Eddie Murphy Kills at Black Cinema Celebration
When Eddie Murphy gets up on stage and grabs a microphone, you wouldn’t expect anything less than the audience rolling on the floor laughing with what comes out of his mouth. That was exactly the scenario Monday night at the Landmark Theaters Annex in Los Angeles as Murphy was honored with the Career Achievement Award at the Celebration of Black Cinema event presented by the Critics Choice Association. The event lauded not only three...
Behind the Scenes of ‘The Morning Show’ with Mark Duplass
Mark Duplass knows the secret to his success when it comes to acting roles, including his latest turn as the executive producer of the network television news morning broadcast in Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show.” “For better or worse, it’s a whispery secret. I’m a good supporting white dude actor who knows how to get inside a scene and not hog it from the movie stars,” he said as we caught up with him by phone as he was walking down...
The ‘Fight Club’ Part of Edward Norton’s ‘Motherless Brooklyn’
“Motherless Brooklyn” has been in Edward Norton’s head for years, since he read the galleys of the 1999 novel written by Jonathan Lethem. Flashing back to that era, 1999 also marked the release of “Fight Club,” the David Fincher film in which Norton starred alongside Brad Pitt in what has grown into a beloved cult classic. Audiences will soon see what Norton has done with “Motherless Brooklyn,” which he directs and stars as the lead...
5th Annual Gilda Gala Honors Ken Jeong, Bedford Breast Center and Annette Stanton, PhD
One likes to imagine comedian Gilda Radner up there in heaven, smiling. She would surely be pleased at the success of a gala named after her. Invoking the spirit of the comedienne who died in 1989 of ovarian cancer at the age of 42, the Gilda Gala is put on by the Cancer Support Community of Los Angeles. This year’s fundraising event –the fifth– was held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Century City on Saturday night, October...
No Need for Eyelash Extensions with KISS Lash Couture and Easy Adhesive
It took a lot of practice to learn how to put on false eyelashes well, and key to that was finding the absolute best and easiest to use lash adhesive. It’s from KISS. You may know the company from their fashionable line of press-on nails so it makes sense that they are pros when it comes to adhesive. Their Clear Strip Lash Adhesive ($3.99) comes in a slim, gold-capped tube with an easy to use brush-on applicator. The glue actually...