By Jocelyn Noveck/AP National Writer It’s the ultimate celebrity redemption tour, two decades in the making. In the annals of pop culture, few characters have undergone an image makeover quite like the […]
‘Wicked’ fans rejoice with film
Edison advances, Pacifica falls in CIF-SS football semfinals Friday
It was a semi-triumphant semifinal round of the CIF-SS football playoffs Friday for area teams. Edison High’s Chargers defeated the Vista Murrieta Broncos 42-14 in Division 3 action and will face Simi […]
It’s time for the women to lead
I think it’s a mistake to read too much into election returns, especially as votes are still being counted. After all, each election day is simply the start of the next election […]
A Bewitching ‘Web’ at WCP
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune Oh, what a tangled web, indeed. Here in the oncoming the chill of the autumn months, it’s just the right time for the Westminster Community Playhouse to […]
‘Gladiator II’ back in the arena
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer Rome teeters on the brink in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II.” Its fall is said to be imminent. The dream it once symbolized is dead. The once high-minded […]
Put ’em in, coach. It’s only right
You see them on the sidelines at a football game, their uniforms still laundry-clean after three quarters. Or on the bench … the far end of the bench in the basketball gym […]
Yes, it’s looking like Christmas
Have you seen that TV commercial – I think it was for Mercedes Benz – in which a family is riding in a car and there’s some disagreement about when it’s the […]
An hysterical ‘Carol’ at GWC
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune A perfect introduction to the Christmas season, Golden West College and director Tom Amen present their newest production at the GWC Mainstage Theater, “Inspecting Carol.” Rather than […]
The 24-7, 365 election cycle
So, I’m sitting there watching a parade of commercials – interrupted from time to time by a football game – and I’m thinking … why do the beer and pharma companies spend […]
5 still alive in football playoffs
Five local high school football teams survived the first round of the CIF-SS playoffs and will be in action this week in quarterfinal play. One game – El Rancho at Los Amigos […]
