Best Actor, Actress and Farewell to 'Just Seen It'
I’m always up for a rousing debate about who will and who should win the Oscars for best actor and best actress, but the panel discussion I recently participated in on the PBS review show Just Seen It was particularly bittersweet. It was the last segment of the show I’ll ever appear in, on the last episode of the show…
Celebs Flock to the GBK Gifting Suite
By Leah Sydney and Lisa Johnson Mandell What are the celebrities gobbling up at the gifting suites during awards season? No one knows better than Gavin Keilly, the founder of GBK Productions, known as the “Gift Bag King” and the mastermind of gifting suites in general. Celebrities are attracted to the GBK gifting suite, not only to…
Fashion Fling – "The Boy Next Door" and a Slave to the Stiletto
By Staci Layne Wilson Even though nobody’s ever really wearing anything significant in the new J-Lo hot-n-heavy stalkerific thriller The Boy Next Door, there was indeed a costume designer. Her name is Courtney Hoffman. Since I am a slave to the stiletto, the scene that immediately had my full attention was when Claire’s (Jennifer Lopez)…
2015 Critics Choice Awards are Better Than Ever!
This year A&E is broadcasting the Critics Choice Awards, and they are going all out–they hired Michael Strahan as the host, all the stars and filmmakers will be there front and center, and I’ll be right their in the middle of them, seated snuggly at a table with Lana Del Rey (YES!). “What are the Critics…
Dennis Miller Asks $22.5 Million For His Beautiful Beach House in Carpinteria
If it were in Malibu, maybe, but we think comedian/talk show host Dennis Miller is shooting a little high by listing his Carpinteria beach house for a whopping $22.5 million. As gorgeous as the home may be, it’s in south Santa Barbara County, not trendy, Oprah-infested Montecito, and it boasts 63 feet of sandy beach…
The Thinking Guys Guide to Movies for the New Year
By James Mandell Editor’s Note: Every holiday season my favorite seat mate, James Mandell, contributes a Thinking Guys Guide to Movies for the New Year. Enjoy! Top Picks Interstellar Stellar indeed, this is some dense story-telling, requiring leaps of quantum faith, but once accomplished, it’s a geek’s play land of possibilities, reminiscent of 2001 but more exciting and…
Why Did Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Buy This $3 Million Shack?
This run down ranch house is hardly a star quality property. As a matter of fact, in any other market, they’d be hard pressed to get $300,000 for it, let alone $3 million. So why did Kim Kardashian and Kanye West buy this $3 million tear down? Location, my dears. It’s all about location. It seems…
Celebrity House Hunters: New Home for New Family
When it comes to mixing work with play, about the only thing I like better than watching House Hunters on HGTV is hanging out with real life house hunters attempting to find their dream home. And since this is Los Angeles, many of the house hunters I’m involved with are of the upscale, celebrity variety. Yes, it’s true, most…
Into the Woods Review
The perfect movie to see with the family on Christmas day, if the all-star cast of Into the Woods doesn’t charm you, Stephen Sondheim’s extraordinary music will. Even the most committed musical phobe will find something to enjoy in this spectacular musical fantasy. Filmmakers spared no expense when it came to casting this dark, fairy tale mashup, with…
Patrick Wilson and Ted Danson Join the Fargo TV Series
You read it here first that Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons have signed on the the new season of the FX’s Fargo TV series. Now it’s just been announced that Golden Globe nominated actor Patrick Wilson (Angels in America, The Conjuring), multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winner Ted Danson, and multiple Emmy winner Jean Smart…
