Entertainment

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

“Parks and Recreation,” “Homeland,” and “Game of Thrones” among Peabody winners

NBC’s popular comedy series, “Parks and Recreation,” is among the winners of the 71st Annual Peabody Awards, one of the most prestigious honors in electronic media. The list, announced today, includes other entertainment programs such as the Showtime’s terrorism drama, “Homeland,” and the dark fantasy-epic on HBO, “Game of Thrones.” The George Foster Peabody Awards recognizes excellence and distinguished achievement […]
Tuesday, April 3, 2012

The Beach Boys to perform opening day at Dodger Stadium

The Beach Boys are going to perform the national anthem on opening day of Dodger baseball, Tuesday April 10, at Dodger Stadium, the club announced today. Both the legendary band and Dodger Stadium are celebrating 50th anniversaries. “It’s very special to us that we get to celebrate our 50 years alongside the Dodgers, a team we all love,” said The Beach […]
Monday, April 2, 2012

GM training facility turned into Hollywood film set

That controversial General Motors training facility site over on Riverside Drive in the Rancho has gone Hollywood — at  least for a few days. The production of the new CBS TV drama, “Widow Detective” is reportedly shooting there now. The cop series stars John Corbett as a lieutenant who offers his help, as a surrogate husband, lover, and father, to […]
Saturday, March 31, 2012

Several lottery winners share $640 million jackpot

Several lucky and now very rich lottery winners are probably doing a happy dance today. They are going to share in the record breaking Mega Millions jackpot of $640 million. There are reportedly winners in Kansas, Illinois, and Maryland. Each jackpot ticket is worth around $213 million before taxes. Here in the Golden State, 29 ticket holders got five of […]
Friday, March 30, 2012

Mega millions record jackpot produces long lines at some locations

The 7-Eleven at 2055 West Glenoaks Boulevard ,on the border between Burbank and Glendale, was flooded with lottery ticket buyers today. In fact, the staff set up two lines — one strictly for lottery ticket purchases. As the clock ticked down to draw time at 7:54 p.m, Mega Million ticket sales were restricted to only quick picks here. I asked […]
Friday, March 30, 2012

Wow! Mega Millions jackpot $640 million

Time is running out to get in on that historic Mega Millions lottery draw.You have only a few hours to buy tickets for a shot at a jackpot that has soared to $640 million! The jackpot is now the largest ever in the world.Yeah, that kind of money is hard to imagine. Even a chunk of that jackpot would provide […]
Friday, March 30, 2012

Script sales and deals: Action screenplays sell for big money

“White House Down” — Huge payday for hot screenwriter James Vanderbilt. In fact, the $3 million dollar script deal is being called the biggest so far this year. The  action spec script is described as a cross between “Die Hard” and “Air Force One.” Apparently there was some heated bidding for the script with Sony Pictures finally closing a deal […]
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Dodgers holding auditions to sing the national anthem

  Do you have the chops to sing the national anthem? If so, the Los Angeles Dodgers are inviting you to show what you can do at the Red, White and Dodger Blue National Anthem Auditions on Saturday, March 31 at Dodger Stadium. The best performers will be chosen to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the club’s home games this season. […]
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Mega Millions jackpot grows to $540 million — a world record!

The Mega Millions jackpot is now the world record holder for the largest lottery jackpot ever. The dreams and hopes of millions of lottery ticket buyers kicked that jackpot up to an incredible $540 million. Lottery fever is sweeping the Internet as well. “MEGA Millions jackpot is one of the top trending topics on the worldwide web currently,” lottery officials […]