What do you get when you pair a coffee-obsessed artist and clothing designer, photographer, and humane soul-loving chef? You get the World’s Freshest Doughnut. Every single time. Sidecar Doughnuts & Coffee has transformed the […]
Firmly situated behind a rifle with feet planted, eyes peering through a narrow lens and finger carefully placed on a trigger, Navy SEAL Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) watches an Iraqi woman […]
“I will practice believing my husband loves me but I could be wrong,” Amy Dunne (Rosamund Pike) tells herself. The sudden disappearance of the perfect trophy wife–smart, well-read, strikingly gorgeous and beloved […]
This performance made me a lot more emotional than I was expecting. “I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses,” Cassadee Pope cries, illuminated by the lighters–or cell […]
This past weekend, UNIQUE USA held it’s 7th annual Los Angeles Holiday Market. UNIQUE LA has grown from one small passionate event of bringing local-made design and art to the masses, […]
A couple of months ago, I had went to go see and support fellow UC Irvine Kababayan alumnae Jana Lynne Umipig and her newest experimental theater project, “The Journey of a […]
There couldn’t be a more fitting name for Whiplash. It haunts your nerves, shakes your bones, and drives you right to your core. The struggle to be the “best of […]
With successful LA-based indie-folk and said-“cinematic-pop” band Milo Greene‘s debut album last 2012, their crooning melodies and multi-instrumental soundscape charmed enough fans to create a devoted fan base. Milo is […]
For long-time fans of the late indie/alt-rock band Company Of Thieves‘ breathtaking, eerie and soul-searching lead vocalist Genevieve, she has recently paired up with electronic-music producer Jimmy Giannopoulos to form […]
This has always been one of my favorite talks. Both empowering and insightful, it’s all about having faith in the introvert. As a self-identified introvert myself (and being quite proud […]
Boyhood is one of those special movies that’s engaged with the process of growing up honestly; and rather, it captures it for the first time in cinematic history. Filmed over a […]
I think I have been growing an unhealthy obsession with Olivia Wilde. But, if I may shamelessly defend myself, was it ever bad to take on too many role models? […]
In love and relationships, there is always a third person involved, as writer-director Paul Haggis makes known in his film Third Person. With three seemingly disparate relationships, all seem to echo parallels with each other […]
After seeing Begin Again in theaters, I was anxious to get my hands on the soundtrack. I couldn’t let go of that initial feeling I had after watching it; and, with a soundtrack […]
It’s been a decade since Hollywood’s greatest couple in movie-history hit the big screen. And, there’s no arguing that the film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ The Notebook is one of the most […]
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