ONE MISSED CALL, based on a Japanese movie I’ve never seen that was in turn based upon a Japanese novel I never read, is unfortunately not a movie I will wholeheartedly recommend. It has moments, and gets very close to being something worthwhile, but just when it’s about to get there, it pulls back. Ah well, the movie can still hold bragging rights over the American remake of DARK WATER, which is the all-time champion of what not to do.
The poster is damn creepy – shame it’s only based
Comedian Chelsea Handler rates up there with Brit Hume among the most acerbic hosts on television, but her persona on E!’s addictive-like-crack chat show Chelsea Lately is downright bubbly compared to what she broke out at a packed Long Beach Terrace Theater last night.
Rarely flashing her million-dollar smile, Handler stalked the stage like a bag lady who’s misplaced her shopping cart, tossed out “Shut the fuck ups” to subjects of her stories and audience members in equal measure and
Whoa, it's like the Newport Beach Film Festival is all "I'll be bawck" and stuff. Huh? What we're trying to say is, the recently concluded NBFF will be presenting a special preview screening of the upcoming Terminator: Salvation -- tomorrow night!Tickets are $20, and proceeds go to the film festival and the student governments of Mater Dei, Corona Del Mar and Newport Harbor high schools. And Terminator: Salvation director and OC native McG -- yes, that's what he calls himself -- will be at the s
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My Name is Earl and I Love You, Man's Jaime Pressly returns home Wednesday to sign books at the South Coast Plaza Barnes & Noble Borders Books. Well, at least the North Carolina-born actress attended Costa Mesa High School while living with her classical dance instructor mother, who had moved to Southern California while in the process of divorcing Pressly's used car salesman and laundry king father.By 14, Jamie had already become a spokesperson for her m
Girls in fishnets on roller skates, going by Garbage Pail Kid worthy aliases like Tara Armov and Gori Spelling and beating each other up -- that's the first impression most people have of roller derby.
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Members from LA Derby Dolls teams Tough Cookies and Varsity Brawlers tear around their banked track at Monday's exhibition bout. The teams will meet again in a regular league bout Saturday, October 3.
Go see Drew Barrymore's directorial debut Whip It this
