By Susan JAMES The highly anticipated annual television festival PaleyFest took place during the first two weeks of March at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills. A celebration of some of television’s most popular series, PaleyFest is run by the Paley Center for Media and offers fans the unique opportunity to interact with industry stars […]
By Ted AYALA If there was a single thing that defined 20th century music, it was that there wasn’t a single thing that defined it. That is to say that under the rubric of “20th century music” there thrived and spawned literally hundreds of genres, styles, and schools, each as distinctive from the other as […]
By Susan JAMES If you want to class up a swash and swagger adventure movie, there is nothing better than surrounding your lead actors with classically trained British thespians who can go from Hamlet to Hannibal in the blink of an eye. Writer-director Andrew Stanton has followed this rule in Disney’s new blow-out, $250 million […]
By Ted AYALA In the forward to his translation of Osamu Dazai’s “No Longer Human,” the great Japanologist Donald Keene spoke of how modern Japanese artists referred to themselves as being the “orphans of Asia.” “Japan has become isolated from the rest of Asia, and Western nations do not accept her literature and learning as […]
By Charly SHELTON I grew up with a mom who’s a bleeding heart hippie. She told me a story that some might call trippy. And now that old tale, from beloved Dr. Seuss, Is made into a movie to reach out to youth And tell them the story on the big screen, they’ll see, this […]
By Charly SHELTON Yes, it’s only March. Some say that is a bit early to start making summer plans for theme parks to visit and attractions to experience. But I say, it is right on time! Crews have been working for months to take us to new heights at the local theme parks, whether back […]