Oct 15
Music news and views, Oct. 14
The New York singer-songwriter will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday at Zoey’s, 185 E. Santa Clara St., Ventura. Tickets are $20. Call 652-1137. Malin’s website is jessemalin.com.
Rather than sit around on a Sunday after playing a sold-out Saturday night show at the Echoplex in Los Angeles, workaholic singer-songwriter Jesse Malin has added a gig at Zoey’s in Ventura. While you and I can’t get enough days off, Malin hates them and will bring a couple of guys from his band, the St. Marks Social, to share some stripped-down versions of his vast multitude of should’ve-been huge hits.
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Oct 10
LOS ANGELES – The defense in the trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor takes center stage next week with a major question still to be answered: will Dr. Conrad Murray take the witness stand?
After three weeks of often damaging evidence against the doctor accused of involuntary manslaughter in the singer’s death, legal experts say Murray’s version of events is riddled with inconsistencies.
And lead prosecutor David Walgren on Friday complained to the trial judge that his team was “dealing with an ever-changing defense.”
Testifying comes with risks if Murray is unclear in telling jurors why he failed to have proper equipment on hand when Jackson died, and why he failed to disclose his use of the drug that ultimately caused Jackson’s death.
“If I was defending, I would not put Murray on the witness stand.
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Oct 10
“It Came From Yesterday” will have its world premiere at the Hollywood Theater tonight for a VIP audience and Monday and Tuesday for the public.
It’s a sci-fi feature, starring and directed by Jeff Waltrowski, about a professor who — with the help of his sidekicks, Buddy and Penny Precious of The Electric Club — must unravel a mysterious plot of interdimensional, insect-like creatures intent on enslaving the human race.
On Monday, moviegoers at the Dormont theater can have a souvenir photo taken in front of a green screen, and they will then be inserted into a commemorative screenshot from the movie.
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Sep 27
Lily Allen
LILY Allen’s husband calls her the “fat controller”.
The Smile hitmaker is expecting a baby with her husband Sam Cooper and as the pregnancy reaches its latter stages the builder has compared his wife to rotund character from children’s TV show ‘Thomas the Tank Engine’.
Writing on twitter, she said: “My husband just called me his “little fat controller” like off of Thomas the Tank Engine, so not LOL. (sic)”
It is not the first time Lily has joked about her size while pregnant – she previously wrote she felt like she was a waddling penguin.
She said: “I feel like a penguin, not the chocolate covered biscuity kind, but an actual penguin that waddles …
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Sep 27
A roster of Hollywood stars and executives have turned out for President Barack Obama at a Los Angeles fundraiser.
Boldface names present Monday night at the Fig & Olive restaurant included actors Eva Longoria, Gina Gershon, Jack Black, Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman, director Judd Apatow and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin.
DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg introduced Obama.
About 120 guests paid $17,900 each to attend.
Jon Landau, who produced “Avatar” and “Titanic,” told reporters Hollywood is still very positive about Obama even though the rest of the country may not feel the same way.
The president asked the crowd to renew their support and said, “Don’t get tired on me now.”