Adele had the world at “hello.” After a four-year hiatus, Adele made a comeback by dropping “Hello,” the first single off her upcoming album “25,” bringing back the frenzied craze for the R&B singer. Read more...
Photo: Adele’s “Hello” garnered about 1.1 million downloads in the first week and inspired many covers and parodies. (Courtesy of YouTube)
For the 2015 American Film Institute’s opening night gala, director Angelina Jolie showed off the slow-burner to end all slow-burners. “By the Sea” features Jolie and husband Brad Pitt as a married couple trying to recuperate after several years of lackluster love and non-interaction by staying at a oceanside hotel in France. Read more...
Photo: (Universal Pictures, Film4, AFI Fest, Dark Sky Films)
Over 75 films are being shown this year at the American Film Institute Festival. AFI is Los Angeles’ largest annual celebration of independent films from around the world, in addition to American prestige pictures just in time for the end-of-year Oscar season. Read more...
Photo: (Diaphana Films)
Brilliantly clad circus performers standing in a circle clasp their hands tightly, raising their voices as they chant “Good, safe, fast show!” three times, each louder and faster than before. Read more...
Photo: At age 12, first-year political science student Hannah Brenchley joined the Great All American Youth Circus of Redlands, California alongside her younger sister. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Flip on a news channel and you’re likely to see characters with perfectly coiffed hair making fantastical claims directly to camera. But how far does this connection between political figures and entertainment go? Read more...
Photo: The 2008 film “Swing Vote” depicts two middle-aged white male presidential candidates. (Walt Disney Pictures)
Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Read more...
Photo: Before attending UCLA, third-year ethnomusicology student Melena Francis Valdes took a 15-year break from college to perform Afro-Cuban percussion instruments such as the Batá drums, conga drums and the drum set with musicians such as Stevie Wonder. (Marley Maron/Daily Bruin)
Third-year ethnomusicology student Melena Francis plays the Afro-Cuban Batá drums with rhythmic vibrancy. The festive and punchy drumming resonates through the Gamelan Room at UCLA’s Schoenberg Music Building. Read more...
