Orange County Register: Entertainment
- Watch this, skip that for May 23-26
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 03:00 AMWATCH THIS
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"National Geographic Bee," 7 p.m. tonight, National Geographic Technically, this violates our "primetime" boundary, but we can make an exception for a fun annual event. Ten young scholars compete in a geography test hard enough to make... - Youngblood Hawke lets loose at Observatory
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 02:07 PMAlice Katz (left) and Simon Martin of L.A. indie rock band Youngblood Hawke perform at the Observatory on Tuesday. Photo by Kelly A. Swift for the Register
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Just nine months ago, indie pop group Youngblood Hawke graced the small stage in the... - 'Arrested Development' unveils 15 new episodes Sunday
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 02:08 PMOn Aug. 5, 2003, Fox launched a TV series about a family in Newport Beach – the first major network show set in Orange County. It was an instant hit, especially among young viewers, and suddenly the Orange County lifestyle was a national rage.
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That... - Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek dies at 74
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 07:15 PMRay Manzarek performs at Pacific Amphitheatre in 2011. Photo by Kelly A. Swift, for the Register
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Ray Manzarek, a founding member and keyboardist of the iconic '60s L.A.-based rock band the Doors, died Monday at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany... - Doheny Blues Fest is strong to the end
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 03:01 PMJoe Bonamassa performs during the Doheny Blues Festival. Photo by Kelly A. Swift, for the Register
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Doheny Blues Fest 16 ranks as one of the greatest in the history of the annual event, with the range and power of so many of the performances drawing... - 'Figaro' without the fun, but the singing's fine
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 03:11 PMThe Los Angeles Philharmonic, founded in 1919, gave the first complete performance of "The Marriage of Figaro" in its history, Friday night in Walt Disney Concert Hall. It was the second of the three Mozart/Da Ponte operas to be performed in a...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Doheny Blues Festival shimmers on Day 1
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 02:18 PMBen Harper performs at the Doheny Blues Festival. Photo by Drew A. Kelley, for the Register
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Day 1 at Doheny Blues Festival was one of the most perfect in the 16-year history of the event with sunny skies stretching from morning to nightfall and a... - Northwood dance students inspired by literature
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 10:00 AMWith the turn of each page, a novel immerses its reader into a world of fantasy, tragedy or romance. Words jump off the page, guiding readers on a journey into the unknown.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Radical Retrospective' explores diverse work of Laguna artist
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 02:59 PMArtists come and go.
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Some find more stable, predictable professions, like teaching. (Not that the practice of art and teaching are mutually exclusive.)
But an artist who can challenge himself or herself, frequently work through new ideas and change... - O.C. author's 'Omni' plan for healthy eating
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 10:00 AMThe TV cameras are rolling and now it's time, author Tana Amen says, to play Which Mystery Food Would You Choose?
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With her on stage in Costa Mesa are a table and three covered plates of food.
- Talk of lies as Trump case goes to jury
Wednesday - 05/22/2013 - 08:31 PMThe attorney for an 87-year-old woman who accuses Donald Trump of cheating her in a skyscraper condo deal told jurors in Chicago on Wednesday that he was personally repulsed by the "Apprentice" star, whom he said lied on the witness stand.The...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Idol' finale viewership plunges
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 06:02 PMThe ``American Idol'' season finale drew its smallest audience ever, concluding the series' least-watched season other than the summer it made its debut in 2002.
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An average of 14.31 million viewers watched as Candice Glover was announced as the... - Seth MacFarlane won't host 2014 Oscars
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 10:00 AMSeth MacFarlane is too busy to host the Oscars in 2014.
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The multitalented comedian says on Twitter that he "tried to make it work schedule-wise, but I need sleep."
MacFarlane said in his tweet Monday that Academy Awards producers Craig Zadan and Neil... - Holy Ghost! keeps 'em dancing at the Observatory
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 04:55 PMHoly Ghost! performs at the Observatory Sunday night. Photo by Philip Cosores, for the Register
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In the world of dance music, today might be unmatched in terms of anticipation, as Daft Punk prepares to release "Random Access Memories," its first LP... - Weenie Roast bands talk Summertime
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 10:47 PMNew Politics performs at KROQ's Weenie Roast. Photo by Kelly A. Swift, for the Register
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The sun was out, the music was loud and the smell of roasting weenies was in the air. - Weenie Roast amps up at the finish
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 03:50 PMThe Black Keys play at KROQ's Weenie Roast on Sunday. Click picture for slideshow.
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When the lineup for KROQ's annual Weenie Roast surfaced last month you'd be forgiven for thinking that the annual all-day party at Verizon Amphitheater in Irvine was... - Tricks and illusions give 'Fantasticks' magical new life
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 02:26 PMTry to remember the kind of musical where the sets were small and the pace so mellow...
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You have to go way back: before the Andrew Lloyd Webber spectacles, before the Sondheim brain-teasers, to the reign of kings Rodgers and Hammerstein.
In the 1950s... - Modern life in pieces in OCCCA show
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 06:43 PMThree very different artists have joined together in an exhibition focused on powerful underlying socio-political intentions.
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The Orange County Center for Contemporary Art's latest exhibit, "Mystifications, Manipulations, Subversions," is a strange... - Betty Buckley reveals her masculine side in O.C.
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 01:49 PMThough her Broadway career began in 1969, Betty Buckley's essential musical gift remains undimmed: her ability to seduce you into a trance when the music is slow, ethereal and otherworldly.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pacific Symphony gets ready to rock
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 03:00 AMMembers of the Airborne Toxic Event perform at KROQ's annual Weenie Roast in Irvine. Photo by Noel Vasquez, Getty Images
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Before ever taking in even one note of classical music, Pacific Symphony's music director Carl St.Clair was into the rock music...
- Koltnow: The French need to leave Jerry Lewis alone
Thursday - 05/23/2013 - 03:00 AMThere are times when I wish the French hated Jerry Lewis.
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If they didn't love him so much, perhaps Americans would love him more.
But many Americans have a knee-jerk reaction to anything French. - Face to Face, Old 97's added to Hootenanny line-up
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 02:46 PMFace to Face to perform at Hootenanny 2013. Photo by Kelly A. Swift, for the Register
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We knew last month that Orange County's own Social Distortion would be headlining the annual Hootenanny festival at Oak Canyon Ranch in Irvine on July 6. - Line starts night before 24-hour Disney party
Tuesday - 05/21/2013 - 11:36 AMANAHEIM – Disney is allowing fans to line up starting at 10 p.m. Thursday for the 24-hour party that begins the next morning, the company announced Monday.
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The Disneyland Resort is hosting the Monstrous Summer All-Nighter beginning at 6 a.m. - Coachella 2014 tickets on sale Friday
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 01:41 PMThe 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will be held April 11-13 and April 18-20, with advance tickets going on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, May 24, organizers announced Monday.
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There will be no word on the lineup, of course, until early next... - 'Shoe Show' puts its best foot forward
Monday - 05/20/2013 - 10:00 AMSweena Mangal is a shoe guardian. Looking over the hundreds of swarming students gathered in the quad of Trabuco Hills High Schools, the sophomore's duty is to make sure no one disturbs her plaid wedge sandals perched atop the grass patch in the...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Big Boi pleases the faithful in Santa Ana
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 01:31 PMBig Boi of OutKast performs at the Observatory. Photo by David Hall, for the Register
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Two hours before show time Friday night, prospects were looking somewhat grim for Big Boi's headlining turn at the Observatory in Santa Ana.
The venue was... - Disney history: Davy Crockett canoes debut
Sunday - 05/19/2013 - 11:06 AMTwo weeks of Disney history ...
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May 12, 1956: The Main Street Horseless Carriage begins operations at Disneyland on Main Street, U.S.A. (Source: This Day in Disney History.)
May 17, 2006: - The Duke gets his due
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 02:55 PMI went to the symphony at Segerstrom Concert Hall on Thursday night and a jazz concert broke out. There were saxophones all over the place. At concerto time, instead of the latest whiz kid violinist, some old guy with a bass trombone nabbed the...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - O.C.'s Emblem3 to open on Selena Gomez's tour
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 01:20 PMEmblem3, the Huntington Beach-based band that made a splash on "The X Factor" last fall, will be the opening act of Selena Gomez's upcoming 41-city North American tour starting August 14 in Vancouver, Canada.
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The band is made up of brothers Wesley... - KSBR Birthday Bash returns to Mission Viejo
Thursday - 05/16/2013 - 10:40 PMCelebrating its 25th year, the 2013 KSBR Birthday Bash Jazz Festival, presented by Saddleback College radio station KSBR/88.5 FM, returns to the Village Green at Oso Viejo Park in Mission Viejo, on May 26.
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