Tuesday, October 9, 2012
The oldest of Hollywood’s trade papers, Daily Variety, has a new owner today. The 107-year-old Variety was very slow to move into the digital age. For that reason, and poor management, it has been struggling for years and bleeding a lot of red ink. In its glory days of the 1990s, when circulation and advertisement were robust, the publication took […]
Monday, October 8, 2012
Seven happy young ladies found out today they’re going to be riding the queen’s float in the Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year’s Day 2013. The winners were selected from a field, which began at around 900 Pasadena area hopefuls about a month ago. Today the judge’s decision of the seven princess was announced at Tournament House in Pasadena. […]
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards are history. Sunday’s telecast of the ceremony was ho-hum — in fact, some of the jokes and failed gags were down right painful to watch, so the writers responsible should hope they are forgotten real quick. Favorite moments: Julianne Moore picking up best actress in a miniseries for her performance as Sarah Palin in “Game […]
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Actor/director/producer, Kevin Costner, reportedly has a new book series deal with Simon & Schuster’s Atria Books. The first book in the adventure series, “The Explorers Guild, Volume One: Passage to Shambhala,” is set for release in 2014. Costner told Deadline.com’s Mike Fleming he feels “… the book has the sweep of adventure classics he grew up reading, including “Arabian Nights” […]
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
A ton of greenbacks in the Mega Millions lottery jackpot, which now stands at $120 million. That’s lottery fever territory. So get ready for long lines at the popular ticket buying outlets. No one won the jackpot in last Friday’s draw, but three tickets purchased in California had all the right digits expect the Mega Ball. One of those tickets […]
Thursday, September 6, 2012
The Mega Millions lottery jackpot has ballooned to more than $100 million! It now stands at $105 million. That’s a huge sack of dough and it’s up for grabs in tomorrow’s draw. The winning numbers from Tuesday’s draw: 16, 32, 39, 41, 53 and the Mega 16. No one bought a ticket will all of those numbers, but one player […]
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
No one scored the big one in last Friday’s Mega Millions draw, which pumped up the jackpot to $93 million. The draw was not a total washout for two lucky ticket holders in the Southland. Today one winner, Rafael Carmona, dropped by the California Lottery’s Van Nuys office with a ticket holding all the winning numbers from the August 31 […]
Monday, September 3, 2012
Monday, September 3, 2012
An advertisement was posted in a newspaper in Ohio in 1979. <Escape from dull everyday life! Enliven senescence!> Qualification: Men of an age between the late seventies and the early eighties. Task: Profound discussion about memories while traveling for a week. Fee: None (Paying a fixed amount for expenses) Benefit: Free traveling costs. ————————————————————- Eight men from the applicants were […]