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Monday, March 10, 2014

“300: Rise of an Empire” slays the competition at box office

The bloody actioner, “300: Rise of an Empire,” slayed the competition to become the number one movie in the country. The final numbers are out today and they show, “300: Rise of an Empire,” won the domestic box office race with a debut of $45 million. This is the sequel to the successful battle film, “300”(2006),  about 300 brave Spartans […]
Sunday, March 9, 2014

Around the Southland: Justin Bieber’s Kardashian connection

Pop rock troubled teen, Justin Bieber, has unloaded his Calabasas party mansion — the scene of many of his antics — including the alleged egging of a neighbor’s yard. Bieber bought the 1.28 property for $6.5 million back in April of 2012. A number of reports are saying the property has been sold to Khloe Kardashian for somewhere around $7.2 […]
Saturday, March 8, 2014

Daylight Saving Time and spring-like weather in Burbank

Spring-like weather arrived in Burbank this weekend just in time for Daylight Saving Time. You should spring forward Sunday, March 9 at 2 a.m. or just turn your clocks an hour ahead before going to bed tonight. You lose an hour sleep, but gain an extra hour of daylight in the evening — more time for outdoor activities during the […]
Saturday, March 8, 2014

Mega Millions jackpot swells to $309 million!

The Mega Millions lottery jackpot is in record-breaking territory. No one matched all six of the winning numbers in last night’s draw so that fat money pot got even fatter! It now stands at $309 million, the ninth largest Mega Millions jackpot in history. Friday’s winning numbers: 11, 13, 51, 57, 69, and the Mega Ball 1. The Mega Millions […]
Friday, March 7, 2014

Prince playing not so secret concerts in Hollywood

Prince rocked the “Arsenio Hall Show” on Wednesday, March 6, and now he’s apparently planning to do the same for the Hollywood Palladium for the next couple of nights. The Wrap says tickets for tonight’s show went on sale Wednesday and tickets for Saturday’s performance  today. It’s not unusual for Prince to pop in and play unannounced at venues in […]
Friday, March 7, 2014

Script sales and deals from “American Crime” to “Winter’s Knight”

Despite all that chatter on the Internet about a feud between “12 Years a Slave” screenwriter, John Ridley, and the picture’s director, Steve McQueen,” Ridley is moving forward with a high-profile T.V. project. Apparently McQueen is ticked off with Ridley for not wanting to share his screenwriting credit. Ridley won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar at the 86th Academy Awards […]
Friday, March 7, 2014

“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” new movie poster

The next big screen adventure for Steve Rogers aka Captain America, portrayed by Chris Evans, hits theaters next month. The media blitz is kicking into high gear. On Wednesday, March 5, a new movie poster for Marvel’s”Captain America: The Winter Soldier” was released and it features Sebastian Stan as the villainous Winter Soldier.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Mega Millions jackpot explodes to $270 million!

There were some lucky ticket holders in last night’s Mega Millions lottery draw, but, none had all of the six winning numbers. Here are those digits: 10, 29, 31, 35, 45 and the Mega Ball 10. Three tickets bought in California matched the first five numbers,but missed the Mega. Each ticket is worth $421, 804. Two were purchased in Northern […]