In one jam-packed day of filming, director Manhea Joey Kim got the opportunity to experience the real world of directing firsthand. Read more...
Photo: UCLA graduate producer Wesley Ambrecht helped Kim produce his short “No Doubt About It.”
Arts, Lifestyle, Theater & Fine Arts
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August 26, 12:00 am
TFT alum Jolie Oliver juggles theater, football careers
She made her debut in the spotlight as Queen Isabella in her elementary school’s Columbus Day pageant. Read more...
Photo: Jolie Oliver, executive assistant for UCLA football and an alumna of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, will be starring in a Pico Playhouse production of “The Old Settler.”
Arts, Music
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August 25, 10:36 pm
Music fans flock to Los Angeles State Historic Park for FYF Fest
The past Saturday saw hordes of indie, electronic and rock fans flood the Los Angeles State Historic Park for the 10th annual FYF Fest. Read more...
Photo: Psychedelic rock band MGMT, led by leadsinger Andrew VanWyngarden, was one of fifty-eight bands that performed in this year’s FYF Fest, that saw 20,000 music lovers crowd 4 stages of fusing genres of music.
Arts, Music
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August 21, 1:27 am
Album Review: ‘Doris’ by Earl Sweatshirt
After braving the storm of misguided “Free Earl” campaigns and absentee fathers, 19-year-old Earl Sweatshirt is back with his debut album “Doris.” A member of the Los Angeles-based hip-hop collective Odd Future, Earl Sweatshirt was first introduced to the hip-hop scene as a 16-year-old featured on the 2010 mixtape “Earl,” which casually throws around images of murder, rape and drugs in vivid and sickening detail. Read more...
Arts, Film & TV
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August 19, 12:05 am
Movie Review: ‘Ain’t Them Bodies Saints’
"Ain't Them Bodies Saints,” as its honky-tonk title implies, is a sort of western. The film opts for a Terrence Malick-esque approach in order to assure skeptics that, at its core, it's just a good, old American art film pretending to be a western. Read more...
Photo: “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints” is an independent drama fim directed by David Lowery, and follows the tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison.
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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August 19, 12:00 am
Theater Review: ‘The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom’
Judy Gold is a 6-foot-3-inch lesbian Jewish mother of two in New York’s Upper West Side and all she’s ever dreamed of is having her own sitcom. The premise is promising, but Gold's act is neither insightful nor funny. Read more...
Photo: Emmy Award winning actress and comedian, Judy Gold stars in the West Coast premiere production of her own memoir entitled “The Judy Show” directed by Amanda Charlton, now playing at the Geffen Playhouse.
Arts, Lifestyle, Theater & Fine Arts
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August 19, 12:00 am
Clark memorial sets stage for outdoor theater
As the day wears on, the gardens and lawns of UCLA's William Andrews Clark Memorial Library transform into an unorthodox yet intimate theater stage, where audiences picnic through a scandalous 19th-century birthday party set on the library's spacious grounds. Read more...
Photo: Amielynn Abellera and Brian Slaten play Lady Windermere and Lord Darlington respectively in UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library’s modern retelling of Oscar Wilde’s “Lady Windermere’s Fan,” as part of the new outdoor theater series.