The Complete Frida Kahlo—Her Paintings. Her Life. Her Story, making its North American premiere in San Diego, was due to open Oct. 19, and run through Jan. 19, 2014, at historic NTC at Liberty Station. The opening has been delayed due to complications at U.S. Customs in Los Angeles as a result of the government…
Steam Room Stories is back today with an all-new episode featuring special guest star Trixie (Jeffrey Manabat) from drag-a-pella group The Kinsey Sicks. In the new episode Steam Room Stories regulars Ben Palacios and Chad Olson find themselves sharing the steam room with Trixie. After being a little star-struck Ben plucks up the courage to ask Trixie…
LOS ANGELES – Filmmaker Rolla Selbak just revealed a special behind-the-scenes video for the upcoming season 2 of Kiss Her I’m Famous. Narrated by Selbak, this exclusive video features special interviews with the cast and crew -old and new – as well as never-seen-before footage. A sneak peek at the making of Season 2, Selbak…
LOS ANGELES — Chart-topping, Academy Award and multi-Grammy winning artist Melissa Etheridge discusses a broad range of subjects in an interview with Dan Rather on The Big Interview: Melissa Etheridge, which can be seen on AXS TV today, Monday, Oct. 14, 8-9 p.m. ET (5-6 p.m. PT). The interview took place at the singer-songwriter’s Southern…
The California Men’s Gatherings (CMG) has announced that its 78th weekend retreat will be held Nov. 22-25, 2013, at Camp Stevens in Julian, Calif. The theme this year is Inside of Me which symbolizes transformation and immortality. Defining Inside of Me the CMG Web site states, “The challenges men face in all our diversity are…
Los Angeles – GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, today released its two annual television reports – the 7th annual Network Responsibility Index (NRI) and the 18th annual Where We Are on TV Report. These reports map the quantity, quality, and diversity of images of LGBT people on television. To…
Portland, Ore — Today, the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer, Portland Thorns FC of the National Women’s Soccer League, and team Owner/President Merritt Paulson announced their endorsement of the Freedom to Marry and Religious Protection Initiative. The initiative would make it legal for same-sex couples to marry in Oregon. This announcement marks the first…
In 1994 Stephen Elliott wrote and directed the Australian film The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert. At the time, with the exception of Terence Stamp, the rest of the cast was filled with unknown actors. Both Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce, who starred opposite Stamp, went on to become recognizable Hollywood actors. Fast…
The La Jolla Playhouse has co-produced a few productions through the years with other notable regional theaters and with great success. This coming week they are bringing in a piece that is being co-produced with Kansas City Repertory and attached to that piece are the considerable talents of Daniel Beaty and Moises Kaufman. The piece…
Gravity There’s a sequence of scenes in Alfonso Cuarón’s space thriller Gravity about half way through the film that starts tense, becomes nail-biting and then explodes – literally and figuratively – into a mind-boggling orchestra of space disaster action. I was clenching my boyfriend’s thigh and clenching my jaw at the beginning of it, but…
