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LATE NIGHT Review — A Little Something for Both Your Heart and Your Head

Late Night Review — Addresses issues that touch us all, in ways that make us think and smile. Late Night’s premise and casting are flawless: Emma Thompson is Katherine Newbury, America’s only super successful, female nighttime talk show host host of long standing. Unfortunately, she’s losing her edge and her patience with the turns the media has…

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ALADDIN Review — A Whole New World?

Aladdin Review — Can Disney revive the magic of the animated version, and more importantly, does Will Smith look good in blue? If it seems like Disney is releasing a lot of live action versions of their animated classics lately, you’re not wrong. A few months ago it was Dumbo, now we have Aladdin and…

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Greensbury Market Must-Haves — Don't Read On an Empty Stomach

Greensbury Market meat and fish can elevate your table to superstar status A little something many people don’t know about me is that I used to be a restaurant critic. I wrote reviews for two major metropolitan newspapers, a city magazine, hosted a food and restaurant radio show, and did restaurant features on a local…

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Feeling Like a Wonder Woman With Connie Nielsen in My Veronica Beard Dickie Jacket

Knock me over with a swizzle stick! The first time I wear my new Veronica Beard Scuba Jacket with its Mariner Stripe Dickey, Connie Nielsen, one of the glamorous stars of Wonder Woman, notices it and says, “Love your jacket — Veronica Beard?” If that doesn’t prove that the right sartorial splurge is SO worth…

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Celebrate NATIONAL SPOIL YOUR DOG DAY Like a Baller

Hundreds of Ways to Celebrate National Spoil Your Dog Day Who even knew there was a National Spoil Your Dog Day? But, as all my pet-loving friends agree, we’ll use any excuse to shamelessly pamper our pooches, right? As if they need more lavish attention A survey done by NationalToday.com in celebration of National Spoil Your Dog…

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You Won't Believe What I Found in the Gift Bag at the Secret Room Events Red Carpet Style Lounge Honoring the Golden Globe Awards

Stars love this event because it’s like a box of chocolates: They never know what they’re gonna get in the gift bag at the Secret Room Event Secret Room Events Red Carpet Style Lounge Honoring the Golden Globe Awards   It’s awards season again, and you know what that means: I share with you all the…

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THE Perfect Little Black Dress — See the Amazing Poppet on Four Generations!

Four generations of my family agree: The Poppet is the perfect little black dress for all occasions I realize that just about every day someone new claims to have found the perfect little black dress, but search no further — I have found one that is truly unrivaled. Not only does it pack away in…

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Panting for the New Malibu Mix from Gaslamp Popcorn

Film critics can’t help but become popcorn aficionados. It’s one of the hazards of the job. I’ve doubtless sat in hundreds of theaters, watched thousands of movies, and downed millions of kernels of popcorn in my day, and I hate to say it, but I’ve gotten to the point where I mostly mindlessly munch. The big…

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Rent a Mermaid — L.A.'s Hottest New Must-Have Party Favor

Lisa Johnson Mandell and Hollywood Hound Frankie Feldman are lured by the siren song of Rent a Mermaid Linden Just when I thought I’d covered all the essentials for Frankie Feldman’s Barkmitzvah, (he’s almost 13 in dog years). I attend The Agency‘s amazing “Midsummer’s Night Dream” party at a lavish estate in The Oaks of Calabasas, and I realize…

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