Starring the Hollywood Bowl

The Hollywood Bowl is known for hosting grand performances throughout the years. Here are some of its most memorable movies.

A Star Is Born

This Academy Award-winning classic follows the story of a young actor named Esther who goes to Hollywood in search of seeing her name in lights. She meets older leading man Norman Maine who later becomes her husband. As her acting career rises, his continues to fall.

Rabbit of Seville

Bugs is chased into the stage entrance of the spot by Elmer Fudd and his shotgun. After Bugs finds his way to the stage, he puts on a show for the audience while tricking Fudd into believing the mean rabbit is just another character in the performance.

Beaches

“Beaches” tells the story of child entertainer turned famous singer C.C. Bloom and rich kid Hillary Whitney Essex, who meet in Atlantic City as children and become lifelong friends, staying in touch through the letters they write each other.

Anchors Aweigh

In this musical comedy from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, two sailors take their shore leave amid the lights of Hollywood. During their visit, they help a young woman try to achieve her dreams of becoming a singer.

For engineer Liang Kaiyu, one thing is clear: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Losing his left leg above the knee in an explosion (爆炸) when testing his self-built motor in January 2020, the 30-year-old used his engineering skills to make his prosthetic limb (假肢) more comfortable and powerful than a real leg.

Since late 2020, he has upgraded his high-tech prosthesis, including fitting a shock absorber and installing a charger port. “Although China has millions of amputees (被截肢者), people with a prosthesis are still a rare sight on the street. My video may, in some way, encourage them,” the man says, adding that prostheses can look cool.

Before the explosion, as an engineer, building things was a hobby in his spare time. When he saw that a foreign engineer had developed an autonomous e-bike, he found the materials online and decided to build one himself. It took him more than a year to finally make it, but he was not satisfied and, in January 2020, he tried to better it. “I tried to use larger parts to make the self-driving function more dependable, but I made a mistake and the explosion occurred,” Liang recalls.

“Physical recovery is the first step. Psychological acceptance matters more, which takes much longer,” Liang says. Liang’s focus is now on making the new leg comfortable. To know about the structure and system of the prosthetics better, he disassembled some secondhand prosthetic limbs that were made in China and abroad, which cost him hundreds of thousands of yuan. “I want to let more people know about these high-tech prosthetics, which are comfortable and safer to wear. It can build confidence with every step,” Liang says.

Great white sharks have been described as the most violent creature ever since the release of “Jaws” in 1975. But what if instead of one shark appearing, two were working together?

Scientists say research off Mexico’s Guadalupe Island in the Pacific Ocean shows great white sharks are sociable and will sometimes work together to increase their chances of catching prey (猎物).

Guadalupe Island is home to a small group of scientists and a popular tourist destination for spotting great white sharks because of a large quantity of seals. What makes this location unique is the waters off the island are very clear.

A team of scientists from Florida International University created a “super social tag” tracking device to put on the great white sharks. With a video camera and sensors (传感器) detecting a shark’s depth and direction, the device also has receivers to detect when other sharks are near them. The team then put the devices on three male and three female white sharks over a four-year period.

The data showed sharks preferred to be in groups of the same sex (性别), but their ways of hunting were unique. One shark had the tag on for only 30 hours, but it associated with 12 other sharks. Another that had the tag on for five days was only with two other sharks. “Most associations were short, but there were sharks where we found considerably longer associations.” Yannis Papastamatiou, lead author of the study, said. “Seventy minutes is a long time to be swimming around with another white shark.”

Papastamatiou said there is no clear answer to why white sharks are being social, but it’s probably because if one shark is successful in finding large prey, another will want to know how to have the same success. The sample size is small, but Papastamatiou said the findings give scientists a window into the relationship between sharks. He hopes to develop tracking systems that can be used for weeks, possibly years, to see the development of relationships between sharks.

Checking the ticket-booking strategy, setting an alarm clock, staying up late to check the messages... Liang Yu never thought that she will have to wake up in the middle of the night to “grab tickets” for a museum visit. “I used to be able to easily buy tickets for concerts and musicals, but now I can’t get tickets to the Palace Museum,” Liang told the reporter.

It is not just tickets for the Palace Museum that are difficult to get. Nowadays, during the peak tourist seasons, people complain that it’s hard to get tickets for many museums in China.

The public’s enthusiasm for museums reflects cultural self-confidence. People enter the museum to experience the rich history and colorful civilization for their spiritual advancement. Only by understanding the past can we better create the future.

China was among the fastest growing countries when it comes to the museum industry over the past few years. An average of one new museum was opened every two days across China between 2016 and 2020. By the end of 2020, China was home to 5,788 registered museums, with 1,224 at the state level.

One of the reasons behind the increased museum visits is a renewed interest in museums fueled by popular TV shows and documentaries on cultural heritage. These programs were all big hits among the modern generation. They strike a good balance between knowledge and entertainment.

Taking National Treasure for an example, it quickly rose to the top of the country’s national television ratings after it was presented to the public in December 2017 on the China Central Television (CCTV). The show focused on introducing the stories and history of 27 rare antiques (古董) from nine key museums in China. Nine treasures were chosen through audience voting to be included in an exhibition at the Palace Museum in Beijing in 2020, on the 600th anniversary of the Forbidden City.

A follower of National Treasure, 32-year-old web designer Liu Ning described the show as creative, informative and fun. He said it successfully aroused his interest in traditional culture show by presenting museums and ancient relics (遗产) in a vivid way.

A Letter to Oneself

Don’t be afraid to allow yourself to be ambitious(有抱负). People tend to ________ on your failures rather than your successes, and they are imperfect. But remember that you are also not ________. They are lost in everyday life, ________ you are riding the highs and lows of a dreamer.

Be more ________ with others than you are with yourself. When they fail to perform, smile and don’t seek absolute perfect. When you fail to perform, take it ________. Every moment of delay is a needle in the heart of your ideals. Do not let this ________ be heavy with the weight of a thousand needles. ________ the needles one by one.

Make a plan for the long term. Force yourself to ________ the skills it takes to be successful. Keep learning. Your hours of reading, ________ with other writers, and researching will add ________ to your work.

To plan and to follow through is to ________ these wonderful opportunities that you are given. Forget about your dreams and work hard right now. You are the ________ of your future self.

Blame no outside source for the pain you are ________. Being honest about your failures is just as important as being honest about your ________. Understanding the various aspects of each failure will help you ________ them the next time they approach and lead you to succeed in the end.