ENTERTAINMENT
By John Depko and Susanne Perez | January 24, 2013
Arnold Schwarzenegger gave up his A-list movie credentials to become the unlikely governor of California. Leaving office with a notorious sex scandal under his belt, Arnold now returns to his real occupation. He's back as an actor in lowbrow B movies full of random violence, silly dialogue and major gun battles. In "The Last Stand," he plays an LAPD cop who leaves the big city to become the local sheriff in a small Arizona town. But the nasty reach of urban criminal life follows to his sleepy outpost.
NEWS
By Kimberly Arico | February 13, 2012
Love. Have you had it? Thought you had it? Want it? Need it? Looking for it? Love is an essential and important part of our lives. We crave romantic love and are happier, healthier and more productive when we have it. We like to hear and read love stories and watch romantic movies, dreaming, hoping and wishing that someday we will find true love. There are millions of people searching with a strong desire to conquer all and that find someone special. So why is it so difficult?
NEWS
June 9, 2011
Janet Adams Johnson June 24, 1929 – June 4, 2011 Janet Adams Johnson was born June 24, 1929 in Elymer, Canada, the daughter of Margaret Jones Adams and Richard Jones. She spent the first part of her childhood cared for by her grandma Blanchie Cartwright. Everyone knew Janet as “Jessie’s girl” and at five years old, she would walk into town to buy an ice cream cone for the 2 cents she had earned picking strawberries. That love of a...
ENTERTAINMENT
By Tom Titus | April 29, 2010
When Lysander, in Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” observed, “The course of true love never did run smooth,” he pretty much nailed what playwrights before (a few) and since (a plethora) have summoned as a central theme. Romantic involvement has long served as fodder for the writer’s wit, and lately some modern scribes have zeroed in on that topic, the most successful being Stephen Sondheim in “Company.” Close behind, however, are Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts, who created a series of musical vignettes titled “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.
NEWS
By Paul Anderson | February 13, 2009
It was Halloween night. 2007. John Park’s sister Monica instructed him to come over to her house. “My sister said, ‘Johnny, I’ve met your soul mate.’ I said, ‘I don’t want a soul mate.’ And she said, ‘She’s going to be here Halloween night. You have to be here.’ I just said, ‘I might or might not.’ So I was sitting at home trying to decide If I wanted to go and at the last minute I went down there.” Franny Prevell remembers he was wearing an “old sweater” as if he had rushed over there and wasn’t exactly dressed to impress.
FEATURES
By PETER D. HAYNES | August 1, 2008
Celebrating my 62nd birthday this week, I pray I’ve learned that: Maturity has more to do with what you’ve learned from your experiences and what they have taught you than your age. Our background and circumstances influence who we are, but we are responsible for who we become. It is taking me a long time to become the person I want to be. It is a lot easier to react than it is to think. It takes years to build trust and seconds to destroy it. Learning to forgive, especially myself, takes practice.
BUSINESS
By Sue Thoensen | February 28, 2008
Paul Newman and longtime friend and business partner author A.E. Hotchner used to mix batches of their homemade olive oil and vinegar salad dressing in Newman’s basement, pour it into old wine bottles and give them to friends as Christmas gifts. These days, Newman’s wine bottles are filled with wine, and Newport Beach diners will have a jump on the rest of the country as Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar is offering the latest additions to the actor and philanthropist’s Newman’s Own line.
ENTERTAINMENT
January 24, 2008
Zov’s Cafe Bakery and Bar plans to dedicate February as the “Month of Love,” with a special all-dessert menu offered every Sunday during the month. The menu, also available Sundays at Zov’s Irvine location and Mondays at its Tustin location, comprises three courses: “Be Mine,” featuring mini-homemade cookies and warm vanilla cream sauce; “True Love,” chocolate ganache heart-shaped cake with raspberry drizzle; and “Forever Yours,” pomegranate-tangerine sorbet with citrus almond poundcake.
FEATURES
February 4, 2006
In his first encyclical -- the highest form of papal writing -- Pope Benedict XVI wrote about the meanings of love, and said that physical love, when reduced to pure sex, becomes a debased commodity, "a mere 'thing' to be bought and sold." To reach a higher, fuller meaning of love, one must enhance it by spiritual, selfless love for God and others. He argued that the word "love" has become too common and misused and needs to be restored to its "original splendor." Do you agree with the pope's assessment?
NEWS
By: Jacqui Brown | October 8, 2005
John Fortson has been a fixture behind the bar at Milano's Cucina Italiana on Brand Boulevard since it opened in 1992, but tending bar is only half his story. Acting is where his true heart lies and Milano's patrons who have come to know him well, both for his ability to shake a great martini and from his television and film roles including "My Big Fat Independent Movie," "7th Heaven" and "ER," have banded together to support his new venture. His new solo-performance play, "Loveswell," in which he stars, will take you on a journey of a man getting in touch with his emotions.