Never one to shy away from his Christian faith, Kanye West dropped his latest album on a Sunday. The 27-track, nearly two-hour album dedicated to his late mother comes after a hectic year-plus rollout, and “Donda” is quite clearly the furthest from a concise effort for the virtuoso producer and wordsmith. Read more...
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This post was updated Sept. 12 at 7:25 p.m. Extravagant Las Vegas mansions paint everything from wealth to weakness in “Hacks.” The HBO Max comedy-drama follows the unexpected relationship between esteemed Las Vegas comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and her equally sarcastic millennial counterpart Ava (Hannah Einbinder) after the former unwillingly winds up hiring the latter in an attempt to appeal to a younger audience. Read more...
Photo: Jon Carlos, an alumnus and production designer for HBO Max’s drama-comedy “Hacks” was nominated for outstanding production design for a half-hour narrative program. He said the production design reflected everything from the characters’ extravagance to loneliness. (Photo courtesy of Annie McElwain. Photo illustration by Katelyn Dang/Illustrations director)
Marco Williams finds historical writing more intertwined with the present than ever. The writer and alumnus is nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program for his work on “Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre.” The History Channel documentary focuses on the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, in which the prosperous Black community of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was burned down by a white mob. Read more...
Photo: Alumnus and writer Marco Williams was nominated for outstanding writing for a nonfiction program for his work on the History Channel’s “Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre,” which discusses the history of violence against the prosperous Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the subsequent resilience of the Black residents. (Photo courtesy of Marco Williams. Photo illustration by Katelyn Dang/Illustrations director)
This post was updated Aug. 29 at 5:05 p.m. In the interrogation room, there are two men of the world, but no men of God. Director Amber Sealey brings the story of Ted Bundy back to the big screen in “No Man of God,” framed in a new light. Read more...
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It’s Halsey’s world and everyone else is just living in it. In their fourth album, “If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power,” Halsey navigates the journey of childbirth in a world of royalty, tragedy and witchcraft. Read more...
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This post was updated Aug. 30 at 1:22 a.m. “She’s All That” is adapting to the modern decade. Netflix is bringing the 1999 rom-com to the era of social media through its remake, “He’s All That.” Releasing Friday, the film follows teenage influencer Padgett Sawyer’s (Addison Rae) attempt to transform her high school’s outcast, Cameron Kweller (Tanner Buchanan), into prom king. Read more...
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Forgoing filters and Photoshop, Remington Lee applies her positivity and passion to glowing through life. The UCLA alumnus runs the Instagram account @remisetglow where she discusses skin care and makeup products alongside her surgeries of the past five years. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Remington Lee uses her Instagram account, @remisetglow, to spread positivity. Started in 2016, Lee posts about her favorite makeup and skin care products, as well as her surgeries and hospitalizations of the past five years. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)
