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Today on FilmWeek, we revisit Larry Mantle’s 2023 conversation with Patrick Stewart in memory of the late actor who died at the age of 86 this week.
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Billing itself as L.A.'s first Mexican American Cultural Center, LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes will open its doors on April 16, 2011. The center, which is located downtown on Main Street across from Olvera Street, encompasses 2.2 acres, including 30,000 square feet of garden and the Vickrey-Brunswig Building and Plaza House. It's stated mission is to celebrate the influence of Mexican and Mexican American culture on Los Angeles and Southern California.
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From the film "Alila" FILM See Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai's Alila on screen at the Skirball tonight. Considered one of Israel's leading filmmakers, Gitai is also "one of its staunchest social critics." Often compared to Robert Altman’s work, Alila follows the intersecting lives of the residents of a run-down apartment building in Tel Aviv—from a couple having an affair, to a husband who relentlessly pursues his divorced wife, to their son who refuses to...
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We've got a new Channel Zero podcast up which includes a conversation with the legendary Tim Conway. --- We're very happy that FX is renewing "Justified" --- Tonight ABC premieres "Body of Proof" starring Dana Delaney, we love her but aren't sure about this show --- All this plus the listings and the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan for tonight.
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The only thing better than a new installation of Star Wars is a recreation of the franchise using only Legos. And so it was, that LEGOLAND in Carlsbad built such a world. According to LEGOLAND's website, the theme park has developed a Star Wars miniland that features seven scenes from the six movies, and including planets like Naboo, Geonosis and Christophsis.
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Photo by okarol via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Wheels by the hundreds are expected this weekend at the 4th Magical Magnolia Bicycle Tour, a self-guided "retail adventure" through Burbank's Magnolia Park neighborhood presented by Magnolia Park Partnership in collaboration with Burbank Bike, "a City of Burbank sponsored program aimed at promoting bicycling as an environmentally sustainable transportation alternative, and the Public Works Burbank Recycle Center, leading the way to Zero Waste," notes...
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Photo by Synapped via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Once again, the Natural History Museum will be opening up its Butterfly Pavilion, where patrons can "wing it" with hundreds of free-flying butterflies in a fun, interactive environment. This is the 13th year the seasonal attraction is operating at the Museum. The NHM describes what they'll have: Fluttering through the landscaped Pavilion on the Museum’s South Lawn will be hundreds of free-flying butterflies...
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Looks like Simon Cowell doesn't have anything to worry about when it comes to his post-"American Idol" TV career. According to Entertainment Weekly, 15,000 people came out to the LA Sports Arena yesterday to audition for the acid-tongued judge's new show, "The X-Factor." The contest is a spin-off of the British show of the same name, which Cowell also judges.
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Sand Sprint: Rain or shine, Josh Duhamel’s Tokidoki Youth Relief Run will be raising money for earthquake/tsunami victims in Japan at Santa Monica Beach this morning. The 2-mile run has a $10 minimum entrance fee and money raised wil go entirely to the American Red Cross’ Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Fund...
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Joe Orton's one-act farcical tragedy, Ruffian on the Stair, is playing at Whitmore-Lindley Theatre in North Hollywood's invigorating theatre district. This black comedy focuses on the impacting complexities of the outside world on the unromantically simple, yet greatly appreciated love between a middle-aged couple with a sketchy past, Mike and Joyce.
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Grape Date: A wine show about art tasting is RIPE, a exhibition at Crewest Gallery of wine barrels, bottles and corks transformed by urban and graffiti artists. At this weekend’s closing reception the art of wine comes to life with the help of City Sip Wine Bar and Robert Plata Wine Company who'll be pouring the most recent vintage of Plata Wine and artist Chaz Bojorquez signing labels. Crewest Gallery, 110 Winston St., Los Angeles, CA 90013, 6-9 p.m., RSVP
