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Wisdom has never been a part of North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-un's education or he would have known that Bad publicity is better than no publicity at all. This proved true for the movie "The Interview" which broke new ground earning over $15 million with online purchases and rentals through Saturday. Shunned by traditional theaters after threats from hackers, the comedy earned nearly $3 million in theaters and was rented or downloaded over two million times since hitting the Web on Tuesday...
A Culver City Police Department DUI / CDL Checkpoint on Saturday, December 27 resulted in five arrests for driving under the influence. The checkpoint was located at La Cienega Blvd. and Smiley Ave. between the hours of 6 pm and 2 am. Checkpoints are placed in locations that have the greatest opportunity for achieving drunk and drugged driving deterrence and provide the greatest safety for officers and the public. According the Culver City Police Department the DUI/Driver's License checkpoints...
Delving into somewhat rare territory with bringing a true life story and real life individuals to the big screen (the last time being "Ed Wood"), one of whom is very much alive and very much a part of the making of BIG EYES, Tim Burton returns to the bemused wonder and charm that he demonstrated with "Edward Scissorhands". While in many respects a departure from what we have grown accustomed to in recent years from Tim Burton, in others, BIG EYES feels like the smooth fit of a kidskin glove....
Casting is set for powerhouse Latino theatre group Culture Clash's "Chavez Ravine: An L.A. Revival," which opens February 4, 2015 at the Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. Previews will begin January 27 and performances will run through March 1. This revisited and reimagined "Chavez Ravine" is directed by Lisa Peterson (who was at the helm of the world premiere in 2003 at the Mark Taper Forum) and features Culture Clash's Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza...
Imagine we could travel back and forth in time and zoom in on the last three years for the Clippers: To refresh your memory, up until the 2011-12 season the Clippers were a team that for years struggled at the margins/bottom of the league, and didn’t pose a real threat on other teams Then there was a turning point – under the maestro’s wand of their coach, Vinny del Negro, the team made it to the playoffs and it seemed like the Clippers has broken the cycle of defeat. Perhaps a new force emerg...
Armed with one of the top pitching staffs in the nation and five returning position player starters, Vanderbilt is ranked No. 1 in Collegiate Baseball's Fabulous 40 NCAA Division I pre-season poll. UCLA is ranked 10th. Defending national champion Vanderbilt features four Louisville Slugger pre-season All-Americans including RHP Carson Fulmer (7-1, 10 SV, 1.98 ERA, 98 K). The pre-season poll factors in voting by NCAA Division I coaches across the nation, how a team finished last season, returning position player starters and pitchers, potential...
Kentwood Players kicks off its 65th Anniversary Year by presenting "An Ideal Husband" by Oscar Wilde. It will be presented from Friday, January 9 to Saturday, February 14, 2015 for a six-week run on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm with Sunday matinees at 2 pm at the Westchester Playhouse, 8301 Hindry Avenue, Westchester. The production is directed by T. Samantha Barrios and produced by Melodie S. Rivers and Terry Delegeane. Scandal! Blackmail! Corruption! Full of Wilde's well-known wit, rapid...
I’m not a computer whiz kid as many of us know, but I have been reading about this new malware and I am very concerned. It seems this advanced malware was used to spy on private companies, governments, research institutes and individuals in 10 countries. Symantec, the maker of Norton anti-virus software, said its research showed a “nation-state” was the likely developer. Because Russia and Saudi Arabia have been hit the most, the bad guy just might be North Korea, Iran or China. Do you reali...
The Chicago Bulls’ Jimmy Butler and the Houston Rockets’ James Harden were named NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Dec. 22, through Sunday, Dec. 28. Butler led the Bulls to a 4-0 week behind averages of 23.0 points (seventh in the conference), 7.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.0 blocks. His 40.2 minutes per contest led the league. On Dec. 22, Butler went 11-for-11 at the foul line en route to 27 points, and added 11 rebounds, five blocks and four assists during a 129-120 win over the...
(mith on NBA) Kobe Doesn’t Play As Lakers Lose By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor On Christmas day folks annually gather for a festive occasion. But the National Basketball Association has another idea for this holiday. Marketing. The league puts on an extravaganza, Five nationally televised games on several networks, attractive matchups of the most popular teams, and a gimmick to sell merchsndise. The players always have their last name on their jerseys. But on this day the first names were on i...
By Stephen Hadland Observer Publisher Sony Pictures Entertainment has suspended tours at the iconic studio lot in Culver City in the wake of continued threats against the studio by North Korea and hackers who were protesting the movie "The Interview" where two journalist were hired to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un The tours have been suspended indefinitely, however they plan to re-evaluate the potential threats after the first of the New Year. Sony along with all Los Angeles...
By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter It's not often that Culver City High girls tennis has a player advance deep into the playoffs. But the team turned out such a gem this season as senior Danielle Garrido advanced to the Sweet 16 in the 2014 CIF Girls Individual Tennis Championship Singles. She then lost a two-hour grueling match to a long-time rival in her second match of the day on December 3 at the Seal Beach Tennis Center. Garrido is considered one of the best junior tennis players in Southern C...
By John Nachbar City Manager City Manager’s Office • Culver City Featured in SWISS Magazine - SWISS Magazine, the inflight publication of Swiss International Air Lines, features the Los Angeles area as a destination in the current December/January issue. There are three references to Culver City in the article. On page 23, artist Joshua Callaghan is pictured standing next to one of his wrapped utility boxes in downtown. On page 26, Susanne Vielmetter is featured; her gallery is on Was...
Fans of the stage musical, and those who have heard of but never seen the wonder that is Stephen Sondheim, are in for a special holiday treat come Christmas Day as all tied up with a big red bow, er, cape, is Sondheim's acclaimed and long-running INTO THE WOODS which finally arrives on the big screen in this stunning adaptation written by stage scribe James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim and directed by Rob Marshall. What big eyes you'll have as you watch the magic of this fairytale mash-up unfold...
The Wende Museum in Culver City announces the appointment of Dr. Joes Segal, distinguished European scholar on art and politics, the Cold War era and German cultural history as Chief Curator to supervise curatorial efforts, including educational programming and publications. On leave for one year from Utrecht University, where he is Assistant Professor of History, Dr. Segal has been special projects advisor to the Museum since 2009 and is one of the contributors to Beyond the Wall, Art and...
Elizabeth Ann Brewer, 39, a former teacher at a Notre Dame Academy, a Catholic girls' high school in Westwood, pleaded not guilty on Monday to three counts of sexual penetration by foreign object two counts of oral copulation and one count of forcible oral copulation in connection with an alleged sexual relationship with an underage student. The alleged affair went on for nearly three years between January 2004 and December 2006, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorneys' office. Br...
