Breaking Bad, True Detective, Veep & Orange among TCA Award winners

  Bryan Cranston, Matthew McConaughey, Julia Louis Dreyfus, producer-director James Burrows, the casts and creative teams behind Orange is the New Black, The Fosters, Breaking ... Continue Reading →

Matador offers spies, soccer & sexy star Gabriel Luna

  A hot and sweaty sexy secret agent who plays soccer—talk about a guilty pleasure. That’s what the high energy spy thriller Matador is all about. It’s a ... Continue Reading →

TV Showrunners produce great dramas: The Blacklist, Grimm, Parenthood, Chicago Fire & Chicago P.D.

During the July 2014 Television Critics Association’s summer press tour there was an interview panel with the showrunners for some of NBC’s top series. The lineup had ... Continue Reading →

Los Angeles Opera & Placido Domingo Awards Dinner

We were privileged to attend the final performance of Thais, Jules Massenet’s opera, starring Placido Domingo & Soprano, Nino Machaidze. The Russian beauty was perfectly cast ... Continue Reading →

The Zebra Affaire by Mark Fine

In the best tradition of historical fiction, Fine has woven the story of several intriguing individuals into the larger fabric of a troubled time. In this case, a biracial couple’s ... Continue Reading →

Halle Berry has CBS sci-fi series Extant working with Steven Spielberg

  Halle Berry is beautiful, and she’s also a great actress who has earned the respect of mega-filmmaker Steven Spielberg. The stunning Oscar-winning actress has starred ... Continue Reading →

Ian ‘Mac’ McLagan – All The Rage: My Life with the Small Faces, Faces, the Rolling Stones and Many More (Pan Books / Macmillan)

This drink-soaked autobiography can stand tall and proud next to the spate of excellent rock and roll autobiographies, even if the author can’t. McLagan readily admits his shortcomings ... Continue Reading →

Vitello’s supper club brings hot jazz, cabaret & Broadway to Studio City

 Vitello’s Restaurant, near the movie studios and networks in a trendy L.A. Valley neighborhood, was once a hangout for the Rat Pack. Frank Sinatra’s autographed picture still ... Continue Reading →