By Susan JAMES To mark the upcoming Emmy Television Awards on Sept. 20, the Los Angeles Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) has just premiered its annual exhibition of the best in television costume design. The exhibition will run through Saturday, Sept. 26, and is free to the public. This season the awards for […]
By Charly SHELTON It was no small secret (pun intended) that director Edgar Wright wanted to do “Ant-Man.” He and his writing partner, Joe Cornish, reportedly had a script for several years, shopping it around to find a studio that wanted a standalone Ant-Man film. It was a comedy heist movie that, according to “Avengers” […]
By Charly SHELTON If the recent muggy weather of late isn’t enough to inspire visions of old Havana, then it’s time for a more literal approach. Hot Havana Night is coming to Glendale this Saturday, July 25. A fundraiser for the Arturo Sandoval Institute, this gala event will bring enough of Cuba to have you […]
People throughout the Southland are invited to experience the magic that is the California Philharmonic and Maestro Victor Vener during Phantom/Les Miz. The highly anticipated concert combines some of Broadway’s greatest music with classical masterpieces and takes place on Saturday, July 25 at Santa Anita Race Track. A matinee performance also takes place on Sunday, […]
Ant on the Run The Heist featurette
By Charly SHELTON There has been a lot of coverage in CVWeekly and elsewhere about Disneyland’s 60th Anniversary Diamond Celebration recently. And true, the celebration kicked off in late May with new nightime spectaculars and attraction updates. But the real 60th anniversary is this Friday, July 17. It was on July 17, 1955 that […]
By Ted AYALA On Saturday Victor Vener and the California Philharmonic brought together a wide ranging program that had its patrons tapping their toes and brought the hills alive with “The Sound of Music.” The second concert of the orchestra’s season was a splashy summer blockbuster of music from Broadway and Old Vienna. The former […]
By Charly SHELTON Well another Comic Con has come and gone, and boy was it intense. Around 150,000 people gathered in San Diego last weekend to see all the new movies, TV shows, costumes, celebrities and video games coming out in the next few years. I heard there were even comic books at this convention. […]
By Charly SHELTON “Attack on Titan” is a huge hit in America and worldwide. The manga-turned-anime-turned-live-action-film property follows Eren, played in the film by Haruma Miura. Eren lives with the last faction of humanity after the world was taken over by titans- a race of giants who eat humans. The last remaning humans have built […]
Just a sample of the intense crowds at Comic Con The Muppets panel. Kermit and Miss Piggy comment on their recent breakup.