By Jim Tortolano One of the most likable female stars in film today is Gal Gadot, but not all her movies are as wonderful as she is. Even when she’s playing Wonder […]
Gal’s great, “WW84” is just good
Lost under a “Midnight Sky”
By Jim Tortolano Space flight used to be considered exciting. But, according to some of the prominent films based on astronauts, it’s fairly dull a lot of the time. Like “Ad Astra” […]
2020: A Year Worth Forgetting
2020 is almost over and we’re happy to see it go. We’ve been battered by the pandemic, protests and partisan politics. We’ve lost a lot of the things that brought us pleasure: […]
LeBron, Anthony still the faves
It seems like just yesterday the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Miami Heat and won another NBA title, the 17th for the franchise. And now, starting this week, the pro basketball season […]
You’re known at Louie’s on Main
By Jim Tortolano For more than half a century, Garden Grove’s downtown has had a place “where everybody knows your name.” It may not be as world-famous as “Cheers” but Louie’s on […]
Sheldon slammed; Tito’s troubles
The possible reuse of the Westminster Civic Center has turned into the longest-running soap opera in the All-American City. Back in 2017, a proposal came from Steve Sheldon of Sheldon LLC to […]
AD goes to bat for the Lions
By Tim Burt/OC SportsZone Westminster High School baseball players and coaches had a surprise visitor to practice who created plenty of excitement when he picked up a bat and stepped into the […]
Cleveland Indians? Not for long
Farewell to the Cleveland Indians. Who’s next? The Cleveland baseball team, known since 1915 as the “Indians,” will drop the name and replace it with a new one, perhaps in 2022, according […]
From rusty to a renaissance
In my last column – way back two weeks ago – I mused on the significance of landmarks in a community. I asked readers to make their own suggestions about buildings or […]
It went from tin cans to toney
By Jim Tortolano Just before my family moved from the Wilmington district of Los Angeles in 1960 to Orange County, we explored some popular locations of our new domain. One of the […]
