By Steve ZALL and Sid FISH As you get ready for Halloween this month, don’t forget to set aside some time to see one of these great new shows around, including: “Bitches” Mean girl Sindee is the Big Woman On Campus at Susan B. Anthony High School. She would be entitled to be […]
By Charly SHELTON Magnolia House hasn’t opened yet. I know by the time you are done reading this, you will be getting in your car to go visit but, alas, you must wait until they open their doors sometime next week. On the corner of Lake Avenue and San Pasqual Street (just north of California) […]
By Greg ARAGON Palm Springs is not only an exciting desert resort community, but the city also offers a fascinating glimpse into the hip, Hollywood glam days of the 1960s when celebrities came to escape the limelight and relax by the pool in sleek, mid-century modern structures. A friend and I began a recent getaway […]
By Ted AYALA 2014, the centennial of the opening shots of the “War to End All Wars,” has been a year of somber remembrance and reflection, widely observed in Europe, but barely registering in the consciousness of the average American. In the United States, World War I was quickly superseded by the legacy of the […]
Stevie Wonder, the iconic and legendary Grammy Award, Academy Award and Golden Globe Award winning American singer, songwriter, musician, producer, philanthropist and human rights activist was announced as the 2014 grand marshal of the 83rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade. The Hollywood Christmas Parade, the largest Christmas celebration in America, presented by The City of Los […]
By Jason KUROSU Hollywood writer Ken Lazebnik may have known plenty about Gidget, Frederick Kohner’s surf princess whose fame was encapsulated in multiple books, TV shows and films, but it wasn’t for some time that he discovered Gidget was based on a real person – Kohner’s daughter, Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman. The real Gidget appeared with Lazebnik […]
By Susan JAMES Together with zombies, the nation of vampires has been a rich vein of source material for moviemakers. Some journeys into the world of pointy teeth and arterial blood spatter have been memorable – Frank Langella’s tormented immortal and George Hamilton’s comic riff on bloodsuckers. “Dracula Untold” does not rise to this level. […]
By Charly SHELTON Halloween is here again, the time of year filled with screams, pumpkins and scares. L.A. is a special haunt hot spot because there are so many great haunted houses in the area. Chief among these would be theme parks, namely Knott’s Scary Farm and Universal Studios Hollywood. Every year these parks provide […]
By Ted AYALA Though the temperatures remain uncomfortably summer-like, autumn has indeed arrived and with it a whole new season of music. Among those organizations whose concert series are just getting underway is Le Salon de Musiques, which will launch its debut concert of the season on Sunday, Oct. 12 with music by John Ireland, […]
By Charly SHELTON Imagine being Aladdin, running through the streets of Agrabah. Or the Lone Ranger, hunting down bad guys in Neverland. Or Merida, riding through the futuristic city of Sanfrosokyo in search of the alien guys from Pizza Planet. How would you like to be The Mighty Thor, come to vanquish that most […]