Like most students, Ray Garcia didn’t start teaching himself how to cook until he moved out of his dorm room and into an apartment. Now UCLA alumnus Garcia is the head chef at Broken Spanish, his second restaurant which he opened in June 2015 in downtown Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: Alumnus Ray Garcia opened Downtown Los Angeles eatery Broken Spanish, a restaurant serving up Latin cuisine. (Courtesy of Ray Garcia)
It takes a certain kind of twisted psyche to create an animated movie deserving of an R-rating. But leave it to Seth Rogen and his team of writers to produce a computer-generated story so unapologetically offensive that rated R is hardly an adequate warning. Read more...
Photo: “Sausage Party” pushes boundaries with its graphic and insensitive script following the lives of anthropomorphic supermarket foods. (Columbia Pictures)
Chris Martin will never eat bananas before a concert again. While performing at the “Head Full of Dreams” tour on Saturday, Martin apologized to fans in the packed Rose Bowl stadium for his gassiness during the first three songs. Read more...
Photo: Coldplay’s “A Head Full of Dreams Concert” on Saturday night at the Rose Bowl was a spectacle of light, color and classic lively showmanship by frontman Chris Martin. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)
The Kinsey Pavilion 1200B chalkboard read “SEX” in big letters. Standing in front of the lecture hall full of students was adult film actress Jessica Drake, who said growing up in a conservative and religious family environment made her view sex negatively. Read more...
Photo: In a presentation to a class in Kinsey Pavilion 1200B, adult film actress Jessica Drake explained the deceptiveness of movie magic in the adult film industry. (Robert Luna Jr./Daily Bruin senior staff)
Ruoxuan Li flipped through Francis Ford Coppola’s photo album and found the image she was looking for. Behind the protective sleeve was an aging photo of young twin boys from the 1920s. Read more...
Photo: Film alum Mark Daniel Quintos and students worked alongside filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola to produce the experimental project. (Kelly Ma/Daily Bruin)
Shaan Mathur wants people to watch a mother and daughter succumb to illness and fear as they are trapped in a maze inhabited by monsters and nightmarish illusions. Read more...
Photo: Shaan Mathur’s original horror video game “Mom” sends players through the story of a mother and daughter seeking refuge from the apocalypse in a labyrinth. (Courtesy of Shaan Mathur)
When Maria Diaz auditioned for the UCLA world arts and cultures’ dance program, she never had any formal dance training. Now the alumna runs her own studio and hopes to provide young people with opportunities she didn’t have as a child. Read more...
Photo: Alumna Maria Diaz opened Fuego y Sabor Latino Dance Studio to bring Latin American dance from her home country of Colombia to South Central Los Angeles. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
