Rockin’ the Roosevelt With Hot Fashions, Great Music
It was a perfect pre-summer night Wednesday for the Rock Style event put on by the Los Angeles Times and Macy’s poolside at the Tropicana Bar at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. It was the third annual edition of the event, which features a runway built over the iconic swimming pool, painted by David Hockney. This year, the host with the most was the world-famous KROQ’s (Ted) Stryker, who provides the beats daily on the radio...
MTV Movie Awards Mixes it Up With a Pirate, a Queen and a Caped Crusader
It’s a tribute to the influence of the MTV Movie Awards that so many A-listers show up for the annual kudo-fest. The 2012 edition, the cable net’s 21st, aired live Sunday night from a packed Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles, featured — in addition to a bevy of up-and-comers — people who have had collective decades in the spotlight, including Jodie Foster, Johnny Depp, Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston and Christian...
Viva la Fempire: Gracie Awards Honor the Media’s Best
The “fempire.” It’s a term we first heard Fox’s Kevin Reilly use at the network’s recent upfront presentation in New York, and it applies perfectly to the overarching theme of the 37th Annual Gracie Awards, handed out at a Beverly Hilton International Ballroom gala. The Gracies, named after legendary comedienne Gracie Allen, are presented by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation and recognize the best work of women in...
The Sad Saga of the Santa Monica Mountain Lion
“Like so many people, I wanted to hang out in Santa Monica–but they stopped me dead in my tracks.” Those could’ve been the words of a three-year-old mountain lion, who was gunned down by police in the courtyard of a Santa Monica office building Tuesday to prevent what they saw as a public safety hazard. There was an immediate outcry about the violent resolution to this highly unusual incident of a wild...
Latino TV Networks Muy Caliente at Upfronts
Last week’s television upfronts in New York featured an overwhelmingly Latin flavor and marked a coming out for a new entry in the Spanish-language TV universe, MundoFox. Univision and Telemundo have long joined other networks, including NBC, Fox, ABC, ESPN, Turner, CBS and the CW in making presentations of new programming in order to sell upfront advertising. But this year, Discovery U.S. Hispanic, Fox Hispanic Media, V-ME and...
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