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Friday, March 7, 2014
By Fronnie Lewis Friday, March 7, 2014
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Prince playing not so secret concerts in Hollywood

Prince rocked the “Arsenio Hall Show” on Wednesday, March 6, and now he’s apparently planning to do the same for the Hollywood Palladium for the next couple of nights. The Wrap says tickets for tonight’s show went on sale Wednesday and tickets for Saturday’s performance  today. It’s not unusual for Prince to pop in and play unannounced at venues in […]
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Friday, March 7, 2014
By Fronnie Lewis Friday, March 7, 2014
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Script sales and deals from “American Crime” to “Winter’s Knight”

Despite all that chatter on the Internet about a feud between “12 Years a Slave” screenwriter, John Ridley, and the picture’s director, Steve McQueen,” Ridley is moving forward with a high-profile T.V. project. Apparently McQueen is ticked off with Ridley for not wanting to share his screenwriting credit. Ridley won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar at the 86th Academy Awards […]
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Friday, March 7, 2014
By Fronnie Lewis Friday, March 7, 2014
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“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” new movie poster

The next big screen adventure for Steve Rogers aka Captain America, portrayed by Chris Evans, hits theaters next month. The media blitz is kicking into high gear. On Wednesday, March 5, a new movie poster for Marvel’s”Captain America: The Winter Soldier” was released and it features Sebastian Stan as the villainous Winter Soldier.
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014
By Fronnie Lewis Wednesday, March 5, 2014
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Mega Millions jackpot explodes to $270 million!

There were some lucky ticket holders in last night’s Mega Millions lottery draw, but, none had all of the six winning numbers. Here are those digits: 10, 29, 31, 35, 45 and the Mega Ball 10. Three tickets bought in California matched the first five numbers,but missed the Mega. Each ticket is worth $421, 804. Two were purchased in Northern […]
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014
By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, March 4, 2014
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Facebook reportedly buying drone company for $60 million

The social media network with the deep pockets, Facebook,  seems to be on a buying spree. Last month, Facebook bought the mobile messaging service, WhatsApp,for $19 billion. There’s now  a lot of chatter on the Internet about Facebook negotiating to buy New Mexico-based, Titan Aerospace, for $60 million, according to TechCrunch. Titan Aerospace produces solar-powered drones, which can stay up […]
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014
By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, March 4, 2014
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Burbank events: March 4-8, 2014

March 4, 2014 — Burbank City Council hosting a Town Hall Meeting at John Muir Middle School on Tuesday. The Town Hall meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium at Muir Middle School 1111 North Kenneth Road. Along with the city council, City Manager, Mark Scott, and other city staff will be there to answer questions and discuss issues of […]
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Monday, March 3, 2014
By Fronnie Lewis Monday, March 3, 2014
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2014 Oscars hit high ratings as “12 Years a Slave” wins Best Picture

A lot of viewers tuned into see the Ellen Degeneres hosted 86th Academy Awards ceremony last night. The ratings are out today and they show 43 million watched the kudocast. It got a 12.9 rating among the most valued 18-to-49 demographic. This Oscar broadcast drew three million more viewers than the last time Degeneres handled the hosting duties in 2007, […]
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