Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Author Charlotte Carter is a mother of two and grandmother of five, but you’d never say she’s over the hill. Not with the activities Carter is involved in. The talented SoCal writer and ardent volunteer, has had more than 50 romance, mystery, and inspirational novels published. A few years back, I was the moderator for a writers/authors group in Burbank and Carter was a guest speaker […]
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The murder of Hollywood publicist, Ronni Chasen, is looking more and more like a professional hit. Two weeks ago today, Chasen was gunned down in her Mercedes on Whittier Drive, south of Sunset Boulevard, in Beverly Hills at around 12:30 a.m. A short time earlier, Chasen had attended a Hollywood party celebrating a the movie premiere of the musical, “Burlesque.” Several gunshots hit the 64-year-old press agent and […]
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The final numbers are in and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” managed to beat back newcomer, “Tangled,” to remain the number one movie in the country, for the second straight week. The seventh installment of the phenomenal film series conjured up $49 million at theaters last weekend. Its two week total stands at around $219 million at the […]
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Big money on the line in the Mega Millions lottery game today. The jackpot is at least $52 million. The Mega Millions is one of the largest lottery games in North America. If you win the big one, you’ll get the choice of taking your winnings in 26 annual installments or the cash value. The odds of hitting the jackpot: 1 […]
Friday, November 26, 2010
Flappers Comedy Club on East Magnolia Boulevard in Burbank is putting the word out that it wants to be party central this holiday season. The Flappers’ staff dished out samples from its delicious food menu and passed around tiny versions of its speciality martinis at a promotional event, held at that club, earlier this month. The tasty Oreo-mint martinis were […]
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
Former “American Idol” Judge, Paula Abdul, just launched a new website today, that’s looking for folks with talent who want to audition. The site, auditionbooth.com, not only encourages wannabe stars to visit, but also talent scouts, according to The Wrap. Last week, Sony Pictures kicked off an online casting service. Apparently, the success of all of those television reality shows is now fueling […]
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Fans of the wild adventures of that wizard, Harry Potter, stormed movie theaters this weekend.The latest installment in the popular fantasy film series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1,” cleaned up with an estimated $125.1 million –easily becoming the number one movie in the country. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1,” is the first of a two […]
Friday, November 19, 2010
Here we go again. MSNBC TV Host, Joe Scarborough, was suspended today for making donations to eight political campaigns from 2004-to-2008. MSNBC President, Phil Griffin, announced a two-day suspension without pay for Scarborough saying he “… will return to the air on Wednesday, November 24th.” Scarborough is a former Republican congressman from Florida. His punishment was similar to that received by […]