Winners Announced for the 2017 LA Film Festival
Well, that was fast! Handed out June 22 by LA Film Festival Director Jennifer Cochis, the awards brunch celebrated jury prize honorees from the Festival’s U.S. Fiction, World Fiction, Documentary, Nightfall and LA Muse categories. Audience Awards were also presented for Fiction Feature, Documentary Feature, Short Film and Web Series. The U.S. Fiction Award went to…
OKJA
I’m an animal lover…pure and simple. The animal I have the most love for is my little mischievous Maltese…Spanky. As of late, my furry best friend has been having several medical issues ranging from allergies to skin infections to heart issues. As costly as all of this is, I would do anything to make…
LA FILM FESTIVAL 2017: WHITNEY: CAN I BE ME
Once upon a time, I was a music publicist and had the distinction of meeting Whitney Houston. The Whitney Houston I met , was a fun-loving kind generous home-girl from New Jersey , who loved her friends and family hard. She was a loyal as they come. This particular day, Whitney came out to…
HAPPY SUMMER FROM THE EMOJI MOVIE
Happy First Day of Summer brought to you by THE EMOJI MOVIE!! School’s out for summer, so attached is a super cute EMOJI activity book for your kids to enjoy in this good weather! Feel free to share their creations on social #EmojiMovie THE EMOJI MOVIE Genre: Animated Release: July 28, 2017 The…
BOY ERASED TO STAR NICOLE KIDMAN, LUCAS HEDGES AND RUSSELL CROWE
FOCUS FEATURES ACQUIRES WORLDWIDE RIGHTS TO COMING-OF-AGE DRAMA BOY ERASED; NICOLE KIDMAN, RUSSELL CROWE, LUCAS HEDGES TO STAR WITH DIRECTOR JOEL EDGERTON IN ADAPTATION OF GARRARD CONLEY MEMOIR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOS ANGELES, June 21st, 2017 – Focus Features has acquired worldwide rights to Boy Erased, the coming-of-age and coming-out drama from…
THE BEGUILDED
What is the best thing about this film other than the fact that it boasts a very impressive roster of women in front of and behind the lens? Two words – Colin Farrell. I swear he could make a lesbian straight with those dark eyes and rugged, charming sensibility. When his character takes a dark turn, I found myself still feeling a little empathy for him. He’s like that lady boy you know you should run away from, but you just can’t help being intrigued and sucked into his web. Now, that’s what I call an actor!
LA FILM FESTIVAL 2017: Two – Four – Six
Russia has been in the news more than we care to think about these days and mostly associated with an administration that is slowly but surely garnering less and less respect for our country as the seconds tick by. However, one thing I bet you would never associate Russia with – young basketball players from…
SHOT CALLER
It’s bad enough to be incarcerated, but it’s even worse when you realize your life ceases you know it. The humiliation, the fights, the struggle just to start alive or not be physically violated is a reality many inmates across the country deal with as routinely as brushing one may brush their teeth. But, here…
OUT OF STATE
When most people think about the island of Hawaii, thoughts of hula dancers, exotic drinks, sparkling oceans and sprawling beaches come to mind. When I think of Hawaii, I remember a time as a young child on the island of Kailua playing with my Mom and Dad on the beach, awaiting the birth of my…
SKID ROW MARATHON
When one thinks about skid row, the last thing that would come to mind is running through the streets of Los Angeles to prepare for a marathon half way around the world. The Honorable Judge Craig Matthews spends his entire day sentencing convicted criminals from the Los Angeles Superior Court. When he invites these skid…
CARS 3
I think if I had known about a female race car driver, I could’ve probably been the 1st African-American chick to blaze NASCAR!!! Naw, not really, but in Disney/Pixar’s latest in the Car franchise – Cars 3, there is some serious female empowerment going on! In this installment, our favorite hero Lightning McQueen (Owen…