Monday, June 28, 2010
2010 Daytime Emmy Award Winners
By Julie Wiegan
Regis Philbin hosted the 37th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards last night at the Las Vegas Hilton that included performances by the casts of the Lion King, Jersey Boys, Blue Man Group, KA by Cirque du Soleil, and more. The show paid a special tribute to Dick Clark that was hosted by American Idol’s Ryan Seacrest that included Marie Osmond, Tony Orlando, Chubby Checker, the Spinners, and vintage clips of the classic American Bandstand television show.
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
The Bold and the Beautiful
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Michael Park / As The World Turns
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Maura West / As The World Turns
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Julie Pinson / As The World Turns
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Billy Miller / The Young and the Restless
Monday, June 14, 2010
2010 Tony Award winners
By Julie Wiegan
Here is the list of winners at the 64th Annual Tony Awards held last night in New York City.
Best Play
In the Next Room or the vibrator play / Author: Sarah Ruhl
Next Fall / Author: Geoffrey Nauffts
Red / Author: John Logan
Time Stands Still / Author: Donald Margulies
Best Musical
American Idiot
Fela!
Memphis
Million Dollar Quartet
Best Book of a Musical
Fela! / Jim Lewis & Bill T. Jones
Memphis / Joe DiPietro
Million Dollar Quartet / Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux
Everyday Rapture / Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
The Addams Family / Music & Lyrics: Andrew Lippa
Enron / Music: Adam Cork; Lyrics: Lucy Prebble
Fences / Music: Branford Marsalis
Memphis / Music: David Bryan; Lyrics: Joe DiPietro, David Bryan
Best Revival of a Play
Fences
Lend Me a Tenor
The Royal Family
A View from the Bridge
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Gonpachi of Beverly Hills receives commendation
By Abbey Khan
On April 27, 2010, Los Angeles City Councilwoman, Jan Perry (Ninth District), presented a commendation to Gonpachi of Beverly Hills for honoring the authentic, rich, Japanese culture and tradition.
Five-Star Executive Chef, Chris Behre, who recently joined Gonpachi less than three months ago, delighted attendees with a scrumptious menu that included shrimp skewers with wasabi mayo, Wagyu skirt steak and red miso, Rainbow rolls, Octopus and tuna crispy rice ceviche, tempura oysters with avocado sauce and pretzel fish, petite brulee, and much more.
Just some of the guests included soap actor Sean Kanan, Alice Greczyn, and Kevin Farley. “Gonpachi’s cuisine is really quite special and delicious and the ambiance and architecture is stunning! I just heard that Gonpachi’s sister restaurant in Tokyo was used in Kill Bill,”ť Kanan said. Carolyn Hennessy of Cougartown said, “This sushi is amazing — so fresh, so delicate!”
Monday, March 08, 2010
2010 Oscar Gifting Suites
Just because George Clooney, Penelope Cruz, and Anna Kendrick didn’t win the Oscar last night, that doesn’t mean they went home empty handed. Once again, Distinctive Assets made sure they received the best consolation prize with one of their famous gift baskets, which is valued over $50,000.
They received beauty products that included the Oral-B Pulsonic electric toothbrush to keep their teeth dazzling, La Peau Couture Organic Wrinkle Diminishing Serum, DeLeŕ Signature Perfume Oil, and AG Hair Cosmetics deluxe haircare gift set. Fashionistas will love the costume jewelry from Millianna, WooLoot waterproof tourmaline sport watches, Ideeli.com special access online shopping cards, and hand-crafted C&C Swedish clogs from The Scandinavian Company.
Once a nominee– always a nominee! So why not further the celebration on a spa getaway to the Acqualina Resort & Spa Miami. They will also be able to enjoy a $7,000 3-night all-inclusive rustic getaway to the Winvian Luxury Hotel in the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut, which 2009 non-winners Ron Howard and Frank Langella redeemed last year, a private island vacation at the Turks & Caicos Sporting Club at Ambergris Clay, and a 5-night stay at Brazil’s UXUA Casa Hotel.
To stay in shape, the nominees received 10 personal training sessions from Huntley Drive Fitness, one week all-inclusive fitness bootcamp from Live In Fitness Enterprise where former Oscar nominee Angela Bassett just finished the Red Carpet Bootcamp Program, Slimware portion-control plates, and Herbalife Nutritional Shake Mix and Best Defense immune booster supplement.
2010 Oscar winners
By Julie Wiegan
Find out who took home the Oscar at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards on March 7, 2010.
Best Picture
* “Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
* “The Blind Side” Nominees to be determined
* “District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
* “An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
* “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro
* “Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
* “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
* “A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
* “Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
* “Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers
Actor in a Leading Role
* Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
* George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
* Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
* Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
* Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”
Actor in a Supporting Role
* Matt Damon in “Invictus”
* Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
* Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
* Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
* Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”
Actress in a Leading Role
* Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
* Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
* Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
* Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
* Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”
Actress in a Supporting Role
* Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
* Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
* Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
* Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
* Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Animated Feature Film
* “Coraline” Henry Selick
* “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson
* “The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements
* “The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore
* “Up” Pete Docter