The world first met Robin Williams as Mork, a fast-talking alien who had come to observe The Fonz and Richie Cunningham in the 1970s hit show Happy Days. Read more...
Arts, Film & TV
|
August 18, 4:53 am
Tribute to Robin Williams, a fallen titan of comedy
Arts, Film & TV
|
August 18, 4:51 am
Tribute to Lauren Bacall recalls the star’s shining moments
Sultry, sexy, her voice famously husky and effortlessly cool, Lauren Bacall epitomized the very definition of “movie starlet” for more than half a century. With her passing on Tuesday at the age of 89, Hollywood has lost one of its greatest actresses. Read more...
Photo: Actress Lauren Bacall passed away on Tuesday at the age of 89. Bacall starred in movies such as “To Have and Have Not” (1944), “The Big Sleep” (1946) and “Dark Passage” (1947). In 2009, she received an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. (Courtesy of The Silver Screen Collection)
Arts, Film & TV
|
August 13, 1:18 pm
Sundance NEXT FEST shows diversity of film styles, influences
Sundance NEXT FEST brings together a collection of visually striking independent films at the Ace Hotel’s theater in Los Angeles. From zombie love stories to a short film based on Kendrick Lamar’s “good kid, m.A.A.d. Read more...
Arts, Film & TV
|
August 12, 6:54 pm
Robin Williams remembered for influential movie, TV roles
With the passing of film and television legend Robin Williams, four of the Daily Bruin’s arts and entertainment writers offer perspectives on Williams’ movies and TV roles that influenced them the most. Read more...
Photo: (Madeline Isaacs / Daily Bruin senior staff)
Arts, Film & TV
|
August 5, 2:17 pm
UCLA Quidditch team holds heads, brooms up in documentary ‘Mudbloods’
The best stories are those whose worlds prove so vivid and mesmerizing, that they make us crave to be a part of them. In 1997, J.K. Read more...
Photo: Premiering this October, “Mudbloods” follows the UCLA Quidditch team as they train for the Fifth Annual Quidditch World Cup in New York. Quidditch has been adapted from the “Harry Potter” books into an intercollegiate sport, broomsticks and all. (Courtesy of BOND/360)
Arts, Film & TV
|
August 4, 1:05 am
School of Theater, Film and Television rises in rankings
The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT) ranked third place in The Hollywood Reporter’s 2014 list of film schools this week, moving up one spot from last year. Read more...
Arts, Film & TV
|
July 28, 1:57 pm
Second Take: ‘Boyhood’ defines millennial generation’s adolescent experience
I think in our hypermodern yet retro-obsessed world, the phrase “I wish I was born in another era” gets thrown around a lot, mostly as an open rejection of popular culture. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of IFC)