Rocking the House of Burton With a New Concert Series
More music on the Miracle Mile! You probably know about LACMA’s free Friday night jazz series on it outdoor plaza. But now there’s a new concert series in town that showcases the Los Angeles independent rock scene. It was the brainchild of LACMA Muse director Jason Gaulton, who oversees a series of events, like Young Director’s Night, for the younger crowd of art enthusiasts that belong to Muse, one of the museum’s...
This is the Face of The Voice: Javier Breaks Through
Any one of the four finalists on NBC’s bangup freshman show “The Voice” could have taken the title. We thought Vicci Martinez, Dia Frampton and especially Beverly McClellan were each worthy of being the champion. But it was Javier Colon who took home a recording contract and $100,000 at the culmination of the hit music competition program–and bravo for him. No matter the outcome, it was a thrilling conclusion...
True Blood’s Alan Ball Called it an Obscene Party, and He Meant That in a Good Way
When we last left Sookie Stackhouse on “True Blood,” she had disappeared in a fairy flash. As season four of the hit HBO series begins anew, we find out exactly what happened to her. And part of it was pretty, before of course, it turned True Bloodian. Okay, there will be some spoilers here. Sookie, now single after breaking up with Bill Compton, spent time with her fairy godmother in an idyllic place where time stands still and where...
Rob Lowe and the Stories He (used to) Only Tell His Friends
And what friends they are. We opened the cover of the book with a pretty picture of Lowe on the cover – and what other kind of picture is there, judging also by his recent cover pose in Vanity Fair? Perhaps not expecting much, we were immediately riveted by Lowe’s description of growing up in Malibu in the 1970s in a dysfunctional family with neighbors and friends like brothers Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen and their...
What do Annette Bening and Katie Holmes Have in Common, Aside from Star Husbands?
Warren Beatty was there, Tom Cruise wasn’t as their illustrious wives took center stage at the Women in Film 2011 Crystal + Lucy Awards in Beverly Hills. Hosted by Melissa McCarthy of “Bridesmaids” and the CBS hit show “Mike and Molly,” the gala event honored Annette Benning with the Crystal Award, Katie Holmes received the MaxMara Face of the Future Award, CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler, “How I...
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