If Beyoncé’s first version of “Flawless” was angry, then her remix with Nicki Minaj is seething. But in that seething remix, Beyoncé loses what was originally a powerful message about feminism and convolutes the theme of being a flawless woman. Read more...
Arts, Music
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August 19, 1:40 pm
Second Take: Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé’s ‘Flawless’ remix subverts feminist message
Arts, Film & TV
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August 18, 4:53 am
Tribute to Robin Williams, a fallen titan of comedy
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
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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, Music
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August 18, 3:50 am
Eclectic Jeff Gauthier Goatette to play JazzPOP series
On Thursday, more than 30 years of musical collaboration will reverberate off the walls of the Hammer Museum. In addition to an esoteric musical style that crosses various genres, what really sets The Jeff Gauthier Goatette apart from other bands at the Hammer Museum’s summer JazzPOP series is its long history. Read more...
Photo: JazzPOP concert series will conclude on Thursday with a performance by The Jeff Gauthier Goatette at the Hammer Museum. The group, formed in the late 1970s by Jeff Gauthier, will play music from past albums, improvisational work and a newly arranged piece by Gauthier. (Courtesy of Jeff Gauthier)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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August 18, 3:26 am
Q&A: History professor talks about Schoonhoven mural’s revival
In the distant future, all that is left of the pods and modern nuances of the Charles E. Young Research Library is a stripped wooden structure and devastation. Read more...
Photo: “S.P.Q.R.,” a mural painted by UCLA graduate Terry Schoonhoven in 1974, was rediscovered as one Schoonhoven and the L.A. Fine Arts Squad’s best preserved works. The mural depicts Schoonhoven’s vision of UCLA’s apocalyptic future. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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August 13, 2:48 pm
Album Review: ‘Amid the Noise and Haste’
In the late ’90s, first-grade buddies Jacob Hemphill and Bob “Bobby Lee” Jefferson of reggae band SOJA set out from Washington, D.C., on a musical journey that has since culminated in six studio albums and several international tours. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of ATO Records)
Arts, Film & TV
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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...