The Taste Delivers, With a Side of Jonathan Gold’s Fine Food Expertise
If you surveyed most foodies in Southern California, they would tell you that The Taste, held over three days of Labor Day weekend, is the place to go to enjoy not only well-known and hugely loved food and beverage favorites from some of L.A.’s top places and prestige vendors, but to sample and savor new items from up-and-coming restaurants and other purveyors. Five separate events featured dishes from 110 of LA’s best restaurants...
NFL Network Gets Into the Game with Newly Minted Hall of Famers
Pro football season is just around the corner and the NFL Network ratcheted up the anticipation with a special event last Thursday honoring its three newest members of the team – newly inducted Hall of Famers LaDainian Tomlinson, Terrell Davis and Kurt Warner. The new crew means NFL Network, which is going into its 15th season, nabbed three of the seven of this year’s newest HOF members, who were installed in ceremonies in Canton,...
A Super Night for Marvel’s Iconic Creator Stan Lee
He is a superhero in his own right and Marvel’s Stan Lee got the full-on hero’s welcome as he appeared on stage at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills Tuesday night for a two-hour event called “Extraordinary: Stan Lee,” hosted by Chris Hardwick. The sold out event, which was broadcast in more than 180 theaters across the United States and Canada, thrilled the audience with highlights of Lee’s illustrious career and special guests who...
Yad Vashem Honors ‘Denial,’ Gene Simmons and his Holocaust Survivor Mom Flora
There couldn’t have been a more eclectic group honored at the American Society for Yad Vashem’s Salute to Hollywood, held June 14 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Thoroughly exemplifying the theme “Keep the Memories Alive from Generation to Generation,” KISS co-founder Gene Simmons and his mother Flora Klein– who saw her family killed during the Holocaust when she was 14 years old– were honored with the organization’s Legacy...
A Star-Studded Salute to Center Theatre Group’s 50 Years of Excellence
by Michael Menachem Top acting veterans of the stage and screen gathered Saturday night, May 20 for the Center Theatre Group‘s 50th anniversary celebration at the Ahmanson Theatre in downtown Los Angeles for a special performance and festive soiree at nearby Grand Park. Jennifer Hudson, Matthew Broderick, Annette Bening, Sir Matthew Bourne, Tyne Daly, Alfred Molina, Edward James Olmos, Phylicia Rashad were among those who took...
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