12 Special Holiday Gifts for the Special People on Your Gift List
‘Tis the season, and now it’s getting down to the wire for holiday gift buying, but there is still time to nab memorable presents that your recipients are pretty much guaranteed to love. And that’s the whole point, right? Forget basic, run-of-the-mill gift cards for now. Here are some special gift ideas that should make your decision-making a little easier and faster, everything from spirits to sweets to scents, books and movies,...
A Special One Night Only Holiday Benefit Performance by American Ballet Theatre
It has become a highly anticipated Southern California December tradition, the American Ballet Theatre’s dazzling holiday benefit which takes place at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton. The December 11 event was a gala evening, beginning with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and continuing with a full dinner and a dessert buffet. But the main item on the menu was of course, stellar dancing. Where else can you see excerpts...
Critics’ Choice Shower ‘The Shape of Water,’ ‘The Post,’ Netflix and HBO With Nominations
Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” is shaping up to be the one to beat this awards season, receiving 14 Critics’ Choice nominations, while HBO and Netflix lead on the television side of the scoreboard. The contenders in film and television for these 23rd annual kudos were announced on Wednesday morning, December 6, and the winners will be presented on January 11 at a live telecast on the CW Network. The Critics’ Choice Awards...
History Channel’s ‘Knightfall’ Promises ‘Holy Hell,’ Led by Tom Cullen
“Holy Hell,” proclaims one of the billboard campaigns for History’s upcoming series “Knightfall,” a tale of brotherhood, betrayal and bloodshed. “Is Nothing Holy Anymore?” asks another. The verdict will be up to audiences when the ten-episode run of the fictionalized historical drama gets under way. Set in the year 1306, “Knightfall” takes viewers deep into the clandestine world of the Knights Templar, the legendary, elite warrior...
‘The Lost Tapes: Patty Hearst’ Goes Inside the Heiresses’ Kidnapping That Riveted America
Soon to be married college student. Blue-blooded heiress to a family fortune. Kidnap victim. Terrorist sympathizer. Bank robber. Patricia “Patty” Hearst was all of these things as the case of her February 1974 abduction from her Berkeley, Calif. apartment and subsequent transition to an active accomplice in a crime spree with a left-wing urban guerrilla group dominated the news for 19 months. The case left law enforcement stymied and...
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