California is slowly opening up and after a year of quarantine, the change is welcome! It will, no doubt, spur some new challenges that our children will need guidance to help navigate. Namely, socialization. While television and movies certainly don’t have the same power as first hand experience, I believe entertainment can be used to…
Category : Awards
Acting
Pre-Oscar Party Celebrating Diversity
Los Angeles during Awards Season is a strange combination of excitement, glamour and that feeling of being in limbo between where you want to be and where you once were. Publicists are all in a tizzy trying to get their people into the right parties, actors are either feigning disinterest or can’t stop talking about…
Acting
Probability Factor
Hollywood has been gearing up for one busy weekend! With the Academy Awards scheduled for this coming Sunday, February 24th, many people are stressing out on the last minute details, acceptance speeches and what to wear down the red carpet. For this annual event, the industry comes together to honor outstanding achievements in all…
Awards
Oscar Preview: Animated Shorts
One of the benefits to living in such a cool neighborhood is my proximity to “art houses” which regularly feature independent films. This past week, I had the pleasure to be able to watch the animated short films that have been nominated for the Academy Awards. All five films were very different in style,…
Acting
SAG Awards: Leading Ladies
Each year since 1994, members of the Screen Actor’s Guild, now SAG-AFTRA, come together to honor fellow performs in film and television. Spoilers may follow! Perhaps the most difficult category for me to vote on this year is Outstanding Performance by a Female Actress in a Leading role. The nominees are all very talented and…
Acting
SAG Awards: Lincoln
Each year since 1994, members of the Screen Actor’s Guild, now SAG-AFTRA, come together to honor fellow performs in film and television. Spoilers may follow! There are very few actors who can disappear so deeply into a role that we forget their celebrity persona and actually get to go on the character’s journey with…
Acting
SAG Awards: Les Miserables
Each year since 1994, members of the Screen Actor’s Guild, now SAG-AFTRA, come together to honor fellow performs in film and television. Spoilers may follow! As a girl who grew up in and loving live theatre, I was super excited to learn of director Tom Hooper’s film version of the famed opera, Les Miserables…
Acting
SAG Awards: Argo
Each year since 1994, members of the Screen Actor’s Guild, now SAG-AFTRA, come together to honor fellow performs in film and television. Spoilers may follow! I first saw Argo in October of 2012 and was in awe of the performances, cinematic quality and the sheer bravery of those involved in the actual event. Watching it…
