By: Linita Masters They’ve taken over nearly every banner and billboard in Los Angeles and tonight the Minions took over Universal CityWalk LA, in celebration of their new, “MINIONS” movie release tomorrow, July 10. The mischievous minions were spinning their…
THE GRINDER – Court is in session
By Linita Masters Standing center stage, Emmy Award winning actor Rob Lowe, looked ageless as he introduced the cast and showed off his sense of humor at the Fox screening of The Grinder at the Soho House in West Hollywood…
BET Honors Smokey Robinson with the Lifetime Achievement award
Smokey Robinson will be honored with the coveted Lifetime Achievement award at the 15th annual “BET Awards” 2015. Today, BET Networks revealed that legendary R&B singer, songwriter and record producer Smokey Robinson will be honored with the coveted Lifetime Achievement…
Motown, The Musical A Classic Tale of America’s Musical History
By Sheryl Aronson Hollywood Pantages Theatre: “Motown wasn’t just about the music or entertainment, it provided a sound track of what was happening in society back in the 1960’s and 1970.” Miss Allison Semmes, who plays Diana Ross in the…
Unseen Warhol – A vivid picture of the glory days of the Warhol Factory
Written by Luis Luna and co-writer Linita Masters Artists Debbie Carfagno and Michael Enns, both former Master Printers for pop-art icon Andy Warhol, demonstrated and discussed his innovative silkscreen process. I had the honor of sitting down with both Debbie…
PETER MAX – A RETROSPECTIVE – 1960-2015
“Peter Max’s posters show him to be a visionary fascinated by time, space and evolution,” wrote reporter Don McNeil – Village Voice, Aug. 31, 1967. By Michele Black The very name…
Adopt the Arts adopts Westminster Avenue Elementary music program
“Let’s rock on.”- Carter Lay By Fredwill Hernandez Excitement was in the air as Adopt the Arts, the Los Angeles-based non-profit created by Guns N’ Roses former drummer Matt Sorum (a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee), along…
Even This We All Got To Experience- Norman Lear Visits Vicki Abelson’s “Women Who Write”
By Sheryl Aronson Los Angeles, CA –When guest musician Bird York (Academy Award Nominee for her song “In The Deep,” from the Oscar-winning film, Crash) told the audience at Vicki Abelson’s Women Who Write Literary Salon on Tuesday, January 27th,…
Virtual Reality at Sundance Film Festival New Frontier
This year at the Sundance Film Festival New Frontier on Main Street you can experience Virtual Reality in a myriad of ways. In Kaiju Fury, by Ian Hunter, a dark energy experiment leads to a devastating attack by monstrous…
The 2015 NAMM Convention Day 1
by Sheryl Aronson A Paradise For Musicians and Those Who Love Music I am a kid in a candy store where I want to sample every piece of merchandise available, except in this case it’s interviewing phenomenal musicians and listening…