‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ ‘Carol’ Score Big at AACTA International Awards
The mood was effervescent – thanks in part to the sponsorship of Piper-Heidsieck Champagne– as the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts honored excellence in film with its 5th AACTA International Awards in ceremonies held at the historic Avalon Hollywood Friday night. It was a big evening for “Mad Max: Fury Road” and the film’s director George Miller as they took home two AACTAs, for Best Film and Best...
Holy Cow, It’s Barbecue Done Right With Top Quality Fixings
Angelenos have no need to go to Austin anymore simply to indulge in amazing Texas barbecue. Holy Cow serves up slow smoked goodness at two convenient locations, in Culver City and in Santa Monica– and more are in store due to its smokin’ hot popularity in Southern California, despite all the other competition. Holy Cow opened in 2014, and its wide-ranging menu items have one thing in common: they only use the finest ingredients,...
Beethoven in Beverly Hills: It’s Winter at the Wallis, East/West Style
It’s safe to say that souls were stirred Saturday night at the Bram Goldsmith Theater at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. As part of the “Winter @ The Wallis” classical concert series which began earlier in January, the Shanghai Quartet, one of the world’s foremost chamber music ensembles, performed a repertoire of early and late Beethoven string quartets. The aim of the program, dubbed East/West: Merging Music...
Start Your Engines: NASCAR is Heading West
There couldn’t have been a more perfect location for NASCAR to announce its upcoming Western tour then the newly refurbished Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. The events will take place March 6, 13 and 20, after the Daytona 500 on February 21. The owners of the three race tracks – Phoenix International Raceway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Auto Club Speedway in Fontana (Los Angeles) were on hand to tout their respective...
‘Compton,’ ‘The Big Short,’ and ‘Transparent’ Shine at Casting Society’s Artios Awards
With all the recent controversy about the lack of inclusion at the Oscars, and on the evening before the motion picture academy took action to broaden its membership, the point was made several times during the 31st annual Artios Awards that casting directors are responsible for most of the diversity seen on screen and on stage. The awards, put on by the Casting Society of America, honor the best casting in film, television, theater...
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