Rising Up: WGN America Goes ‘Underground’ to Explore a Troubled Time in History
With the pulse-pounding pace of its very first episode, WGN America’s “Underground” transported viewers to the antebellum world of 1857 Georgia, a dangerous and desperate place where slaves on plantations plotted their escapes via the Underground Railroad from their existences of degrading captivity. The 10-episode drama, which completes its first season tonight, May 11, has drawn the highest ratings ever for an original scripted...
A Fashionable First: Oscar de la Renta Full-Scale Retrospective
Ruffles. Roses. Romanticism. All key ingredients that contributed to the lasting genius of one of the world’s most influential designers, Oscar de la Renta. Admirers of the late, great fashion designer will not want to miss the magnificent retrospective of his work currently on display at the acclaimed de Young Museum, part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. It is the first major survey to celebrate the life and career of de...
Tarte’s Rainforest of the Sea Collection Features Products of True Beauty
Rarely have we seen such beautiful packaging than for Tarte’s gorgeous new Rain Forest of the Sea collection, with gold lettering on sleek boxes that blend deep turquoise into purple. But what’s inside is even better. The collection features everything from a stunning round eyeshadow palette to lipsticks, foundation, brushes and even a color-correcting palette and skin care products. Several of the limited edition items are already...
A Celebratory Gala Bash for BritWeek’s 10th Anniversary
From across the pond to the shores of the Pacific, BritWeek LA threw out all the stops to celebrate its 10th anniversary with a gala evening at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica. Say what you want about the Brits, but they sure know how to stage an invasion – and to party. The celebration of the creative bond between the UK and California in entertainment, art, music, business, design and sports kicked off with an SRO VIP...
A Piece of Janis Joplin’s Heart in ‘Little Girl Blue’
The recent death of Prince sparked a revelation for director Amy Berg, who just spent eight years immersed in the life of another musical legend, Janis Joplin, culminating in the feature documentary “Janis: Little Girl Blue,” which she also wrote and produced. Flash back to the fall of 1970. Less than three weeks after Jimi Hendrix died, the world mourned another drug overdose death of a larger-than-life musician, the...
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