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...
Producers and Actors Annoint Argo, and Ben Affleck Reigns as the King of Hollywood
Chris Terrio did an excellent job writing the screenplay for “Argo,” for which he’s been nominated for an Oscar, and he could probably write a good story about the drama itself coming from behind to take frontrunner status after its 1-2 victory punch at the PGA Awards and the SAG Awards. The producers held their 24th annual ceremonies awarding excellence in film and television in the international ballroom of...
Women of the Small Screen Light Up the Night with Elle
Claire Danes graces the cover of the February issue of ELLE and to celebrate women in television, the magazine threw a sparkly dinner at one of LA’s most beautiful locations, the Soho House. Hosted by ELLE Editor-in-Chief Robbie Myers and ELLE Creative Director Joe Zee, together with presenting sponsors Hearts On Fire Diamonds and Wella Professionals, the event brought together a lively group for a celebration of women’s...
Five Things You Don’t Know About Jimmy Kimmel
In honor of the late night host receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, here are five things you may not know about Jimmy Kimmel: -He’s a cooking enthusiast and has a pizza oven and meat smoker at his home, regularly entertaining for 100-150 people, and is especially partial to Italian food. Kimmel makes a mean thin-crust proscuitto pizza with dough from scratch –He’s a fly fishing lover, like David Letterman, and...
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