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WASHINGTON–Music and politics unite at The Recording Academy’s 2014 GRAMMYs on the Hill Awards where seven-time GRAMMY winners Lady Antebellum will be presented with the Recording Artists’ Coalition Award (named for The Academy’s artists’ rights program founded by Don Henley and Sheryl Crow), while House of Representatives majority whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and House Democratic […]
LOS ANGELES–Actor Ray Liotta filed a lawsuit on March 5 in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against Nerium International, Inc. and affiliated Nerium Partners for misappropriation and unlawful use of Liotta’s name, likeness, image, identity, and persona. Liotta is represented in the lawsuit by intellectual property attorney Gary Hecker of The […]
SAN DIEGO–Star Trek: The Original Series episode “City on the Edge of Forever” is regarded by many (including a TV Guide poll of the “100 Best TV Episodes of All Time”) as the greatest Star Trek episode of all time, but there’s much more to the story than fans saw on TV. Harlan Ellison’s original […]
San Diego County News interviews Colin Thomas, general manager of Madame Tussauds Hollywood about the museum’s latest wax figure of actress Anne Hathaway.
San Diego County News interviews “Father of Hollywood” author Gaelyn Whitley Keith at the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Awards Media gathering in Los Angeles.
By Danny R. Johnson NEW YORK, NY – When the prolific and gifted pianist Kris Bowers won the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC., I, along with a number of my music critic colleagues present, were tremendously impressed in the style and manner in which Bowers maneuvered […]
HOLLYWOOD–San Diego County News caught up with producer Mike Medavoy at the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce’s Award Media Center on Thursday during Oscar week in Los Angeles. Medavoy, Chairman and CEO of Phoenix Pictures, has produced many films including: The People vs. Larry Flynt, The Mirror Has Two Faces, U Turn, The Thin Red Line, […]
ESCONDIDO–Music fans, foodies and beer aficionados will love the evening’s lineup at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido on the Ides of March (that’s the 15th of the month for you non-Romans). The festivities will begin at 5 p.m. with a special Brewmaster’s Dinner featuring San Diego-based craft brewery Stone Brewing Co., which was declared the “All-time […]
SAN DIEGO–Cygnet Theatre will be staging the powerful and bold coming-of-age musical Spring Awakening, and to add to the excitement, they will be bringing Tony Award-winning composer Duncan Sheik to San Diego for a special one-night only event on March 24 at 7:30 pm. Director Sean Murray and Music Director Terry O’Donnell will be the […]
SAN DIEGO–Kevin Allison (The State) brings his award winning Risk! Live storytelling show to Finest City Improv on Saturday, March 8. This special one night only event will feature outstanding personal stories from Kevin and local talent. RISK! is a live show and podcast “where people tell true stories they never thought they’d dare to […]
