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Joining the ranks of unimaginatively titled movies about exciting things happening in tall buildings is Kim Ji-hoon's The Tower, a romantic comedy-turned-disaster epic that starts out like another Grand Hotel imitator before deciding it would rather be The Towering Inferno instead. The main thrust of Kim Ji-hoon's hybrid—which is already a hit in its native …
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As you've been looking at Pornhub.com, “the world's biggest XXX porno tube” has obviously been looking at you and the choices you make with each click. After the jump are results culled from Pornhub.com's new national report titled, “What Frisky Americans Viewed Online in 2012.” ] “While Fifty Shades of Grey fever and Octomom's video …
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Serial killer Rodney Alcala, who was sentenced to death in an Orange County courtroom in 2010, was sentenced today to 25 years to life for two murders in New York during the 1970s. Alcala pleaded guilty in the Big Apple last month, explaining to the judge that would allow him to be returned to California's …
A year ago we ranted about the bans on foods like shark fin soup and foie gras. Despite the laws, Hong Kong knows the show must go on. Photojournalist Alex Hofford captures the trade with stomach-churning visual aids via his website. Shot on a rooftop over several days, it's a grim reminder of exactly what …
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For Orange County and California Republicans, it was difficult to imagine a more dire political situation going into the 2012 November elections: If state Assemblyman Chris Norby (R-Fullerton) lost his seat to relative newcomer Sharon Quirk-Silva, he would hand Democrats supermajority powers in Sacramento and, during a period with monumental governmental decisions pending, officially make …
Salesmen are typically depicted in screen dramas as the quintessential American phonies. The exceptions—in Barry Levinson's Avalon or Whit Stillman's Barcelona—are buried under a mountain of films proving the rule. That one set of phonies is being dramatically indicted by actors is an irony that we will leave hanging. When we first meet Promised Land's …
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At least three Orange County filmmakers hope to begin 2013 with enough funds to complete their projects. All are relying on the financial kindness of strangers through Kickstarter.com–and only have days to go to make their cinematic dreams come true. ] Joe Sill, a Chapman University Film Production major, got a nice infusion of pledges …
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Please see the writer's note and correction on the next page. Today's arraignment of Cheyene Fuimaono for allegedly murdering his girlfriend's toddler son reminded me that I wanted to slap together a list of 10 Orange Countians who proved to be really bad boyfriends in 2012. Match.comming eHarmonizers take note of the results after the …
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Although we've been boozehounds here at SaFII since forever, 2012 was the year where we really took off and became full-fledged drinkers. Not only did we hold an epic Happy Hour with KCRW and the OC Bartender's Cabinet (and stand by for the next one…) but we began reporting on alcohol as its own serious …
Toyota will pony up $1.1 billion to make sudden-acceleration lawsuits go away, according to a proposal filed in federal court in Santa Ana today. As part of the largest settlement in U.S. history involving automobile defects, Toyota would send cash to eligible customers who sold or turned in their leased vehicles in 2009 or 2010, …
For about the past three months, I've been telling anyone within earshot that we are truly living in blessed times, culinarily-wise, in Orange County. I've been reviewing restaurants for this infernal rag for a decade now, and never have I been more excited about the Orange County dining scene than today. Oh, our hole-in-the-wall scene …
Though we stumble across plenty of summery singer/songwriters during festival season, most of them seem pretty forgettable by the time winter rolls around. When Kevin Miso came onstage and owned his set during the Doheny Surf Festival in August, his smooth, soulful, acoustic tunes carried bright notes that made it impossible to stand still. Given …
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