Hot Opening for ICE, Holiday Season’s Outdoor Skating Rink
It’s a little taste of Rockefeller Plaza off the Promenade—Santa Monica’s seasonal outdoor ICE skating rink is open for business after a gala grand opening that saw hundreds of people lacing up their skates and taking a spin around the ice. It’s become a great holiday tradition in the seaside city’s downtown district, when the corner of 5th Street and Arizona Avenue is transformed into a winter wonderland with the centerpiece being...
Celebrating the Cuisine of the French Riviera at Fig & Olive in Los Angeles
There could not have been a better way to launch the first ever Fig & Olive cookbook than at the Los Angeles location of the restaurant with its author, and Fig & Olive’s founder and owner Laurent Halasz. Halasz wrote the gorgeous recipe book, published by prestigious house Assouline, with his mother, from whom he inherited a passion for seasonal ingredients and olive oil as he grew up in the beautiful French Riviera coastal...
Science Goes Hollywood in National Geographic Channel ‘Breakthrough’
Ron Howard. Brett Ratner. Akiva Goldsman. These names of these major Hollywood players are not normally associated with documentaries about science. But all three, along with Peter Berg and actors Angela Bassett and Paul Giamatti have each directed an episode of an upcoming docu-series, “Breakthrough.” The six-part series examines scientific innovations on a number of fronts including advances in aging, brain chemistry, alternative...
Bow Wow Beverly Hills Goes Vegas for The Amanda Foundation
The four-legged friends were even more decked out then their human minders at a festive event benefiting The Amanda Foundation in Beverly Hills on Sunday night. The canine guests were on their best behavior for Bow Wow Beverly Hills Presents Vintage Las Vegas, held on Via Rodeo. Guests packed into the annual Halloween-themed fundraiser that honored animal advocate Tina Sinatra, the recipient of the foundation’s “Worthy of Love” award,...
Top TV Executives Focus In On The State of the Industry
The global business of television and the changes that have occurred in the past year took center stage as the Hollywood Radio and Television Society (HRTS) put on its annual State of the Industry newsmaker luncheon with top executives from broadcast, streaming, basic cable, pay cable and production. Participating in the panel discussion that took place October 15 at the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom were Paul Lee, Ted...
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