San Diego After-School All-Stars’ 5th Annual “Party Like an All-Star” Dodgeball Tournament

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San Diego After-School All-Stars Presents Fifth Annual “Party Like an All-Star” Dodgeball Tournament on June 8 Charity dodgeball tournament at Hard Rock Hotel San Diego offers $500 in prizes   SAN DIEGO – May 11, 2012 — The San Diego Chapter of After-School All-Stars announces the fifth annual “Party Like an All-Star” Dodgeball Tournament on Friday, [...]

Rock of Ages Musical in San Diego!

Rock of Ages Group

ROCK OF AGES arrives in San Diego March 27th through April 1st! “Don’t miss the  five-time Tony Award® nominated smash-hit musical ROCK OF AGES.   In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small town  girl met a big city rocker and in LA’s most famous rock club, they fell in love  to the greatest songs of the [...]

“Project X” Movie Leads to Copycats, Arrests and a Death

Is this a case of life imitating art? I hope you can clarify this for me after reading this post. At times it feels as if I am the only one speaking out against Hollywood portraying teenagers as debauched, misguided criminals to increase their box-office take in.  But after I read about about a slew of incidents [...]

Movie Review: Project X

Project X

Spring break is decidedly around the corner. Why else would a film featuring entitled, booze-abusing, pill-popping teenagers appear at this time of year? Timing is everything, and Hollywood is right on cue with the upcoming release of Project X.    This latest portrayal of teenagers running amok is suitably produced by The Hangover director Todd Phillips, [...]

Proven: Hollywood’s Pretend use of Alcohol in Movies Contributes to Real Teen Drinking

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A new study reveals that the use of alcohol in movies influences minors to drink. The study conducted by Dartmouth Medical School researchers and published in the British Medical Journal BMJ Open, shows that teenagers and children are likely to be more influenced by what they see in films than what their parents teach them.  For those of us [...]