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March 22, 2026 8:12 p.m.
Michael B. Jordan is pictured as twins Smoke and Stack in Ryan Coogler’s film, “Sinners.” At the 98th Academy Awards, the film won Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score and Best Original Screenplay. (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)
This post was updated March 22 at 8:19 p.m.
The notoriety of “Sinners” at the 98th Academy Awards may signal a directional shift for the Oscars, finally giving the horror genre the hype it deserves.
By Izzy De Leon
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March 20, 2026 4:30 p.m.This post was updated March 20 at 9:50 p.m.
“Sentimental Value” has found its place in the Oscars record books.
The Norwegian psychological drama from director Joachim Trier earned the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at Sunday’s 98th annual Oscars ceremony.
By Eleanor Meyers
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March 14, 2026 4:44 p.m.Kiran Desai expands on new book’s theme of loneliness at Hammer Museum talk
Kiran Desai explored loneliness and connection across space and time at the Hammer Museum on Thursday.
Desai – the Booker Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of “Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard” and “The Inheritance of Loss” – spoke with UCLA professor Mona Simpson in this year’s final iteration of Simpson’s “Some Favorite Writers” series.
By Julia Kinion
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March 13, 2026 10:05 a.m.Art History Undergraduate Student Association blends learning, community-building
UCLA’s Art History Undergraduate Student Association is painting a colorful community for art history lovers.
AHUSA is a student-led club dedicated to exploring art history through discussion, faculty speakers and gallery visits.
By Brooke Reilly
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March 13, 2026 9:34 a.m.‘ICE Out: Arte en Resistencia’ exhibit demonstrates power of speech in art
Some exhibits aren’t made for looking at, but rather for looking back.
On Tuesday, the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library transformed into a gallery. The Center for the Study of International Migration and the Chicano Studies Research Center Library filled the space with murals, paintings, photography, music and a community that showed up to heal.
By Alexis Coffee
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March 11, 2026 4:01 p.m.Music Video Roundup: Genre-spanning artists, intricate music videos steal the winter season spotlight
Despite transitioning to a new season, winter will be frozen in time through these music videos.
Winter became the season for anticipated releases, and, accompanying these projects were creative music visuals.
By Victoria Munck, Kiara Mack, Brooke Reilly, Daniela Fogliano, and Julia Kinion
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March 11, 2026 3:00 p.m.Film review: ‘Bride!’ re-electrifies Frankenstein but falls short of feminism
In “The Bride!” Maggie Gyllenhaal fails to breathe new life into a classic source material.
Landing in theaters March 6, actress and filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal’s sophomore directorial project trips and stumbles through grimy alleyways and ritzy clubs before finishing with an electrifying kaput.
By Davis Hoffman
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March 10, 2026 1:27 p.m.Oscars 2026: Daily Bruin writers predict 98th Academy Awards winners
This post was updated March 11 at 8:16 p.m.
The 2026 Academy Awards are set to stun viewers with an impressively varied array of nominees.
Returning to the Dolby Theatre on March 15, the Academy will host yet another evening dedicated to celebrating cinema’s most acclaimed projects of the past year.
By Reid Sperisen, Caitlin Brockenbrow, Parsa Arshi, Kemyron McCoy, Eleanor Meyers, and Kiara Mack
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March 9, 2026 3:45 p.m.Pediatric AIDS Coalition 2026 Dance Marathon raises $53K for AIDS, HIV awareness
Slow claps echoed throughout the Ackerman Grand Ballroom minutes before midnight as Dance Marathon attendees chanted the lyrics to “Steal My Girl” by One Direction.
The Pediatric AIDS Coalition at UCLA concluded the 10-hour event at 12:18 a.m.
By Presley Liu
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