Betsy Mendel doesn't believe in New Year's resolutions. At least not when it comes to fitness.
The Santa Monica-based personal trainer says that, in her
“Concussion” is a film of great social import. The movie was directed by Peter Landesman, who also wrote the screenplay. This is Landesman's second film as a director.
You may not know the names behind the original 1950s Las Vegas lounge act, Louis Prima and Keely Smith, but you've definitely heard of a duo they influenced:
“Joy” is an unpretentious, straightforward story of a housewife from Long Island who succeeds in spite of all the socially conceived odds stacked against her. She endures criticism and vocal
In 1962, Richard Nixon ran for governor of California. Two years earlier he had barely lost the presidency to JFK though, and with considerable reason, felt that he had been
You can ring in the New Year with champagne, football bowl games and parades on television. Or, you can go for a dip in the Pacific Ocean.
Scores of people
From a 15-minute podcast to a nationally broadcast, hourlong weekly public radio show (and podcast), “The Dinner Party Download” (on 89.3FM KPCC and wherever podcasts are served) is
From a classroom at John Adams Middle School to the basement of the Cayton Student Center at Santa Monica College, Santa Monica's own public radio station KCRW (89.
“If/Then”, the Broadway musical that opened the other night at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood is a very mixed bag. It stars a delightful lesbian couple (LaChanze and Janine
