Carmen Steffens opens exclusive second U.S. location

Josy Piacente

Carmen Steffens offers some of the most exquisite and unique designs in ladies fashion today, but they are difficult to find in the United States – unless, of course, you live near one its prestigious locations.  There may be 180 retail stores in 13 countries, but there are only two in the United States.  The [...]

Iconic television composer Charles Fox publishes tribute to music mentor

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“I grew up listening to your music.”  Those are very familiar words to Emmy Award winning composer Charles Fox, mainly because…well, we all grew up to his music.  In fact, those are the exact words I said to him at the start of our telephone interview. Fox has composed music for more than 100 motion [...]

Zac Efron loved making love with Nicole Kidman…well kinda

Photo by US Weekly

Guys, get jealous: Zac Efron is officially able to cross ‘film a love scene with Nicole Kidman‘ off his bucket list. In fact, the 24-year-old Efron says filming the upcoming Paperboy with Kidman (who is 20 years his senior) has been a life-altering experience. “It was everything you dreamed of,” Efron tells Australia’s Daybreak of [...]

Rosie O’Donnell blasts choice of Lindsay Lohan to play Elizabeth Taylor

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(From TV Guide) There’s one celeb who won’t be tuning in to watch Lindsay Lohan portray Elizabeth Taylor in Lifetime’s new TV film Liz & Dick: Rosie O’Donnell. While appearing on the Today show on Tuesday, O’Donnell insisted she didn’t believe Lohan was right for the part. “No, because she’s had a lot of trouble [...]

Leading health expert says hand sanitizers are unhealthy

David Friedman, DC

They come in all sizes and are available everywhere.  Mothers carry them in the purses. Store counters display them by the cash register.  They are even found inside grocery stores and near the meat department and can be purchased with a belt attachment to keep it handy all the time.  So, what is the national [...]

SEIU’s Eliseo Medina Joins ‘Americans for Marriage Equality’ campaign

Eliseo Medina

Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released two video ads, one in English and one in Spanish, featuring Eliseo Medina for its Americans for Marriage Equality campaign.  In the videos, the SEIU International Secretary-Treasurer says, “I believe that committed and loving gay and lesbian couples should be able to get married in all fifty states.”  [...]

Wedding Story Writer is new concept in wedding preparations

wedding story writer

Wedding season is upon us. Brides everywhere are busy selecting wedding dresses, flower arrangements and planning the most minute detail of the most exciting day of their life. Fortunately, a new wedding service is available to bring an extra special level of detail to the whole event. Wedding Story Writer is a new concept to [...]

2012 Bridal Fashion is “As You Wish”

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The wedding industry hinges on which design house creates the most fashionable and/or the most affordable bridal wear for any given year within their target market.  There are the couture designers, such as Maggie Sottero and Ian Stuart, who are popular throughout the US and in European countries.  Sottero, known for her gowns of organza [...]

Los Angeles The Elephant Theatre announces one year hiatus; reorganization

The Elephant Theatre Co.

  Elephant Theatre Company Artistic Directors David Fofi and Lindsay Allbaugh have announced that the company will be taking one year off from mounting productions, to focus on strengthening the company, which will include a restructure of management and membership, as well as the Board of Directors. The Elephant also plans to hire a Managing [...]

The Blank Theatre seeks young playwrights for 20th Festival

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The Blank Theatre’s Young Playwrights Festival is on a nationwide search for submissions from playwrights 19 years of age and younger. The submission deadline is March 15, 2012. Winning plays will be presented by professional actors and directors from May 31 – June 24, 2012 at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood, CA. Celebrating its [...]

Academy Award winner George Chakiris and Red Line Tours give Los Angeles students a touch of Oscar Gold

George Chakiris and Romi Dames

Red Line Tours (in conjunction with Partnership for Los Angeles Schools) hosted a field trip on Feb. 16 for a group of 200 at-risk youth from Carver Middle School in South Los Angeles.  The students are part of the Advancement Via Individual Determination Program. Many of the children have been — or are currently – [...]

California Appeals Court overturns Prop 8; reactions

Filmmaker/Producer Gary Lane

A California voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional. That is the ruling of the three federal judges on the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco, NBC News reported. It is unclear from the ruling whether same-sex marriages can resume in California pending appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The judges said on [...]

Los Angeles’ Red Line Tours introduces ‘Icons of Hollywood’ collectible ticket series

Icons of Hollywood

A fun, exciting visit to Los Angeles is more then a quick look at a sprawling hillside sign or a star-searching walk down Rodeo Drive. There’s a lot of special history behind the scenes of this magical city and plenty of awe-inspiring stories to hear that can’t be found on a self-guided tour or even [...]

BEHIND THE CURTAINS of ‘Expecting to Fly’ with Justin Mortelliti

Justin Mortelli

Justin Mortelliti said having a background in gymnastics has been helpful with the energetic demands of his character in The Elephant Space Theater’s world premiere production of Expecting to Fly. Written by Michael Hyman, Expecting to Fly is a dark, sometimes humorous, journey through the young minds and memories of Jared (Mortelliti) and his former [...]

Brian Beacock and McCracken Live! They’ll have you in stitches!

Brian Beacock, actor

How many actors can claim to have crawled in bed with beefcake hunk Ryan Reynolds wearing leopard-print underwear?  Well, that is exactly how actor Brian Beacock made his introduction to the Hollywood heartthrob when they filmed Buying the Cow, the 2002 comedy by director Walt Becker. “Ryan still probably thinks those were my actual underwear,” [...]

BEHIND THE CURTAINS of ‘Expecting to Fly’ with Casey Kringlen

Casey Kringlen

When the audience is still talking about the play as they leave the theater, an actor knows he’s done a good job.  For Casey Kringlen, that opportunity comes in the world premiere of Expecting to Fly at The Elephant Space Theater in Hollywood on Jan. 21. Because this is a world premiere of an original [...]

BEHIND THE CURTAINS of ‘Expecting to Fly’ with Kiff Scholl

Kiff Scholl

Directing a world premier production can be quite a challenge, especially if the script involves heavy emotion and a bit of energy as the world premiere of Expecting to Fly will bring to the stage at The Elephant Space beginning Jan. 21. “We were fortunate to have our sets built over the Christmas break, so [...]