In person, Cris D’Annunzio is a gentle, soft-spoken man. Sweet, even. So you might not suspect that he was the son of a minor Mafioso. Although, as he says, “This is the cross you have to bear when your name ends in a vowel.
SAMOHI — A pair of Santa Monica High School students recently showcased their musical capabilities during a weekend of playing with some of the most talented young musicians in the country.
After you’ve watched the subtle, nuanced performance of Dane Zinter as Fredrick, a pathetically lonely, obsessed madman in “The Collector,” you may be excused for concluding that the actor himself is more than a little deranged.
You read his column “Back to Nature” each week in the Santa Monica Daily Press. He is the voice for ecology. You see the book advertised in our paper and you may be asking what it is about.
Derik Murray, an advertising photographer and TV commercial director, has created large-format pictorial books on topics like the Olympics, Arnold Palmer, Joe Montana and Wayne Gretzky while also producing an award-winning television series called ”Legends of Hockey,” an oral history of the game fro
It’s hard to believe that Peter Gallagher’s performance was never rehearsed, that the actor appeared onstage to read author/actor Tim Crouch’s convoluted script without ever having seen it before.
For those unaware, or for whom memories have faded, the 1960s were perhaps our most turbulent era since the Revolutionary War. The political and social changes that resulted came at a great cost.
Success doesn’t happen overnight. Success, it seems, always includes hard work and perseverance. For Vince Palmo and his wife Holly Gent-Palmo, the writers’ seemingly sudden rise to fame, with their smash indie film “Me and Orson Welles,” has been a long journey.
Ever since the government permitted Native Americans to establish — and keep the proceeds from — their own gambling casinos, there has been a stampede among people of many different ethnic backgrounds to claim their “Indian heritage.
Fire can both purify and destroy. It purifies when it is used to burn away the dross to get to the priceless item beneath. It destroys when it is out of control.
A musical based on Dr. Seuss’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” seems like a good idea. A charming holiday crowd-pleaser. So why was the audience at the Pantages Theater, filled with kids and their parents, so amazingly quiet? No giggles.
This book is another in the suspense fiction genre line put out by Bethany House to address the need for good fiction. It uses science fiction in the mix.
