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When timing is everything…
Saturday night was one for the record books. My little brother is a huge Ryan Adams fan. So for his 21st birthday in October, I said I’d get tickets to a Ryan Adams concert. As luck would have it, the alt-country/rock singer-songwriter was on tour and scheduled to perform at Walt Disney Concert Hall. I [...]
Walking the Walk: Nancy and Katherine Heigl
It’s not every day that you see a Hollywood movie star in an animal shelter. It’s even more rare to see one handing over millions of dollars to have an impact on a problem of which most in our country are quite frankly unaware — pet overpopulation and the millions of animals euthanized each year [...]
Los Angeles Ballet Announces 2011-2012 Season
This week the Los Angeles Ballet announced its sixth season. With Artistic Directors Thordal Christensen and Colleen Neary at the helm, this season will premiere Swan Lake. Continuing to reach out to new audiences, LAB will offer performances at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach and the Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge [...]
Celebrity Gifting Suite Comes to Comic-Con 2011
Last weekend marked the 42nd annual Comic-Con International Conference in San Diego, the home of the largest comic book and popular arts convention in the world. In four decades, the event has grown far beyond the stereotypically eccentric comic book enthusiasts to include star-studded red carpets and media hype around the globe. This year, Comic-Con [...]
Santa Monica Pier Summer Concert Series
The Twilight Dance Series has been an annual fixture on the Santa Monica Pier since 1983, when it began with “Save the Pier Week” and has since become a hallmark of the Santa Monica community. Now in its 27th year, the summer concert series (a production of the Santa Monica Pier Restoration Corporation) is in [...]
NatGeo Previews New Shows at TCA Press Tour in Los Angeles
Several members of the National Geographic Channel family were in Los Angeles this week previewing shows and making the media rounds during The Television Critics Association Press Tour. The TCA, which represents more than 200 journalists writing about television for print and online outlets in the United States and Canada, holds a press tour [...]
Director’s Guild Screening of “Woman’s Picture”
Last Monday, I attended a screening of a new film, Woman’s Picture, at the Director’s Guild of America in Hollywood as the guest of a cast member, DC-based actress/singer/model Gia Mora. Mora’s popular jazz cabaret “Laugh it Up, Funny Girl” is currently playing at Germano’s Trattoria in Baltimore’s Little Italy. After seeing the trailer for [...]
The “24 Hour Plays” Comes to L.A. to Benefit Urban Arts Partnership
On June 18 at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, Los Angeles was introduced to the New York City phenomenon known as The 24 Hour Plays. In this one of a kind theatre experience that lives for one night only on stage and in the memories of the audience alone, six short plays are written, [...]
Los Angeles Ballet Closes Fifth Season with a Gala Celebration
The fifth season of the Los Angeles Ballet came to a close last week with a breathtaking performance of “Giselle” at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. The year-long celebration concluded with a gala and fundraiser that brought out some of Los Angeles’ most noteworthy patrons of the arts, including former Governor of California Gray [...]
LA Dodgers to Host “Bark in the Park”
The term “Dodger Dog” takes on new meaning this Saturday, May 28th, as the Los Angeles Dodgers will hold their 2nd annual “Bark in the Park” event at Dodger Stadium, presented by Dick Van Patten‘s Natural Balance Pet Foods, Inc. Fans are invited to bring their dogs to the park and help cheer on their [...]
Performers Unite to Support Human Rights Watch
For one special night, a star-studded cast of actors and musicians came together at the renowned Broad Stage in Santa Monica to support the work of Human Rights Watch, one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. “Cries from the Heart: Ordinary Heroes” featured powerful performances of selected writings [...]
A Block Party on Wisteria Lane to Benefit Cystic Fibrosis
With close to a thousand people populating Wisteria Lane on the back lot of Universal Studios last Saturday night, actress Teri Hatcher exclaimed, ““I’ve never seen Wisteria Lane look so good!” Hatcher, who plays “Susan Mayer” on ABC’s hit show “Desperate Housewives,” was one of the many cast members, celebrities, and fans of the show [...]
Halle Berry Creates Hope at Silver Rose Gala
On a perfect sunny LA day, Jenesse Center created Hope for a Perfect World with its 31st Annual Silver Rose Gala & Auction last Sunday at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Chaired by Academy Award winning actress Halle Berry, the gala was equally moving and entertaining. The event honored the “What A Little Love Can Do Project,“ the brainchild of Berry, [...]
Fashion for Paws Runway Rundown
Last weekend, my latest rescue pup Holly and I headed east to our nation’s capital for the 5th Annual Fashion for Paws Runway Show benefiting the Washington Humane Society. Supermodel walks aside, my first time traveling with my 8-month-old, 11 pound Beagle/Italian Greyhound/who-knows-what mix was quite simply diva-rific. Holly was a star from the moment [...]
