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Monday, February 17, 2014

Around the Southland: Creator of TV drama “Scandal” buys Hancock Park estate

The former Hancock Park estate of actress, Patricia Heaton, has sold again. This time to behind the camera super talent and TV writer/ producer, Shonda Rhimes. The deal for the 50,000 square foot property closed earlier this month for $8.8 million, according to the Trulia blog. The “Everybody Loves Raymond” star sold the property last May for $8 million. The […]
Sunday, February 16, 2014

City Buzz: Burbank Leader and Glendale News-Press controversy

It didn’t take long for readers of the Burbank Leader to react to the ludicrous plan to remove all the paper’s outside news racks from city streets. Glendale News Press readers, who are victims of the same screwball  decision, responded as well.  The uproar prompted a newspaper editorial/weak apology. Here’s the first paragraph. “Some changes went into effect this week […]
Sunday, February 16, 2014

Photo Gallery: Three U.S. medalists get special tribute

A sweep by the U.S. in the first ever Olympic freestyle skiing slopestyle competition.  Freeskiers Joss Christensen, Gus Kenworthy and Nick Goepper picked up the gold, silver, and bronze medals for the event at the 2014 Winter  Olympics in Sochi last Thursday. To celebrate the historic achievement — the trio will be featured on the cover of a special edition of […]
Saturday, February 15, 2014

Mega Millions on a roll again balloons to $154 million!

No one picked all of the winning numbers in last night’s Mega Millions draw, so the jackpot rolled over to $154 million! That’s the richest jackpot for that game since last November. The Valentine’s Day numbers: 20, 28, 35, 71, 72 and the Mega Ball 7. While no ticket hit the jackpot, two had all of the lucky numbers except the […]
Friday, February 14, 2014

Web Buzz: Friday February 14, 2014

   What do bananas have to do with Valentine’s Day? They are on a short list of little known aphrodisiacs along with honey, almonds, watermelon and sushi, according to the Los Angeles Times’ Daily Dish. Instead of telling your guy to eat his Wheaties, this article suggests asparagus. Interesting. Actor Ralph Waite, best known for playing the father on TV […]
Friday, February 14, 2014

Final Oscar voting officially begins today — did some vote sooner?

  Hollywood is getting ready for its biggest awards affair — the Academy Awards. Officially, the final voting for the 86th Academy Awards began today for online as well as paper balloting. Some voters may have been able to jump the gun. Some members of the Motion Picture Academy Arts and Sciences reportedly got their ballots in the mail earlier […]
Thursday, February 13, 2014

Web Buzz: Thursday February 13, 2014

A lot of chatter today about the surprise (too most of us) announcement that Comcast has struck a deal to buy Time Warner Cable for $45 billion. Wall Street big money guys are thrilled with the deal, but consumers are worried about higher rates and a deep drop in customer service. What’s the impact on Hollywood? Deadline has that. Celebrity […]