So last weekend I finally made it out to catch Shakespeare By The Sea, after being invited a few times last year and not being able to get my act together. (Unintended, sorry.) This one was The Taming of The Shrew, the only version of which I can confess to seeing is the Moonlighting version. But hey, it made me laugh. So since I knew the story, and since un-miked Shakespearian dialogue can be......

While The Other Venice Film Festival finishes up this weekend, three local film fests hit Los Angeles. Tonight through Sunday, Perspectives International Film Festival, at Laemmle's Music Hall 3, features films that challenge stereotypes of the lives of people with developmental disabilities. The Silver Lake Film Festival, in its 6th year, begins next Thursday. Joining them at the ArcLight, will be the Fringe Fest '06 & mp-4 Fest. But tonight at the ArcLight there......

Long before Sami Brady, Erica Cane or Amanda Woodward sudsed their way into our pop culture, Shakespeare's headstrong shrew, Katharina, reigned supreme. Why all the bad soap references? Well, Shakespeare's plays essentially were mini soap operas. In The Taming of the Shrew, he gave us catfights, swapped identities, love triangles and more innuendoes than you could shake a stick at... wait, that came out wrong. It's surprising then, that L.A. seems too hip to......