgetful as Dory and still follow her story. There’s no need to remember what happened in Disney’s 2003 hit “Finding Nemo.” In “Finding Dory,” the adorable and heart-warming blue tang fish, Dory, goes through a series of pitfalls to find her long-lost parents. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
“Family Ties” actress Justine Bateman became a UCLA Bruin four years ago. Get her insight on what it’s like to “get a college life,” as her blog puts it, once you’ve passed the traditional college age, and why she loved it. Read more...
Photo: (Sandra Carbonell-Kiamtia and Justine Sto.Tomas/Daily Bruin)
Monday’s Screenwriters Showcase will feature student scripts from the MFA screenwriting program, but there’s more to the competition than winning, organizers said. Graduating students’ goal is to get their scripts read by industry professionals who have the power to give them their start in entertainment. Read more...
Photo: Shoshana Sachi, Alice Stennard and Fior Fabian (left to right) will complete the UCLA MFA screenwriting program this year, after helping organize the annual Screenwriters Showcase. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo Editor)
Student therapists and student patients met at the UCLA university counseling center, where the therapist learned the patient’s deepest secrets during the therapy sessions – in the TV show “Sanity.” “Sanity” is about five marriage and family therapy, or MFT, students learning to deal with issues inside and outside the therapy room, said graduate student Andrea Massaro, the producer of the show. Read more...
Photo: Student extras, like first-year psychology student Keegan Hawkins, were offered extra credit to act in the TV show “Sanity,” which featured their film teaching assistant as the lead actor. (Courtesy of Keegan Hawkins)
Announcing James Corden as the host of “The Late Late Show” in September 2014 was a risky move by CBS. Corden was an unknown actor for the majority of American late night viewers; few people knew him from his work in the U.K., and his appearances on Broadway in “One Man, Two Guvnors” and in 2014’s musical film “Into the Woods” by no means made him a household name. Read more...
Photo: James Corden is the host of “The Late Late Show” on CBS, which includes the popular segment “Carpool Karaoke” that features celebrity guests such as Justin Bieber. (Courtesy of CBS)
Jennifer scours every corner of her cluttered room, but she can’t find her estrogen pills or the money to buy a refill. Her boyfriend doesn’t understand why she resorts to the sex trade to keep her transition going, but as an undocumented transgender Latina woman, she doesn’t have much of a choice. Read more...
Photo: Fine arts graduate student Steven Liang (back left) directed the short film “Afuera,” about the struggles of transgender Latinas. The film was written by Steven Canals (back center) and stars Jennifer London (front right). (Courtesy of Steven Liang)
