By Marissa Wells Contributing Writer After being caught by pro heroes for vigilante activity, Jordan Harris must go undercover to a school for superheroes to […]
Category: Entertainment
BILL VAUGHAN’S TASTY CLIPS: Loads of laughs on tap at Netflix Is a Joke Fest
By Bill Vaughan Entertainment Writer The annual Netflix Is a Joke Fest, billed as the largest comedy event in history, is in full swing this […]
BOOK CORNER: New book examines history of prison industrial complex
By Marissa Wells Contributing Writer “Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit,” by Robin Bernstein, is a book about murder, greed, […]
Haddish shares ‘curses,’ life lessons at book festival
By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — Entertainers Tiffany Haddish and Kerry Washington were among the many guests appearing at the Los Angeles Times […]
BILL VAUGHAN’S TASTY CLIPS: New documentary adds Beyoncé to Nashville’s renaissance
By Bill Vaughan Entertainment Writer As Beyoncé recently became the first Black woman to ever top Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, a larger conversation about […]
BOOK CORNER: Family writes children’s book, hoping to boost American pride
By Marissa Wells Contributing Writer “Red, White, and Blue,” by Larry, Paris and Langston Rodgers, is an engaging children’s picture book that educates kids with […]
Actor tap dances his way into ‘Funny Girl’ cast
By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — The moment Izaiah Montaque Harris takes the stage, it’s obvious why he was chosen to play the […]
BILL VAUGHAN’S TASTY CLIPS: Emily Yancy on her career and ‘Having Our Say’
By Bill Vaughan Entertainment Writer Three women whose paths in entertainment have inspired generations are uniting for a one-time-only dramatic reading of Emily Mann’s “Having […]
BOOK CORNER: Memoir details author’s 60s drug-smuggling operation
By Marissa Wells Contributing Writer “The Next Run: A UC Berkeley Student’s Rise to Major 60s Pot Smuggler,” by Tom Jenkins, is a compelling memoir […]
My Fabulous Life at the Barn
One of Hollywood’s Most Significant Landmarks Still Stands In a city where they think nothing of knocking down Pickfair, bulldozing the Garden of Allah and […]