The Daily Bruin collected Academy Award ballot predictions from the UCLA community starting February 17. Here are the final results as of Thursday, February 21 at 5:15 p.m. Read more...
Arts, Film & TV
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February 21, 4:20 pm
Oscar predictions: UCLA voters pick ‘Argo,’ Steven Spielberg
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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February 21, 9:55 am
‘Young Adult’ art show turns teen literature into pop art
It’s not every day you find an old ventriloquist’s dummy, only to realize later that it’s demonically possessed and wants to make you its slave for all eternity. Read more...
Arts, Music
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February 21, 12:00 am
Bluegrass sounds sprout in LA music scene
One of our campus’ best-kept secrets may be that once a week, there is a hoedown in Schoenberg Hall. Read more...
Photo: The L.A. BlueGrassHoppers is UCLA’s bluegrass and old-time style ensemble that returned from a seven-year hiatus when UCLA ethnomusicology alumnus Tommy Stanton brought the group back five years ago.
Arts
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February 21, 12:00 am
Album review: ‘Push the Sky Away’ by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Nick Cave never pretended to be nice. Putting aside the noisy side project, Grinderman, his “quiet” albums always aimed to disquiet, his singer-songwriter affectations merely a sneaky way to disturb and perturb. Read more...
Arts
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February 21, 12:00 am
B-Sides: Two clear picks for Oscar music nominees
It’s Oscar season: the big one, the One statue to rule them all. Read more...
Photo: “Pi’s Lullaby,” composed by Mychael Danna, is one of the contenders for Best Original Song at the 85th Annual Academy Awards.
Arts
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February 21, 12:00 am
Bruin stand-up comedy finalist hopes to get last laugh
Dan Olin was home sick one afternoon, bored and looking for something to do. To combat the boredom, he looked through the Netflix lineup and noticed a show about comedian Louis C.K. Read more...
Photo: Dan Olin is one of two UCLA students chosen as finalists for the fourth annual Laugh Bowl, which pits Bruins against Trojans for a night of live comedic entertainment. Olin was inspired to pursue stand-up comedy after watching a show about comedian Louis C.K.
Arts, Music, Theater & Fine Arts
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February 20, 12:29 am
UCLA students perform at Graduate Composers Concert
White noise and dances to contemporary classical music are a few of the sights and sounds that will be performed at this year’s Graduate Composers Concert. Read more...