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 […]

Oscar Break Down: Week 4

By Charly SHELTON We have just over one week left until Oscar weekend. The big night is Sunday, March 7. Some nominees appear to be a shoe-in  to win, while others are a complete toss up. But in the days until red carpet time, we will continue to break down the Oscars and the nominee […]

Oscar Break Down Week 3

By Charly SHELTON We have all seen the Oscars.  The host comes out and makes a few jokes and then announces the category. Then another star comes out to read the nominees and then, after a dramatic pause and some trouble opening the envelope, the winner is read and applause fills the theatre. But many […]

Oscar Breakdown: Week 3

For those of you looking for the Oscar Breakdown: Week 3 article that was featured as a News in Brief in the Leisure section of the paper on February 18th, 2010, it will be here.  We are holding the full article pending further input from sources we have contacted for interviews.  The article will be […]

Oscar breakdown: Part 2

By Charly Shelton We have all seen the Oscars. The host, or this year hosts, walks on stage and makes a few jokes and then announces the category. Then another star comes out to read the nominees and then, after a dramatic pause and some trouble opening the envelope, the winner is read and applause […]

The new “Wolfman” nibbles at the classic

By Charly SHELTON In 1941, Lon Chaney Jr. starred in a classic horror movie for Universal Studios – the studio that was famous for its monster movies. “The Wolf Man” was an instant classic about a man named Larry Talbot who came home to his father’s castle in Wales upon hearing his brother has died. […]