Oscar Winner

Well its official – we have a winner of the 2nd Annual Oscar Ballot Contest! Raquel Matta of San Pablo, Calif. had 18 correct predictions out of 24 categories total. “The King’s Speech,” “The Social Network,” and “Inception” took home quite a few awards between them. Surprisingly, “Black Swan” only got one award, Natalie Portman […]

PSO and Guest Conductor Bamert Shine in Concert “Where African Inspiration Meets Mozart”

By Ted AYALA If last year was a turbulent year for the Pasadena Symphony Orchestra (PSO) you would never have guessed it when listening to their performance on Saturday, Feb. 19 at Pasadena’s Ambassador Auditorium. Indeed, there was something almost defiant about the orchestra, under guest conductor Matthias Bamert, filling the despite a powerful rain […]

Adjust Your Life to See ‘The Adjustment Bureau’

By Charly SHELTON Have you ever felt as though something was just meant to happen?  Like no matter what you do, it is going to happen. As though some force is causing things, either good or bad, to happen to you and direct your life in a certain way. This is the job of The […]

It’s a sorry end for ‘Repo Men’

By Charly SHELTON In the economy we now find ourselves in, the Repossession Department of any credit company is now a viable source of employment. And in the future, it will be even more lucrative, if you have the heart for it. Jude Law is Remy, the best repo man in the business. But he […]

The scary world of ‘Alice in Wonderland’

By Charly SHELTON By Charly SHELTON We all know the timeless Lewis Carroll classic tale of a curious little girl who falls down a rabbit hole into a magical world where everything is what it isn’t and, contrariwise, what it isn’t, it is.  But we don’t know what happens after she climbs out of the […]

And the winner is…….

And the winner is… A phrase that we heard repeatedly during last Sunday’s Academy Awards program: “And the winner is…” Well, it’s official – we have a winner of Crescenta Valley Weekly’s First Annual Oscar Ballot Contest where we asked CVW readers to submit their ballots predicting who they thought would take home the coveted […]

Oscar Break Down: Week 5 – the big night is here!

By Charly SHELTON Well, we made it. Oscar weekend. The big night is this Sunday, March 7. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin co-host the Oscars on ABC, starting at 5 p.m. Some nominees may seem like obvious choices for who the winner may be, others are a complete toss-up. For instance, Disney’s Animated “Up” would […]

Oscar Ballot Contest

Download the Oscar Ballot Here For those of you who have been reading Charly’s Oscar Break Down in the Crescenta Valley Weekly newspaper and online at cvweekly.com, you have heard Charly’s Oscar predictions.  Now we want to hear yours. Fill out the form found on cvweekly.com with your Oscar Pick and send it back to […]

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