Entertainment
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Carole Valeskey’s California Dance Institute
Carole Valleskey founded the California Dance Institute (CDI) in 2001. The former Joffrey Ballet principal dancer began the program to help children in underserved neighborhoods learn life skills through dance and music. The program, which is currently in its 12th year now serves over 1400 children in eight schools throughout the Los Angeles area.
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Porn Industry Leaders Rag On Measure B Condom Ban
“I hope this evening leaves you all satisfied.” This phrase seems simple on its own. However, since this was the final sentence in Ph.D. candidate Courtney White’s introduction to USC’s “An Evening with the Adult Film Industry” the phrase suddenly took on a whole new meaning. The adult business has gained widespread attention in recent [...]
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“Batman” Star Receives a Long Awaited Honor
Adam West, who is best known for his role as television’s “Batman”, received the 2,468th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday in front of the Guinness World Records Museum. Speakers at the event included Hollywood Chamber of Commerce President Leron Gubler, KROQ radio personality Ralph Garman, “Family Guy” creator Seth Mcfarlane, and [...]
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A Screenwriter’s Journey into the Craft
Kevin Bisch was never supposed to be a screenwriter, never supposed to get his script Hitch turned into a major motion picture, and never supposed to be drinking tea and giving interviews at his palatial home in Beverly Hills. “My family, my father, my uncles, and today my cousins are all firefighters, and I was [...]
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VIDEO: Opening Statements Begin in Conrad Murray’s Trial
Tuesday marked the beginning of Michael Jackson’s physician’s trial, charged with administering Jackson a lethal dose of the anesthetic propofol.
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VIDEO: A Director Faces New Problems in An Old Industry
Right before Christmas 2010, Jeff Mullen received a worried phone call from his niece. She asked him whether or not he was coming home to Milwaukee for Christmas. He replied yes, but there seemed to be something else on his niece’s mind. After a few minutes of prodding she blurted out, “I saw you on [...]
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“Jersey Shore” Recap: The Season Finale
The roommates’ summer comes to an end on this week’s season finale of “Jersey Shore.” Everyone thinks Pauly and Vinny’s prank is awesome. Except for Mike. So he gets ragged on for not being able to take a joke. However, when the roommates hear it’s about to rain they see that Mike might have a [...]
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“Jersey Shore” Recap: A House In Disarray
The shore house encountered some big changes on this week’s episode. All season long, Mike has been plotting against Snooki. He wants to tell Snooki’s boyfriend, Jionni, about how Snooki allegedly cheated on him shortly before the group went to Italy. Mike finally decides that he’s waited long enough. He corners Jionni in the kitchen [...]
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“Jersey Shore” Recap: Crabs Infest The Shore House
Shenanigans were a-plenty with the meatballs on this week’s episode of “Jersey Shore.” Sam and Deena put their extensioned heads together and decide the roommates should go crabbing and fishing on a nearby dock. This, of course, leads to the guidos and guidettes making endless references to themselves having crabs. They appear to be joking, [...]
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“Jersey Shore” Recap: Love Is In The Air
Everyone is in love this week at the “Jersey Shore” house. Last week Jenny and her boyfriend, Roger, got into a huge argument, and it seemed as though Jwoww needed to start looking for a new gorilla juicehead. This week they patch things up, and Roger even comes over to the shore house to visit [...]
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“Jersey Shore” Recap: Deja Vu At The Shore
This week’s episode seemed to pay homage to past seasons of “Jersey Shore.” Example A: Jwoww and jerks. Jenny has been with her boyfriend Roger since season three. Lately, he just seems like a loser and she just seems really sad. The roommates have been back from Italy for weeks, and in all that time [...]
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“Jersey Shore” Recap: Problems That Hit Below The Belt
The shore house has become so popular that people spend thousands of dollars to stay in the twin beds that once held their favorite guidos and guidettes. However, after watching Thursday’s episode of “Jersey Shore,” you’ll want to make sure to pack your hazmat suit. The majority of this week’s episode centers on the bladder [...]