Bob Iger's heir apparent Tom Staggs to step down as Disney COO Tom Staggs, the man thought to be CEO Bob Iger’s eventual successor at The Walt Disney Co., is stepping down, effective in May, the company said Monday.
Staggs, Disney’s chief operating officer, will remain with the company as a special adviser,... More
Costa Mesa record shop on wheels represents the vinyl turnaround When Parker Macy opened the trailer door to his record shop in 2011, he wasn’t counting on longevity.
“I figured we might last a year or two,” he said.
The week Creme Tangerine opened, OC Weekly reached out to him for an article on the... More
Line up, coffee fans: Starbucks opens at Knott's Berry Farm Knott’s Berry Farm park-goers have a new place to turn for their caffeine fix: Starbucks.
A 935-square-foot store, which had its soft opening this week, will officially debut Friday.
The coffee shop anchors the California MarketPlace just outside... More
Splashdown! New resort plunges into O.C. waters GARDEN GROVE – Can Wiley the Wolf survive in the land of Mickey Mouse, Harry Potter and Snoopy – not to mention Orange County’s famed beaches and ritzy coastal resorts?
Great Wolf Lodge Southern California, a $250 million indoor water park and... More
Harrison Ford to unveil plans for 'Star Wars' land at Disneyland Han Solo has a big surprise.
Harrison Ford, the actor who played the snarky, charming pilot in four “Star Wars” movies, will further detail The Walt Disney Co.’s plans for “Star Wars” lands at Disneyland and at Walt Disney World.
Ford’s... More
Big Baits for Big Bass: How to Fish Glide Baits, Wakebaits, and Harnessed Swimbaits Our bass expert walks you through how to fish glide baits, wakebaits, and harnessed swimbaits. Learn how to fish these lures for big bass. 05/30/2024 - 2:04 am | View Link
Theatre College Guide Feel your school is deserving of a little (or a lot) more attention? How about a 'BWW School in the Spotlight' promoting your program and productions? All you need to do is upload photos, videos ... 05/27/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Avett Brothers Musical, ‘Swept Away,’ to Open on Broadway This Fall and Washington. By Michael Paulson “Swept Away,” a new musical featuring songs by the Americana band the Avett Brothers, is planning to open on Broadway this fall, following productions in ... 05/17/2024 - 1:33 pm | View Link
Review: Arts in Motion's Production of BIG FISH at the IPAC BIG FISH is perhaps the ultimate Father’s Day musical, which is why I found it so ironic that I saw the Arts in Motion production of it the day before Mother’s Day. 05/17/2024 - 8:47 am | View Link
Huey Lewis says Michael J. Fox supported him through hearing loss: 'We're really a pair' Fox Along with “The Heart of Rock and Roll,” Lewis also has a Broadway footprint this season in “Back to the Future,” a big-budget stage adaptation of the beloved 1985 sci-fi comedy. 05/14/2024 - 2:01 am | View Link
Production has begun on a second season of “Scrublands,” the Australian crime thriller series starring Luke Arnold (“Black Sails”) and Bella Heathcote (“The Neon Demon,” “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”). With action set a year after the events of the first season, award-winning investigative journalist Martin Scarsden (Arnold) has returned to his coastal hometown, Port […]
The Newport Beach Film Festival will return to London Feb. 13 2025 for its U. K. Honors, recognizing outstanding work by British and Irish actors across film and television. The U. K. Honors will take place at Raffles London at The OWO in partnership with Variety, which will unveil Variety’s 10 Brits during the event, highlighting the […]
Toronto-based Syndicado Film Sales has picked up international rights to “Petroleo,” the fiction debut of doc Spanish filmmaker Álvaro F. Pulpeiro, lauded worldwide for his sensory and lyrical filmmaking, most recently displayed in the CPH:DOX-selected “So Foul a Sky.” The Galician-born filmmaker said the project was significantly influenced by Pier Paolo Pasolini’s unfinished book “Petrolio,” […]
Programmers from Sundance, Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, Toronto, and Rotterdam, sales agents such as Goodfellas and Coproduction Office and U. S. distributor Magnify Pictures are among 50 top international guests expected at the inaugural ECAM Forum co-production market in Madrid, which is due to unspool June 10-14. More than 300 delegates have signed up for the co-pro […]
Going all-in on its exploration of the role of artificial intelligence in filmmaking, South Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan) has unveiled a 15-title AI Film competition. The films will compete for jury-selected and audience awards and cash prizes of up to KRW1.5 million ($11,000). “We were able to see the new creative possibilities […]
In April 2014, a tape was leaked of 80-year-old then-Clippers owner Donald Sterling making racist comments to his 31-year-old mistress, V. Stiviano, an incident that ballooned into one of the biggest scandals in the NBA and changed the league forever. The recording incited a media frenzy—which led to Sterling selling the team and earning a lifetime ban from the NBA—and brought to light Sterling’s long and uncomfortable history of racial discrimination, pushing long overdue conversations about race and structural power in not only the NBA, but the world at large.
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Read more: The NBA’s Response to Donald Sterling’s Racism Got Everything Right
Now, a decade later, this shocking story is still making waves in Clipped, a new six-episode mini series that revisits the scandal that rocked the NBA.