Street Food Cinema's 7th Season Officially Kicks Off the Summer

Posted By Valerie Milano

By Valerie Milano Street Food Cinema at Griffith Park Photo by Meg Taylor Street Food Cinema is the perfect setting either for a romantic date for two or a fun night out with the family. Celebrating its 7th year in Los Angeles, Street Food Cinema ...

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Director's Cut - Film Review

Posted By Valerie Milano

By Valerie Milano A crowdfunded movie-within-a-movie about a crowdfunded movie-within-a-movie, Director's Cut is what stage magician Penn Jillette calls "cinematic sleight of hand." It's an apt description for this exercise in extreme meta. In a ...

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Sex - Theatre Revew

Posted By Harrison Held

By Harrison Held Kandace Lindsey Photo by Rich Hutchman Mae West's witty and imaginative play SEX was a huge hit on Broadway in 1926, and now almost 90 years later the feisty comedy is back for a fun 21st century revival. The play is well directed by ...

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Lena Hall at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Posted By Kathy Flynn

By Kathy Flynn Lena Hall, Tony-winning Broadway star and rock diva, brought her cabaret stylings to the Catalina Bar and Grill for the West Coast premiere of "Art of the Audition: From Falling Apart to Nailing the Part." Hall started the night off ...

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Forever Bound - Theatre Review

Posted By Terry Kate

By Terry Kate French Stewart in "Forever Bound" Photo by Kathy Flynn There is nothing like the suspense and heightened tension of experiencing the drama of a thriller played out before you in the theatre. That fact was brought home to me by the ...

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The Vagina Monologues at the Loft Ensemble in Sherman Oaks - Theatre Review

Posted By Valerie Milano

By Valerie Milano "What Would Your Vagina Wear?" Still relevant. Still impactful. Always inclusive. The Vagina Monologues is back and as powerful as ever. The Vagina Monologues is a series of individual women's stories originally premiering ...

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ICE - Theatre Review

Posted By Bill Garry

By Bill Garry Do you want to experience our city's ethnic diversity and see where new cultural leadership is being developed? Then add the 24th Street Theatre to your L.A. itinerary. This non-profit company produces shows for family audiences that ...

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Meet the Playwrights: Stephanie Alison Walker (The Madres) and Michelle Kholos Brooks (Hostage)

Posted By Joan Alperin

By Joan Alperin Skylight Theatre has long believed that art can change the world. This season features plays by two breakout dramatists who have finally reached a point in their careers where they are making a living at their craft. Stephanie Alison ...

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Olympic Gold Medal Gymnast Gabby Douglas Goes Undercover on the Series Premiere of Celebrity Undercover Boss

Posted By Valerie Milano

UNDERCOVER BOSS: CELEBRITY EDITION By Valerie Milano Los Angeles, CA, 5/10/2018--" Imagine if your idol could walk a mile in your shoes, recognize your special ability and change your life forever? This is what you'll see this season on the celebrity ...

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PBS Brings Out Bombshell - The Hedy Lamarr Story

Posted By Valerie Milano

By Valerie Milano "My beauty is my curse."--Hedy Lamarr Hollywood's own Hedy Lamarr, once one of the world's most beautiful women, will be profiled on the new PBS segment of AMERICAN MASTERS in the first co-production with Susan Sarandon's new ...

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The Seagull - Film Review

Posted By Valerie Milano

By Valerie Milano Saoirse Ronan Classic plays turned into movies usually run the risk of coming out too much like an assignment for Freshman English. This new adaptation of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull runs the risk of coming out too much like an ...

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School of Rock - The Musical at the Hollywood Pantages - Theatre Review

Posted By Kathy Flynn

By Kathy Flynn The cast of the School of Rock Tour. © Matthew Murphy. The kids are the stars of the show in this lightweight but fun musical featuring 14 new songs from Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. Dewey Finn is a loser. Overweight and underemployed and ...

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Bad Samaritan - Film Review

Posted By Kathy Flynn

By Kathy Flynn David Tennant as Cale Erendreich in Bad Samaritan Small-time thief Sean (Robert Sheehan) gets more than he bargains for when he breaks into Cale Erendreich's urban mansion in this taut, well-paced thriller from director Dean Devlin. ...

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Forever Flamenco "Reunion" - Theatre review

Posted By Bill Garry

By Bill Garry Fanny Ara Photo courtesy of the Fountain Theatre The Fountain, L.A.'s top 99-seat house, leads a double life. Besides original, provocative works of drama, the theater presents Flamenco dance programs at its intimate East Hollywood home ...

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Avengers: Infinity War - Film Review

Posted By Joan Alperin

By Joan Alperin Marvel Studios' AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR..L to R: Okoye (Danai Gurira), Black Panther/T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman), Captain America/Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff (Scarlet Johansson) and Winter Soldier/Bucky ...

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Kitty Bungalow's CATstravaganza - Theatre Review

Posted By Rachel Flanagan

By Rachel Flanagan Hamilton's Cats. Photo by Emma McIntyre of Getty Images On April 21st at the The Montalban Theatre in Hollywood, celebrities and cat lovers came together for Hamilton's Cats, the 7th annual celebrity musical fundraising event for ...

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The Universe Multicultural Film Festival (UMFF) in Palos Verde Peninsula

Posted By Valerie Milano

By Valerie Milano Palos Verdes, CA (The Hollywood Times) 4/20/18 - The highly regarded Universe Multicultural Film Festival (UMFF) was held last Friday to Sunday. A number of events happened in 4 venues in Palos Verdes Peninsula cities. Hundreds of ...

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I Feel Pretty - Film Review

Posted By Joan Alperin

By Joan Alperin. I'm sure there are a lot of people, reviewers in particular who will find fault with this film but I'm not one of them. In fact, I totally enjoyed it. I laughed a lot and I'm not embarrassed to admit that at the end of the film, I ...

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A Quiet Place - Film Review

Posted By Joan Alperin

Emily Blunt in A Quiet Place By Joan Alperin. A Quiet Place, directed by John Krasinski, who also wrote the script along with Bryan Woods and Scott Beck, is one of the most terrifying and original horror films I've ever seen. Imagine giving birth ...

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One Night at the 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards

Posted By Valerie Milano

By Valerie Milano From the Red Carpet to the After-Party the night was filled with LGBTQIA+ acceptance, appreciation, and the celebration of the community's intersectional struggles and progress. Hosted by Wanda Sykes, honoring Britney Spears, ...

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