Back in the day, rappers wanted to be, and at times were, gangsters. Now the name of the game is transcendence: Rappers aim to be gods. Enter “Magna Carta... Holy Grail.” Read more...
Photo: courtesy of Roc-A-Fella Records
Arts, Arts Columns, Music
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July 8, 12:50 am
Love or Hate: Jay-Z’s ‘Magna Carta… Holy Grail’ – clever or too commercial?
Already causing a stir within the Billboard and Recording Industry Association of America sales figures, is the album an intelligent marketing strategy or just a ploy for attention? Read more...
Arts, Film & TV
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July 1, 12:08 am
Movie Review: ‘Maniac’
Watching “Maniac” feels like a descent into psychosis. In this fresh remake of William Lustig’s 1980s horror cult classic “Maniac,” director Franck Khalfoun revives the slasher genre with point-of-view filming and a new take on the killer profile. Read more...
Photo: Elijah Wood performs the role of Frank in his new horror film “Maniac.”
Arts, Music
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July 1, 12:00 am
Alumnus Owen Clapp adapts to eclectic genres
Owen Clapp did not think he was good enough. A musician since the third grade, Clapp still said he worried during his second year of college that he was not cut out for the rigors of the music world. Read more...
Photo: Alumnus Owen Clapp recently released collaboration album “The Journey.”
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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July 1, 12:00 am
Hammer Museum’s ‘Richard Artschwager!’ celebrates late artist’s dynamic style
American artist and furniture maker Richard Artschwager wanted to make something useless, so he created a sculpture. “He didn’t mean ‘useless’ as in having no meaning or significance, but rather as in not having a practical function,” said Anne Ellegood, senior curator at the UCLA Hammer Museum. Read more...
Photo: The work of Richard Artschwager spanned more than six decades and several styles, including the minimalism, pop and conceptual art movements. Artschwager’s work will be on display in the retrospective exhibition “Richard Artschwager!” at the UCLA Hammer Museum until Sept. 1.
Arts, Film & TV
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July 1, 12:00 am
UCLA screenwriting students, professionals produce first-ever graduate pilot
When a group of graduate students are brought together for a social experiment, it’s not long before they realize their participation is not their only commonality. Read more...
Photo: Director Matt Russak and actor Joshua Koopman work on set in the production of “doubleblind,” the first pilot made by a graduate program.
Arts
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June 24, 11:27 am
LA Film Festival Review: ‘Nobody’s Daughter Haewon’
My last day at the festival is also the only one where I saw just a single film: my most anticipated movie of the fest, Korean auteur Hong Sang-Soo's "Nobody's Daughter Haewon." Read more...