“’71”Directed by Yann Demange Roadside Attractions 4.0 / 5.0 paws One of art’s most majestic qualities lies in how viewing experiences can be shaped by real-life experiences. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Roadside Attractions)
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March 4, 2:05 pm
Q&A: GEMS CEO Rachel Lloyd discusses documentary ‘Very Young Girls’
When she was 19 years old, Rachel Lloyd finally escaped the life in which she had grown up – commercial sexual exploitation. Four years later, as a survivor, Lloyd founded Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) in New York in 1998 in order to help and empower girls and young women like herself who’d been domestically trafficked and commercially sexually exploited. Read more...
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March 4, 1:37 am
Q&A: Porn star James Deen talks industry, UCLA Porn Panel
James Deen first knew he wanted to be an adult entertainer when he was 6 years old and accidentally discovered an old porn magazine. When he was 18, he entered the adult film industry and has since appeared in thousands of scenes. Read more...
Photo: Adult film star James Deen will speak in a panel held by the USAC Campus Events Commission and Student Wellness Commission Wednesday. (jamesdeen.com)
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March 3, 1:01 am
Student creates video-sharing app with limited view system ShuutMe
Over the course of six months, Ryan Trihernawan spent more than 1,000 hours sitting in front of his computer, his eyes straining, his fingers aching from typing ceaseless lines of code. Read more...
Photo: Ryan Trihernawan, a third-year computer science student, released ShuutMe, a video-sharing app for iPhone and Android, last week. Inspired by film industry marketing strategies, each video in the app has a limited number of times it can be viewed before it becomes private, emphasizing exclusivity over mass consumption. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)
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February 26, 1:02 am
Movie Review: ‘Focus’
“Focus”Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John RequaWarner Bros.3.0 / 5.0 paws To say that Will Smith’s career has been hit or miss lately is a gross understatement. Read more...
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February 25, 1:34 am
Report assesses gender, minority representation in Hollywood
BY SHREYA AIYAR A&E contributor [email protected] Many big-screen heroes are white and male, but most of the audience that watches their stories are not. In the 87th Academy Awards, the 20 actor and actress nominees were white and all the screenwriting and directing nominees were male. Read more...
Photo: (Annie Chan/Daily Bruin)
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February 23, 12:08 am
Student-run Web series premiere to go ‘Beyond the Bruin’
Wearing leopard slippers, a tiger-patterned cardigan and a vibrant orange afro, Panini Jones laid between two miniature palm trees. Tears flowed down his face as Jones announced his profound aspiration to be as selfless as the tree in the popular children’s book “The Giving Tree.” Jones is just one of the many comedically improvised characters set to appear on the new Web series “Beyond the Bruin.” Created by three UCLA students and premiering on YouTube on Monday, the show will combine serious interviews with comedic acts and musical performances. Read more...
Photo: Second-year political science student Dean Rowe (left), third-year global studies student Ben Kurzrock (middle) and fourth-year political science student Joshua Thomas (right) created the Web series “Beyond the Bruin,” which will debut Monday on YouTube. (Courtesy of Dean Rowe)