LINKS: GBK Oscar Gift Lounge Links
If you are interested in any of the products given to celebs at the GBK Oscar Gift Lounge as mentioned in the paper, click the links below to see where you can find them. Pledge to Quit Campaign by Nicorette Revitalash Cosmetics NVEY Eco Cosmetics and Tools The Artisan Group Handmade Jewelry and more […]
‘Beautiful Creatures’ Tries for a Potter/Twilight Hat Trick
By Susan JAMES Hollywood abhors a vacuum and with the conclusion of both the Harry Potter and the Twilight series, studios are scrambling to corral the millions of fans who flocked to those films and the millions of dollars they brought with them. The latest entrant in the teenaged, light-versus-dark fantasy sweepstakes is director Richard […]
Vets Find More Than ‘The Change’ at ‘Menopause’
By Tyler BIDDLE The plight of middle-aged women everywhere takes center stage on Feb. 26 and Feb. 27 at the Alex Theatre in “Menopause the Musical” and female military veterans are getting a special treat, courtesy of the YWCA and the Glendale Commission on the Status of Women. The musical is described as a “celebration […]
‘Badges’ at Casa 0101
Award-winning American playwright Luis Valdez, creator of “Zoot Suit,” “La Bamba” and “Cisco Kid,” presents his newest play, “I Don’t Have To Show You No Stinking Badges,” at Josefina López’s Casa 0101 Theatre in Boyle Heights. Performances are on Friday and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and on Sundays at 5 p.m. through March 10. The […]
Pasadena Symphony Says Goodbye to Artistic Advisor James DePreist
By Ted AYALA Conductor James DePreist, celebrated conductor and recipient of the National Medal of Arts, died at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. on Feb. 8 from complications stemming from a heart attack suffered in March 2012. He was 76. DePriest had been serving as artistic advisor to the Pasadena Symphony following the abrupt end […]
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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 […]