PHOTOS: Vendange Inn and Suites
Corigliano and Film Fare Found at Cal Phil
By Ted AYALA Last weekend’s California Philharmonic concerts contained the usual frothy mix of film scores, musicals, and classical warhorses. But the inclusion of John Corigliano’s 1997 “Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra” proved to be a surprising deviation from the orchestra’s well-trodden path of accessible music and into the realm of musical idioms that […]
CLIP: Career Blazing in Glory
Take a look back at a career blazing in glory. In Memory of Joe Viskocil, 1952-2014 Mostly Practical Effects Painting with Fire
A Sad Goodbye to Hollywood Greats
Photos by Dan HOLM By Mary O’KEEFE he film industry lost three innovators and icons this week, a comedian and actor who first came on screen as an alien that captured our hearts, an actress who defined sultry and taught us all “how to whistle” and the man who blew up the Death Star […]
HAC Hosts 29th Annual Children’s Festival of the Arts
By Charly SHELTON On Sunday, the Hollywood Arts Council held its annual event, the Children’s Festival of the Arts. This yearly festival is held at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood as a free event to get children interested and involved in the arts. Exhibitors from L.A. Zoo, L.A. Metro, Kind Snacks and more came out to […]
Food and Friendship Set the Table in ‘100-Foot Journey’
By Susan JAMES Disney’s love affair with India (last seen in ‘The Million Dollar Arm’) is on display once more in director Lasse Hallstrom’s succulent foodie adventure, ‘The Hundred-Foot Journey’. Adapted from the book by Richard C. Morais, the film makes shopping for tomatoes in an open air market and mushroom hunting in a mountain […]
Summer is Here and Alaska is Calling
By Greg ARAGON Summer is here and it is a good time to plan a cruise to Alaska for a chance to encounter sights no other cruise destination can offer. Where else can one see humpback whales splash beneath a stateroom balcony, or glaciers drift past a dinner window? Where can one sit by the […]
Sprinkles Cupcakes
Photo by Charly SHELTON Sprinkles Cupcakes opens its newest location tomorrow, Aug. 8 at 10 a.m. at the Americana at Brand. It offers cupcakes (shown above), ice cream and a cupcake ATM to satisfy your craving 24 hours a day. Visit through Sunday for a chance to win a “Golden Ticket” hidden in random cupcakes […]
VIDEO: DSB at the Starlight Bowl
The Pettybreakers DSB performing ‘Separate Ways’ DSB performing ‘Don’t Stop Believing’