Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Big Buzz on Sarah Palin book The new Republican V.P. nominee, Sarah Palin, has a book out and it’s a hot bestseller on Barnes & Noble.com and Amazon. “Sarah: How a Small Town Girl Turned Alaska’s Political Establishment on Its Ear” has been out a while. The biography was first published in April of 2008, before Palin’s recent problems were disclosed in the national media. Last […]
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Movegoers buying tickets at a theater in Burbank. The Box Office is losing some of its heat as the summer draws to a close. Ticket buying was slow over the long Labor Day weekend, but there were still a couple of clear cut winners. “Tropic Thunder” held onto the number one spot for the third week in a row with an […]
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Handy Market cooks grilling to the max at a recent July BBQ. The grill team will be smoking in the parking lot of the Handy Market on West Magnolia Boulevard in Burbank today. The market has been open for business more than 35 years. Also, Handy Market has won the Burbank Leader Readers’ Choice Award for the best grocery store 12 years straight. Every Saturday, the market’s […]
Friday, August 29, 2008
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain made a bold move that demonstrated the changing times. Today, Senator McCain announced the selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential pick. At a rally in Dayton, Ohio, McCain introduced Palin, a relatively unknown politician, as the running mate who will “… help me shake up Washington.” Before becoming governor […]
Friday, August 29, 2008
Google Image Barack Obama’s eloquent and powerful speech of change still reverberates on the political scene, the day after the junior senator from Illinois stepped onto a stage in Denver and into the pages of history. Obama became the first African American to be nominated for president by one of the country’s two major political parties. A huge crowd of around 80,000 witnessed Obama’s acceptance speech at Invesco […]
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Prolific writer/producer Aaron Sorkin is apparently trying to get some real-life experience for his new screenplay. According to Variety, Sorkin has set up a personal page on the popular Internet social network, Facebook. Sorkin is working on a script about the evolution of Facebook, from its humble beginnings in 2004 as an idea by Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg to more than 60 […]
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Coco Chanel 1883-1971 From book to movie The life and times of legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel are headed to the big screen. The film “Coco Avant Chanel” is set to start filming in Paris in mid-September and scheduled for release next year. Chanel is known for a classic style that has staying power. She introduced the perfume Chanel No.5 in […]
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Photos: FLLewis/A Writer’s Groove The Burbank Town Center mall has become a tense place to work for some tenants and their employees. Business owner Diana Daoud says she’s “scared” to carry merchandise to and from her car in the mall parking lot. Also, Daoud is worried about another burglary at her second level AT&T Wireless kiosk. The business has been […]
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Photos: FLLewis/A Writer’s Groove A rash of burglaries and robberies have some business owners and their employees on edge at the Burbank Town Center mall in Downtown Burbank. Business owner Diana Daoud brought her complaints and frustrations to the Burbank City Council on Tuesday, August 12. During her few minutes at the podium, Daoud presented details about the recent burglaries at […]