Entertainment

HOLLYWOOD—There are movies that move you and then there are those movies that can change you. It’s hard to fathom that I never saw “The Passion of the Christ” when it was released back in 2004 to gargantuan numbers. This week I saw the film in all of its horrific glory and it moved me beyond tears. I’m a religious...

HOLLYWOOD—If there is one thing that can keep viewers on the edge of their seat in the soap opera arena it’s a murder mystery. “The Young and Restless” has weaved a murder mystery that began with the youngsters, but has permeated to the adults as well. It started on Valentines Day, when a trip to the cabin soon turned...

HOLLYWOOD—The TV world was delivered a devastating blow on Monday. The star of the CW hit “The Vampire Diaries,” Nina Dobrev announced that she is leaving the series. Yes, its something that has caused many to question rather the series has a chance of survival without its top star. Dobrev took to her Instagram account to right a lengthy post...

SANTA MONICA—The nominees for the 2015 Billboard Music Awards were announced on Tuesday, April 7 and leading this year’s pack of contenders is guess who: Taylor Swift. Swift leads all nominees with 14 nominations including Top Artist.  Followed close behind is British sensation Sam Smith with 13 nominations and Iggy Azalea with 12 nominations. The ceremony will be hosted on...

HOLLYWOOD—It was expected that “Furious 7” would draw huge numbers at the box-office, but how high was the big question? It’s a given a movie will do well when every theater you go to is virtually sold out. Yes, many people encountered that this weekend, as “Furious 7” nabbed an impressive $143.6 million during its opening weekend.  Want to know...

HELLO AMERICA!—If you believed that “Love Story” would end the collaboration of Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal you would be terribly shortsighted.  The first supported indication of that was their remarkable and moving appearance in “Love Letters” on Broadway in 2014. Producer Michael Plaster caught their magical appearance as quite loving and memorable. “The audience gave them a standing ovation,...

HOLLYWOOD—Is country music dead? I don't think so. The genre of American popular music has been around for six generations, from hillbilly, rockabilly to the present alternative country. Country music consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such as banjos, electric and acoustic guitars, harmonicas and fiddles. While country...

HOLLYWOOD—It seems like the idea of a sequel surpassing the original decreases as time passes. But if there is one franchise that challenges that rule, it would be “The Fast and the Furious.” The first a revelation, the second not so much, the third a bit flat, the fourth a reinvention, the fifth a better movie, the six, full...

HOLLYWOOD—When you think of funny, the names Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell do come to fruition, but not in a million years did I ever suspect that both would appear in the same movie. The comedy “Get Hard” places the two comedy legends in the same movie, as James King (Ferrell) gets to know Darnell Lewis (Hart) on a...

HOLLYWOOD—The one thing about “Pretty Little Liars” is that the series sure knows how to leave the audience grasping for more and pondering a multitude of theories. The season five finale “Welcome to the Dollhouse” gave viewers a big reveal, but not what we had been expecting. So we know Charles DiLaurentis is “Big A,” but we didn’t actually see...