Internet Boom and Bust of the 90s Explored in NatGeo’s ‘Valley of the Boom’
Hit the reset button, if you will, and go back to the Silicon Valley of the mid-1990s. It was the dawn of the internet age as we know it today and more than a decade before Apple’s iPhone revolutionized cellular communications. Those who remember the days now billed as the dot-com 1.0 era will fondly recall Netscape, one of the first companies to harness the potential of the World Wide Web with its then-revolutionary web browser. The...
Golden Globes Rhapsodic About Rami, ‘Roma’ and Versace
The Freddie Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” and its star, Rami Malek were the big champions at the 2019 Golden Globe Awards hosted by Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh, who made history at the event’s first Asian American host– and also scored a statuette as lead actress in the television drama “Killing Eve.” Last year nearly everyone wore black in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the ensuing Time’s Up and #MeToo...
American Ballet Theatre’s Magical Holiday Gala Hosted by Jennifer Garner
Jennifer Garner may be best known for her long-running role on “Alias” and on the new HBO comedy “Camping,” but she was all about glorying in classical and contemporary ballet as she hosted what has become a Southern California December tradition, the American Ballet Theatre’s dazzling holiday benefit. “It is my lifelong dream to be up here and celebrating the American Ballet Theatre, and lucky for all of you, I will not be...
Falling in Love with ‘Love Actually Live’ at the Wallis
The soundtrack and the love stories of the classic 2003 Christmas film “Love Actually” are brought to vivid life in an incredibly joyful multimedia production at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, produced in partnership with For The Record. The Los Angeles-based theater company is known for stage performances of other popular movie soundtracks including “Boogie Nights,” “Goodfellas” and “Romeo +...
Critics’ Choice Nominations Laud ‘The Favourite,’ ‘Black Panther,’ ‘The Americans’ and ‘Versace’
Nominations for the 24thAnnual Critics’ Choice Awards, announced today, are putting awards season in clear focus. Critics clearly love royal period drama “The Favourite,” which leads all films this year with 14 nominations, followed by “Black Panther” with 12 nominations. Other films garnering much love are “First Man” with ten nominations and “Mary Poppins Returns,” “A Star Is Born,” and “Vice” with nine nominations each. “Roma”...