When Merrell Hollis felt ready to spread his wings, he packed his makeup case and booked a one-way ticket from Atlanta to Manhattan. It’s been a fast ride ever since. In that time he has sculpted the faces of celeb royalty from Mary J. Blige and Usher to Ludacris. Hollis has even held the coveted…
Somewhere, maybe just off to one side, there’s a hole in your heart. It’s not life-threatening. Though you feel like you might, you won’t die from it. It’ll never show up on an X-ray or CT scan. No doctor will ever be able to find the hole in your heart but you know it’s there;…
thursday, jan. 26 San Diego Italian Film Festival monthly screening: L’uomo che verrà ( The Man Who Will Come ) In the fall of 1944, on the slopes of Monte Sole south of Bologna, fascism showed its face in one of the worst massacres on Italian soil. Giorgio Diritti illuminates the incident in a very…
Way back in 1992, two great New York restaurateurs got together to create something very simple. No one knew that 20 years later it would be a national and international phenomenon, spanning over 26 major cities. This year we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Restaurant Week, and boy we couldn’t be any happier. The history…
New York City officials announced plans this week to extend the gesture of opening city clerk’s offices on Sunday, July 24 in order for gay couples to marry on the day that the same-sex marriage law goes into effect. According to The New York Times, a number of clerk’s offices throughout the city will be…
