Pre-Grammy Dinner with Cool J and the Gang
It was the eve of the 55th annual Grammy Awards and host LL Cool J was all smiles as he arrived at a gala dinner thrown in his honor at the SLS Hotel, hosted by Hennessy. Co-host Mark Burnett greeted guests at the cocktail reception, which featured hors d’oeuvres by acclaimed chef José Andrés from the kitchen at The Bazaar restaurant inside the hotel, appetizers which included favorites like caviar cones filled with...
BAFTA Also Stands for ‘Ben Affleck Film Takes All’
Even the British are in love with a previously classified chapter in American history, the rescue of six Americans during the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979. Yes, Ben Affleck and his “Argo” have just added more trophies to their treasure chest of awards, picking up the BAFTAs for best director and best picture at ceremonies Sunday night in London. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is just the latest of a...
Feeling Really Charitable About a Saks Shopping Spree
It’s not every night that you could have free reign of the store at Saks Fifth Avenue after hours – and hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and Champagne to boot – not to mention complimentary polish changes and blowouts. It was all part of a special evening, put on by the philanthropic Society of Los Angeles to kick off a campaign called Send Your Love to a Cause. For the month of September, every time you charge...
Ben Affleck ‘Auditions’ for Best Director and Wins the DGA Award
It was, of course, Ben Affleck’s night at the 65th Annual DGA Awards, and the newly anointed best director of “Argo” could be forgiven for acting almost like a kid in a candy store – or an actor auditioning for some of the best helmers in the feature film business, which he acknowledged during his acceptance speech. Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee, Kathryn Bigelow and Tom Hooper had been his “betters,” as he called them, vying for...
The Rainmaker Takes the Stage at Edgemar Center for the Arts
The challenges of a farm family surviving during the Dust Bowl of the Great Depression still resonate 80 years later in the classic play “The Rainmaker,” brought to life beautifully on stage in Santa Monica by Henry Jaglom and the Rainbow Theater Company in association with Edgemar Center for the Arts. The play focuses on the lone daughter of the Curry family, Lizzie, portrayed by Tanna Frederick, who lives on the family farm...
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