entertainment industry

For the Academy Award-winning animated film "Frozen," two UCLA mathematicians joined a team of Disney software engineers to develop an algorithm based on the material point method to create simulations of how snow behaves under various conditions.

The Oscar won by costume designer Dorothy Jeakins for 'Night of the Iguana' in 1964 is on display this week in the Special Collections Department at Young Research Library.

Hollywood got a helping hand from an unexpected partner at UCLA that’s not usually listed in the rolling credits of a TV series.

When it comes to influential positions in the industry, minorities and women are represented at rates far below what would be expected given their percentage of the general population, according to a new UCLA study.

The ’03 grad performed at this year’s Grammys, where she was a double nominee. She’s also writing a book and a musical.

The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA will hold a symposium, "Race and Hollywood," Thursday, Feb. 6. The symposium is part of the Bunche center’s ongoing project to create a comprehensive analysis of diversity —...

The new Global Media Center for Social Impact will help screenwriters weave realistic, complex ethics and health issues into their scripts.

The 134 students taking Ken Kragen’s inaugural Music Industry 106 class, "Stardom Strategies for Musicians," are primed to expect the unexpected. It started on the first day of class, taught by the longtime music industry...