“Babylon” REVIEW
“See How They Run” Review
American Music Awards RECAP
“Death Wish” REVIEW
The Action Crime Drama, Death Wish is back on the screen this time starring Bruce Willis as Dr. Paul Kersey. In the eve of his wife’s murder and daughter who is in a coma, Paul decides to take matters into his own hands when the police seems to be overrun by the rising crime rate in Chicago. Soon the media starts to take notice as this hooded man gets revenge of all the thugs in town, deeming him either a guardian angel or grim reaper.
At an hour and 48 minutes, Death Wish is action packed, similar to the original starring Charles Bronson, only this time there is a slight difference in the career of Paul. In the remake, he is a doctor as opposed to an architect. That aside, the film does a good job of sticking to the original storyline of the 1974 version and Bruce Willis is definitely the right choice for replacing Charles Bronson as the lead. Willis even pay homage to the original at the end by cocking his fingers back in a pistol, (something that all the other Death Wish films had in common).
Overall, it’s a movie that is entertaining for the sake of entertainment. It reminds us all, that we should do anything in our power to protect the ones we love, though maybe not go on a shooting rampage, but for the sake of Hollywood, Death Wish brought back old school “ass-kicking” to the big screen, thanks to its director, Eli Roth.
Death Wish came out in theaters, March 2 and is currently playing in a theater near you.
89th Annual Oscars RECAP
It’s the biggest night in Hollywood as celebrities fill the Dolby Theater in Hollywood to welcome the newest inductees into the Academy Award Family and the stakes are high as to who will take the prized Oscar.
At 5:30 p.s.t, the show kicked off with Justin Timberlake singing the opening number dedicated to his Oscar nominated song, “Can’t Stop The Feeling”.
Jimmy Kimmel took the stage after lightening the moment with jokes after jokes about stars as well as politics, as Kimmel introduced various oscar nominees, including the first Amazon Film, Manchester By The Sea and Casey Afflict, Isabelle Huppert for Elle and Denzel Washington for Fences.
- Mahershala Ali took the Oscar for best supporting actor in Moonlight.
- Suicide Squad took the Oscar for hair and makeup, while best costume design went to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
- O.J: Made In America won the Oscar for Best documentary feature, presented by the actresses from Hidden Figures as well as the real life hero, Katherine Johnson.
- Auli’i Cravalho performed her Oscar nominated song, from Moana, “How Far I’ll Go” with a stunning flag routine depicting waves and the island.
- Arrival received its first Oscar for sound editing and Hacksaw Ridge took the Oscar for sound mixing.
- Viola Davis took home the Oscar for Best Actress in a supporting role for the film Fences.
- Shirley MacLaine and Charlize Theron presented the best foreign language film to Iran’s film, The Salesman.
- Sting performed his song, The Empty Chair which is up for best original song.
- Piper took home the Oscar for Best Animated short film and the Oscar for best animated feature film went to Zootopia.
- La La Land took its first Oscar for production design.
- The Oscar for Visual Effects goes to the Jungle Book and the Oscar for Film Editing goes to Hacksaw Ridge for its second win.
- The White Helmets took the Oscar for documentary short subject and the Oscar for live action feature film goes to Sing.
- The Oscar for Cinematography goes to La La Land for its second Oscar.
- John Legend performs the last two songs from La La Land up for best original song, “City of Stars” and “Audition”.
- The Best original music score goes to Justin Hurwitz for La La Land and the best original song goes to “City of Stars” for La La Land’s fourth win and the second win for Justin Hurwitz.
- Jennifer Aniston introduced the ‘In Memoriam’ to those lost in the 2016 year, including, Gene Wilder, Patty Duke, Gerry Marshall, Mary Tyler Moore John Hurt, Anton Yelchin, Nancy Reagan, Ken Howard, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Debbie Reynolds, and Carrie Fisher, including a special shout out to Bill Paxton who just passed away one day before the Oscars.
- Kenny Lonergan took the Oscar for Best original screenplay for Manchester By The Sea in its first Oscar for an Amazon film.
- The Best adapted screenplay Berry Jenkins and Terrell Alvin McCraney for Moonlight giving the film its second Oscar Win for the night.
- Damien Chazelle takes the Oscar for best director, becoming the youngest director to date at just 32 years old.
- Casey Afflict takes the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in the Amazon film Manchester By The Sea making its second win for the night.
- Emma Stone takes the Oscar for best actress in a leading role in the film La La Land, making its 6th win out of 14 nominations.
- And finally, the best picture for the 89th Academy Awards is Moonlight, despite the error. This makes Moonlight’s third Oscar, for best picture. Congratulations.
The 89th Academy Awards aired exclusively on ABC from 5:30 PST til 9 on February 26, 2017. The winners are chosen by a collection of former actors and members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
74th Annual Golden Globes RECAP
Hosted by Jimmy Fallon and airing live from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills and exclusively on NBC, the opening scene of the 74th Annual Golden Globes paid tribute to one of the best picture nominees, La La Land, with a satire skit intro, by Fallon. The following list of awards and who took them home are below.
- Ryan Reynolds and Emma stone presented the first award, for best actor in a motion picture drama, awarded to Aaron Taylor-Johnson for Nocturnal Animals.
- The best actor in a TV series drama went to Billy Bob Thornton for his role in Goliath.
- Hugh Grant introduced his movie and the first nominee for best picture, Florence Foster Jenkins.
- Drew Barrymore and Timothy Elephant presented the Best Actress in a TV Series Musical or Comedy, won by Tracee Ellis Ross for Black-ish. and the Best TV Series Musical or Comedy went to Atlanta accepted by writer, actor and director Donald Glover.
- Vince Vaughn introduced the first movie nominated for Best Picture, Hacksaw Ridge.
- Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon presented the award for Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie and Sara Paulson won for her performance O.J. Simpson American Crime Story. The People vs. O.J. Simpson also won for best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.
- Annette Bening introduced Twentieth Century Women which is nominated for Best Picture as well.
- The Best Actor in a Limited Series or Made for TV Movie went to Hugh Laurie for his role in The Night Manager.
- Sting and Carrie Underwood presented the award for best original score to Justin Hurwitz for La La Land as well as the best original song to “City of Stars” from La La Land.
- John Legend introduced the best picture musical or comedy nominated, La La Land.
- Michael Keaton presented Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Drama to Viola Davis for her role in Fences.
- Kristen Bell and Cuba Gooding Jr presented the award to Olivia Coolman for best actress in a TV Limited Series or Made For TV Movie, though she wasn’t able to appear to accept the award.
- Dev Patel introduced his movie nominated for best picture, Lion.
- Goldie Hawn and Amy Schumer presented the award for best actor in a motion picture comedy or musical to Ryan Gosling for his stunning performance in La La Land.
- Damien Chazelle won the best motion picture screenplay for his latest movie La La Land.
- Kristin Wigg and Steve Carell presented the best animated motion picture to Zootopia.
- And jimmy Fallon also introduced a touching film montage tribute for mother daughter team Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds who passed away just days before the end of 2016.
- Casey Afflict introduced his film nominated for best picture, Manchester by the Sea.
- the Best foreign language motion picture is Elle, from France.
- Tom Hiddleton won for best actor in a limited tv or made for tv movie.
- The Crown took best tv series, drama.
- Viola Davis awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award to Maryl Streep as she intro a video tribute to before she took the stage to accept the honor.
- Chris Pine introduced the next nominated best picture, drama, Hell or High Water.
- Damien Chazelle won best director for La La Land.
- Danny Glove won Best actor in a TV series comedy or musical for Atlanta.
- Emma Stone received the Best Actress for a motion picture, comedy or musical for La La Land.
- Pierce Brosnan introduced the last nominee for best picture, in a musical or comedy, Sing Street.
- And Brad Pitt introduced the last nominee for best picture, drama, Moonlight.
- And Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmaine awarded the best motion picture, musical or comedy to La La Land.
- The best actor in a motion picture drama goes to Casey Afflict for his role in Manchester By the Sea.
- Leonardo DiCaprio awarded Isabelle Huppert the best actress in a motion picture drama for the French movie, Elle.
- And Carl Weathers and Sylvester Stallone awarded the best motion picture, drama to Moonlight.
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees for the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards. The Golden Globes are determined by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association prior to the awards show.
85th Annual Christmas in Hollywood
On Sunday November 27, the Christmas Season rolls into Hollywood with 
the 85th annual Hollywood Christmas Parade down Hollywood Blvd beginning at 6 p.m and brought in the season by bringing in the big guy himself, Santa Claus.
There were thousands of spectators that came out to experience the towering balloons including, characters like the Cat in the Hat, The Grinch, Garfield and much more.
Various movie cars also entertained crowds as they rolled down a red carpet in front of the Hollywood Pantages where the grand stand was set up and various celebrities from shows including ABC’s Blackish, Fresh Of The boat, as well as soap stars from the three longest running soap operas, Young and the Restless, Bold and The Beautiful and Days of our Lives cruised into Hollywood in style.
The Hollywood Christmas Parade will broadcast on national prime time tv beginning at 8 P.M on Friday Dec. 16 with a 2- hour special premiere on the CW.
The 84th Annual Christmas Parade Tradition in Hollywood
On the first Sunday after Thanksgiving, residents gather on Hollywood Blvd ever year to start the Christmas Season with the Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade.
This year, the grand marshall is the Las Vegas magician’s Penn & Teller and there was lots of crowd interactions with one of the hosts, Montel Williams as they performed Christmas themed tricks, like the one below.
Public officials and celebrities alike rode in cars down the boulevard, as giant balloons of famous characters had residents cheering for their favorites.
The rebroadcast of the 84th Annual Christmas parade will play on Dec. 11 at 8 p.m on the CW channel. Check your local cable provider for more information.
9-11: 14 Years Later
On the 14 year anniversary of 9-11, residents around the country gathered at ceremonies held at
local fire stations and parks to pay their respects for the victims and fire officials who paid the ultimate sacrifice. The memorials began as early as 7 am and went through out the night in some areas.
Watch now to see how to communities in Los Angeles County remembered the fallen at iconic locations and will never forget.
A Night of Stars in Beverly Hills
On February 22, 2015, while everyone was trying to view the Oscars in Hollywood, past academy winners and nominees showed
up at the Beverly Hilton for the 25th Annual Night of 100 Stars.
Watch now to see just who was spotted at this hotel and hear who they most wanted to win at the 86th Annual Academy Awards.
It was a close race for best picture this year with 8 of the top movies in the running. While Birdman took the top oscar for best picture as well as Cinematography, Directing and writing, all eight movies nominated for best picture equally took home at least one or two oscars.
For a complete list of Oscar Winners, click here.