Dannela Lagrimas

Jan 30, 2025 | dailybruin.com | Dannela Lagrimas

Amy Kuney looks at the camera while wearing a black suit and sitting in a chair against a white curtain holding an orange tabby cat in her lap. Kuney is a songwriting lecturer at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music who co-wrote Chappell Roan’s “Red Wine Supernova,” a track off Roan’s Grammy-nominated album “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.” (Courtesy of Alexandra Petruck)Amy Kuney is a supernova of her own.

Jul 28, 2024 | dailybruin.com | Dannela Lagrimas

Niall Horan sure knows how to put on a show. The singer-songwriter and former One Direction member played the second of two shows at Inglewood’s Kia Forum on Sunday as part of “’THE SHOW’ LIVE ON TOUR 2024.” The arena tour launched in February in support of his third solo album “The Show,” which was released last year.

Mar 6, 2024 | dailybruin.com | Dannela Lagrimas

Before Nikos Karamigios produced a Best Picture nominee, he produced UCLA’s campus TV program. The alumnus earned his first Oscar nomination for his work as a producer on “American Fiction,” which is up for five Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay on Sunday. Written and directed by Cord Jefferson,the dramedy follows Thelonious “Monk” Ellison (Jeffrey Wright), a writer with complex family ties.

Feb 3, 2024 | dailybruin.com | Dannela Lagrimas

“POTUS” is painting the White House uniquely pink. The Los Angeles production of the Tony-nominated farcical comedy debuted at the Geffen Playhouse on Jan. 17, where it will run until Feb. 25. “POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive” follows a chaotic series of events for women associated with the eponymous president: a man who is never named nor shown on-stage but whose incompetence lays the foundation for the plot’s antics.

Sep 30, 2023 | dailybruin.com | Dannela Lagrimas

The newest “Percy Jackson” book is perfect for its original middle grade audience and older readers who stuck around to sip from the chalice. “The Chalice of the Gods,” which was published on Sept. 26, is a welcome addition to Rick Riordan’s mythological universe. Filled with equal parts nostalgia and novelty, it is a masterclass in effective sentimentality.