Julie Andrews Visits Flintridge Bookstore
By Jason KUROSU Famed actress Julie Andrews, known primarily as the star of films such as “Mary Poppins” and “The Sound of Music,” has also been an established children’s author for years, with over 20 books co-authored with her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton. Andrews recently published the fourth book of her Very Fairy Princess Series, […]
Oscar Nominees for Costume Design on Display at FIDM
By Susan JAMES Opening Feb. 12 and running through April 27, the Fashion Institute of Design and Marketing (FIDM) in Los Angeles is presenting the 21st exhibition of Oscar-nominated costumes created by some of the industry’s most celebrated designers. The five groups of costumes feature a president of the United States and his first lady, […]
‘Identity Thief’: This Is Not The Droid You’re Looking For
By Susan JAMES Buster Keaton once said that the first rule of comedy is to avoid making the comedian an object of pity. If that’s true, and Keaton did know something about making comedy, director Seth Gordon’s new movie, “Identity Thief” shatters this rule from the onset. The results aren’t pretty but more importantly they’re […]
Surprising – and Different – Performance Found in ‘Bullet’
By Charly SHELTON Sylvester Stallone is old. There is no way to argue it. His years of being a beefed-out muscle head actor have caught up with him and he is showing signs of age. That being said, he is still in better shape now than I am in my prime and he can still […]
Bullet to the Head
Jo Dee Messina Bringing Country to the Alex
By Charly SHELTON In Southern California we are known for many things: sunshine, movies, Disneyland, beaches. While we are “southern,” country music is not something that leaps to the mind when you think California. And though the industry is growing here – evidenced by a couple of popular country radio stations in the Los Angeles […]
Stage and Screen Star and Children’s Author Julie Andrews at Flintridge Bookstore
Julie Andrews will be at the Flintridge Bookstore & Coffeehouse on Feb. 11 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. signing “The Very Fairy Princess Follows Her Heart.” Julie Andrews has been a beloved and much-honored star of stage, screen and television for more than half a century. Today’s film audiences most recently saw her as […]
Love – and Music – Are Everywhere
By Ted AYALA Valentine’s Day is approaching and with it are myriad ways for musicians the world over to reflect upon love and sing its praises – literally. “If music be the food of love, play on,” the Bard of Avon famously wrote. Local musicians will be doing just that, presenting a dizzying array of […]
Jo Dee Messina at the Alex
Click here to see Jo Dee Messina in her music video for “Too Late to Worry” and click here to visit the Alex Theatre website, where you can purchase tickets.