Southern California music-loving teenagers have it pretty sweet; concerts are plentiful and performances take place in venues of all shapes and sizes. I've attended a good number of them with my own kids — some when they were tender tweens and a few as teens. But, having slept in a parking lot, waited in line for hours [...]
Coachella Music Festival – Friday and CrumpetsandT.com makes The Desert Sun Newspaper
April 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
From my vantage point, day one of the Coachella Music and Arts Festival looked and felt like a modern-day Woodstock. The heat, sweat, and excitement of over 90,000 bodies at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Ca was more of a nightmare for this wannabe 'hipster' mom, but it was my teenager's dream come true. Check out today's Coachella Festival article in The Desert [...]
GQ Glee Cast Over Fantasizing Teens
October 21, 2010 By 2 Comments
There's been some backlash over the upcoming GQ magazine cover (no doubt a best seller when it hits stands) which features members of the cast of the television show “GLEE” in sexy poses – one of them in her underwear. The racy pictures in the men's magazine are nothing new; the disgusting part is the fact that they're using adults posing [...]
San Diego Film Festival Wraps Up 9th Year
October 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The San Diego Film Festival wrapped up its ninth successful run this weekend, but the monumental task of screening 85 movies, documentaries and shorts in five days did not come off without a few hitches (or some disgruntled patrons threatening law suits!). Lines were long and theaters full to capacity, but overall the purpose of putting on this movie-watching event where filmmakers and movie buffs can see films before their theatrical release in an intimate setting, was achieved.
This year's selections were nothing short of Oscar quality. From “Conviction” with Hilary Swank, which made its US Premier right here in San Diego, and “Welcome To The Rileys” starring James Gandolfini and Kristen Stewart, to the World Premier of “The Kane Files: A Life of Trial” with Drew Fuller, these first-run films were first rate.
Teens and the Hollywood Money-Making Machine
June 28, 2010 By 5 Comments
Most of you know my shtick buy now. My opinions are conservative regarding certain television shows, teen celebrities, and what I consider to be infractions to our values and social decorum by some Hollywood artists and their parents. For a little over two years, I've been writing here and at www.TheWrap.com about young Hollywood's outrageous [...]
