PLAYBILL.COM As a former shoe junkie, I certainly loved the story of Cinderella, the glass slipper and her fairy godmother with her magical wand. Who wouldn’t want an entire fabulous, sparkly outfit from head to toe constructed from thin air and for free? Oh wait, movie stars get it for free. Anyway, throw in a • Read More »
Tags: CIVIC THEATRE, PLAYBILL, RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA, STUART WEITZMAN
So my dear friend Beth Ann has conquered cancer! She like Columbus, took the long way. It was a year ago last month that she started down the yellow brick road back to the land of the living. She is cancer free and done with drugs. Really done with drugs. Like doesn‘t even want to • Read More »
Tags: bald, cancer, Columbus, Pay It Forward
Of all the characters in Star Trek, it was Spock that I identified with because he was mystical and calm. And never afraid. And different. Vulcan different. Not necessarily characteristics I embody but two of which that I would like to. His struggle to be objective and unemotional was fun to watch because the human • Read More »
Tags: Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek
According to the Feng Shui calendar for 2015, the number 5 star visiting on the west side of the Bagua brings affliction. There are 50 states in the U.S—In numerology, 5+0 = 5. All democratic countries are considered the “west” and I guess you could say that the U.S. is being afflicted by the #5 • Read More »
Tags: Feng Shui, Je Suis Charlie, North Korea, Paris, Sony
sdfilmfest.com The opening night premiere of “Wild” with Reese Witherspoon was sold out, standing room only at the San Diego Film Festival (SDFF). Screening was at Reading Theatres in the Gaslamp. An outstanding screenplay adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s autobiography about her solitary Pacific Crest Trail journey was excellently directed by Jean-Marc Vallee. It is sure • Read More »
Tags: Alan Arkin, Fort Bliss, Hollyblogger, San Diego Film Festival, The Good Lie, The Russians are Coming, The Wrap, Wild
God knows how I love my kids. But 24/7 of dishes and “what are we going to do today” is wearisome. So. Yay! School! On another note, my dear friend, Beth has been pronounced “cancer free” after a vigilant six weeks of chemo. But just to make sure they are going to burn her at • Read More »
“Cancer Schmancer” is the title of a humorous autobiography by actress, Fran Drescher of the television sit-com “The Nanny”. It is about her successful fight with uterine cancer. Today, my favorite yoga teacher and one of my ‘besties’ is fighting that bitch of a disease. Beth is the model of dignity, grace and courage…plus she • Read More »
Tags: breast cancer, Fran Drescher, Silver Age yoga, Swagg Salon
Into each day: Put equal parts of… Faith Patience Courage Work Hope Fidelity Charity Kindness Rest Prayer Meditation Remember to add one teaspoonful of… Good Spirits a Dash of Fun a Pinch of Folly (after all, we are human and not angels) and always, always, top off with a Sprinkle of Play and a Generous • Read More »
With all that we now know about dolphins and whales—it is time for Sea World to catch up with the new information and set aside its archaic way of making money. The damage control on the public relations part of rescuing pelicans, seals, and other hurt animals doesn’t make up for intentionally putting humans (Orca • Read More »
Tags: "Free Tilly", boycott, Dawn Brancheau, Sea World
Hello! Festing at San Diego Film Festival (SDFF) felt like I took a vacation in my own town. I got to: preview a big Oscar contender, the harrowing and exhausting “12 Years as a Slave” (hated it but appreciated its objective) spoke with Judd Apatow, a very funny director—I asked him if Brick (a character • Read More »
Tags: actors, Jeffrey Lyons, Judd Apatow, San Diego Film Festival, Sundance, Tribecca
