Grand Reopening Gala at Alex Doesn’t Fall Short

By Charly SHELTON Comedian Martin Short is a man of many faces. Jiminy Glick, Hollywood celebrity interviewer. Irving Cohen, writer of over 28,000 songs. Ned Nederlander, fastest trick gun in the west. And all of them made appearances at the Alex Theatre last Saturday night to celebrate the grand reopening after massive renovation to the […]

Celebrate Flag Week in Montrose

Celebrate Flag Week in Montrose

By Isiah REYES On Saturday, June 14 the community is invited to a ceremony at the Montrose Vietnam Memorial in honor of Flag Week. Flag Week is an expansion of Flag Day, which commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States in 1777. Montrose resident Vito Cannella is one of the few people […]

‘A Million Ways’ to Laugh

‘A Million Ways’ to Laugh

By Charly SHELTON Not everyone likes “Family Guy” humor – the cutaways, the crude language, the non-sequiturs. But you have to admit that the social commentary of some of those jokes is very apt. That is perhaps the best summation of “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane’s new movie, “A Million Ways to Die in the […]

Rock Your Disney Side Until Your Teeth Talk to Each Other

Rock Your Disney Side Until Your Teeth Talk to Each Other

By Charly SHELTON It’s 11 p.m. You are at Disneyland and it is crowded. You have ridden only four rides all day and the park closes in an hour. You had to sell a kidney to afford tickets, it’s almost two hours in rush hour traffic down Interstate 5 to get there and it’s so […]

With Great Power, There Must Also Come Great Movie Sequels…

With Great Power, There Must Also Come Great Movie Sequels…

By Charly SHELTON In 2012, the world was introduced to Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker, the Amazing Spider-Man. Coming off of a three-movie run with interesting-as-Elmer’s Paste Toby Maguire as Peter Parker, it is this reviewer’s opinion that anyone would have been an improvement in the title role. But now, with the honeymoon phase wearing […]

Fun For All Found in Montrose and Glendale

Fun For All Found in Montrose and Glendale

By Mary O’KEEFE and Michael YEGHIAYAN ids-n-Kritters, Wags-N-Whiskers and the Prom Plus Taste of Montrose were held during Sunday’s Harvest Market in Montrose on May 4. The Wags event benefited the “kritters” at Glendale Humane Society and ToM was a fundraiser for Prom Plus, an after prom party for Crescenta Valley High School seniors and […]

Classic and Upscale, Bourbon Steak Comes to Glendale

Classic and Upscale, Bourbon Steak Comes to Glendale

  By Charly SHELTON Michael Mina is a well-known chef whose concepts for restaurants and recipes are renowned for their flair and elegance. Now a Michael Mina restaurant has opened in Glendale for patrons’ dining pleasure: Bourbon Steak. I was invited to the restaurant, located on the back side of the Americana in Glendale, not […]

Minions Invade Universal Studios Hollywood

By Charly SHELTON If you have met a child under the age of 10 in the last few years, chances are that you know what a minion is. For those of you who don’t, they are small yellow beings, most of which are pill-shaped that stand about two feet tall. They do not speak English […]

L Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Awards Held in LA

L Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Awards Held in LA

By Charly SHELTON L. Ron Hubbard is firstly associated with the religion he began, Scientology. But before he was a religious icon, he was a struggling writer. He knew firsthand how hard it was to get a start as a science fiction and fantasy writer when every contest and contract seemed to be awarded to […]

Emporio Armani Opens Its Doors

By Charly SHELTON Emporio Armani, the brick and mortar store of designer Giorgio Armani, opened its doors to invited guests on Monday for its Style Revival event. A joint venture with Lucky Magazine, the Style Revival event was an intimate cocktail party in the newly opened store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. Hors d’ouvres […]