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Hollyshorts Film Festival 2012 - The Celeb Loved Fest Opens This Week

The celebrated HollyShorts Film Festival enters it’s 8th year, and continues to selectively curate in-competition shorts, and play host to invaluable panels, award presentations, crowd pleasing parties, and oh much more

"Hooray for HollyWOOF!" 35th Anniversary Gala Benefiting Dogs for the Deaf and Generation Rescue

Dogs for the Deaf, Inc.'s mission is to rescue and professionally train dogs to help people and enhance lives, maintaining a lifelong commitment to all dogs we rescue and all people we serve.

Buccaneers Ball : Live the Life of the Captain

Have your fortune told as you enjoy a Caribbean/Cajun meal and dance to period music

Matisyahu Concert 2012 Review - Schooled In Fun

See this pic? This is what happens when you’re having too much fun

Author Lourdes Duque Baron, MHA, MSG, hosted Official “Scripted In Heaven” book signing at Trinitarians of Mary on July 29, 2012

Scripted In Heaven book signing by Author Lourdes Duque Baron, MHA, MSG, is a Catholic baby boomer and the wife of Dr, Robinson V. Baron.

Soo Yeon Bio and Interview - The Woman of Many Talents

Table tennis champion, Soo Yeon Lee, adds modeling and acting to her talent list

Mutually Assured Destruction Review – Amusing Cold War Metaphor

Mutually Assured Destruction, written by Peter Lefcourt and directed by Terri Hanauer, is a comedy of middle-aged sexual mores

Interview: Director Gregg T. Daniel brings Lower Depth Theatre Ensemble to Elmina's Kitchen

Director Gregg T. Daniel talks theatre & the latest production from Lower Depth Theatre Ensemble: ELMINA’S KITCHEN the story of a bitter clash of values between 3 generations of black men & its effect on their family & community

5th Annual Noor Iranian Film Festival Announces 2012 Film Slate

The 5th Annual Noor Iranian Film Festival is an international event that educates the non-Iranian community about the culture and heritage of Iranians through the medium of cinema

The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart: A 20's revivial worth seeing

One of the best works of Mary Roberts Rinehart, this three act 20's classic play has plenty of twists and turns

Margarita Film Review - Official Selection of Outfest 2012

When the cash-strapped Canadian yuppies fire their teen-aged daughter's lesbian Mexican nanny, Margarita, they set off a chain of events that lead to her deportation

Stud Life Film Review - Official Selection of Outfest 2012

When JJ falls in love with a beautiful diva, JJ and Seb's friendship is tested. JJ is forced to chose between her hot new lover and her best friend

I Want Your Live Film Review - Official Selection Outfest 2012

When Jesse is forced to move back to his Midwestern, friends and ex-lovers gather for a going away party that promises to heighten Jesse's already bittersweet feelings about leaving

Los Angeles Playwright And Director John Sinner Selected For CTG's 2012 Richard E. Sherwood Award

John Sinner, a Los Angeles-based playwright and director, has been selected as the recipient of Center Theatre Group’s 2012 Richard E. Sherwood Award

RICHARD III Theatre Review – This Infamous Villain Slashes, Seduces, Slays, and Smiles at Shakespeare Orange County

For this 2012 season opener at Shakespeare Orange County, theatre, film, and television veteran John Walcutt is absolute perfection in the title role

Carla Hassett Set to Release Third Album this Summer, 'CIRCULO'

The Brazilian born, Chicago-raised, and long-time Los Angeles resident, Carla Hassett is set to release her much anticipated third album this summer, 'CIRCULO'

Morgan Film Review - Official Selection of Outfest 2012

Morgan is an intimate tale of a young man's struggle to feel whole, despite his own emotional disabilities

Elliot Loves Film Review - Official Selection of 2012 Outfest

The dual story of Elliot Ayende: as a 9-year-old who is side-kick and confidant to his barely-keeping-it-together single mom; & as a 21-year-old looking for love in New York City. A comedy-drama that shows you can survive anything life throws at you

Sassy Pants Film Review - Official Selection of Outfest 2012

Desperate to get out from under her overprotective mother, a home-schooled teen runs off to live with her dad, and forms a bond with his much-younger boyfriend. Great Family entertainment

Taking Back Your Life the Wendy Ida Way: Benefiting A Window Between Worlds Fighting Domestic Violence

The amazing Guinness Book Record Winner Wendy Ida helps fight domestic violence in her own way

Friday May 24th: 12:00 AM | Cannes Film Festival; 12:00 AM | WHICH WAY IS OUT?; 8:00 PM | CRUMBLE (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake); 8:00 PM | Steel Magnolias---The Laguna Playhouse; 8:00 PM | STEEL MAGNOLIAS; 8:00 PM | The Fantastics---South Coast Repertory; 8:30 PM | Shakespeare's Richard III at ZJU Theater; 10:30 PM |; 11:00 PM | attack of the rotting corpses! at ZJU Theatre

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